"Are there any Bo sons among them?"

"Then I didn't pay attention, I gave the money."

"Did they walk together? What did you bring? In what direction? ”

"I didn't pay attention to what I was bringing with us. They had two big carts, one that could hold a lot of things, and the other that was specially made for the Kwafu to sit in. They seem to have gone north out of the city. ”

"Seven or eight days, there are strong miners, enough for them to dig out that tunnel, and it so happened that they left this morning, they must have dug through the last section last night and stole the gun." Dai Peng analyzed.

"It should be," said Abkai, "my wife said that the gun was still there before she went to bed last night." ”

"Then," Dai Peng said, "we can only chase it out." ”

"We?"

"Of course we are."

When he was packing up, Abkai discovered the fact that he had never left Beijing since he entered the city. Life used to be a bumpy carriage, fluttering at the ends of the earth, but when it entered the city of Beijing, it inexplicably took root and stopped moving.

Such a departure was also forced, and Abkai originally planned to entrust it to Dai Peng, but Dai Peng insisted that Abkai go with him.

"I don't know the authenticity of your gun. If you can think of cheating, others can think of it too. If a fake is recovered, who will bear the loss? Dai Peng's words are indeed reasonable.

His wife's eyes turned to Abukai, and he felt that his body was shrinking. Why should I go find that broken gun? He thought, we can't live without this gun?

But his wife's expression told him. Maybe he can live. But the wife can't live. The Spitfire Rifle is the same as Demoye's tablet. It's not just the guy who eats, it's a kind of bubble vanity. This vanity will shine in the sun along with the mole on his wife's face, and let her enjoy the pride and pride that is more ethereal than the sun, cheaper than the mole.

But I'm the one with the surname Demo, Aboukai thought, why do I only feel numb? The blood of the ancestors of the Demo family has already cooled as ice when it comes to me.

He silently followed Dai Peng out of the door, and heard the suppressed crying of his wife behind the door. My wife is actually very good to me. Abukhai thought.

After borrowing a horse from a neighbor and promising to return it within three days, Abkai and Dai Peng left Beijing together. Dai Peng whispered: "Do you think three days will be possible?" ”

"I don't know," Mr. Dai said, "I'll leave the rest to my wife." ”

The two of them went out of the north gate of the city. Abkai looked back, as if he had only unconsciously glanced at the city, which was still bustling and noisy, like a chronograph made by Westerners, running in an orderly manner, and not changing because of the loss of a gun. He had a premonition that he might not be back in the city for a long time.

"How should we find it?" The two came to the first fork in the official road. Abkai asked. In this regard, his mind went blank.

"Follow the car print." Dai Peng replied, "The miner is a strong man, and his body must be heavy, and the carriage carrying him must be made of more materials, so the rut marks will be deeper than ordinary carriages, and the wheels used will be wider." ”

"You're amazing!" Abukai said admiringly.

"It's just a guy for dinner," Dai Peng shrugged and jumped off his horse. Abukai looked blankly at the mud on the ground and the countless intertwined footprints, hoof prints, and ruts in it, watched Dai Peng squat down, stand up, and get on his horse, and then heard him say, "Let's go, they have turned southeast, it's really cunning." ”

The two men turned their horses' heads and followed the two unusual ruts to the southeast. The experienced Dai Peng kept observing all the way and told Abkai that the convoy consisted of two cars, six or seven horses, and it looked like a large number of people.

"Even if we catch up, it's hard to get the gun back." Dai Peng's face was gloomy.

Abkai looked at Dai Peng's thin body that seemed to be able to float in the wind, then looked at his belly that had accumulated due to his long-term indulging in wine, and then thought about the majestic posture of the Hercules in the other camp, and nodded silently. He suddenly found that he and Dai Peng were like two stupid mice, stubbornly following a group of cats, as if he was afraid that he would not die fast enough.

"What are we going to do?" He asked.

"One step at a time," replied Dai Peng, "they can steal, we can rob." Don't forget that we are Bo people. ”

These words gave Abukhai a sense of comfort.

As the night grew darker, the two came to a market town.

"Let's get some sleep first," said Dai Peng, "and it's useless to catch up now." Anyway, their ruts are there, and they can't run. ”

So Abukai went to stay overnight and found an inn.

At this time, it is a cold winter, and the climate is cold. The two of them ate some dry food, wrapped their bodies indiscriminately, and lay on the kang, each of them restless.

"This time it's a bore for you." Abkai looked at Dai Peng apologetically.

"It's okay, you just have to keep your promise when the time comes." Dai Peng said.

Hearing Dai Peng mention the condition for helping him recover the ancestral spear this time - borrowing him the Flying Fire Gun for "verification", Abkai couldn't help but be a little curious.

"I've known you for so many years, and I've only seen you fiddling with some antique pearls, when did you start to be interested in this old gun?"

"It's nothing, it's just a wish of the ancestors." Dai Peng sighed, as if he didn't want to say more, so Abkai didn't ask again.

After all, you can't look bad, and after the gun is chased back, it's good to watch it with him.

After a while, Dai Peng let out a rhythmic snoring sound, but Abkai kept scratching his body in the dark, after all, he was used to sleeping in his wife's warm quilt and the warm fragrance of nephrite in Cuijin Building, but he was still not used to such a simple environment.

On the second day, the two continued on their way, southeast from the city of Beijing, following the huge carriage. Although the two of them set off half a day late, after all, the carriage was slow, and seeing that the ruts in front of them were getting newer and newer, Abkai gradually felt a little relieved in his heart. Rather than the ease of his mood was physical pain - Abukai had never been so long bumpy on horseback before. His thighs were worn out, and his ass was very uncomfortable. Dai Peng had to slow down.

"Take a break." Dai Peng said. "If you faint. I'm more troublesome. ”

Abkai swallowed the word "no" in his mouth and smiled awkwardly. The two happened to pass by a tea stall on the side of the street, and they dismounted together.

While drinking tea, Dai Peng asked the stall owner who they were chasing. The stall owner's face turned white all of a sudden: "I was almost scared to death just now!" When they stuffed the dough into the car, I saw a big palm, covered with black hair......"

"How long have they been?"

"It didn't take long, maybe about two hours."

Abukai grinned and stood up, and said, "Let's chase after us." ”

"Are you okay?" Dai Peng looked at him suspiciously.

"If I can't get the gun back. It's going to be a hundred times worse than it is now, and you haven't seen my wife," replied Abukai solemnly, "Actually, I personally prefer that gun to be lost......"

Dai Peng looked at him helplessly, and squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth: "People like you would run around to find a broken gun, if you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, I wouldn't have believed it!" ”

Abukhai sighed and said, "I don't believe it myself." If it weren't for my wife's death......"

"Can a woman's death be believed?"

"My wife has always been for real. In the past, she forced me to break up with Xiaohong in Cuijin Building, and I really hit my head on the corner of the table. Luckily, her head wasn't much softer than wood...... Now as soon as she talks about seeking death, I have to listen quickly! ”

Abukai gritted his teeth and jolted in the sharp pain of the friction. The soft clothes seemed to be as rough as sandpaper at the moment. He kept adjusting his sitting position, but each adjustment only made him more uncomfortable.

But soon. The two had to stop because a river appeared in front of them. The traces of the cart disappeared here.

Dai Peng asked the boatman on the shore for a few words, and then turned back to Abkai and said, "They didn't look for the ferry here, but they had already prepared a boat of their own, and crossed the river, it seems that they are going to the town on the north bank." ”

Abkai and Dai Peng crossed the river by boat and came to the town, and the first thing Dai Peng did when he arrived in the town was to look for a casino, but Abkai thought he was addicted to gambling and would not let him go.

"It's convenient to ask what to ask there," Mr. Dai explained, "as long as you give money." ”

Abukai then dug into his pocket. Before leaving, his wife specially told him to bring more money in case he needed it on the road.

Dai Peng entered the casino, and soon after came out, telling Dai Peng that the gang had purchased a batch of goods here, including some Beilu horses, and turned to the northeast, saying that they were going to Guanwai.

"Then aren't we going to Kanwai too?"

"No, we may have to go to Tianjin. They said that going to Guanwai was just a pretense. I have an acquaintance in the casino, and he knows the leader of the group. He is a giant thief in Tianjin, but he has opened an antique shop on the façade to sell stolen goods. ”

"Oh my God, Tianjin?" Abkai took a breath in amazement, "Are we going to follow there?" ”

"Of course you can choose not to go," Dai Peng glanced at him, "Just go back and be beaten flat by your wife, don't forget to pay the fees before that." ”

"Dude, don't think I'm a rich man, if I can't find the gun when I go to Tianjin City, and then go around the ghost place outside the Guan, I'll be bankrupt."

"In that case, I'll have to sell the Spitfire Gun to pay off the debt."

While the two were laughing, Aboukai suddenly felt someone touch his baggage. When he turned around, he saw a thin figure walking into the distance. He knew that something was wrong, so he hurriedly reached into the bag and touched it, and cried out: "Oh no! That guy stole our money bag! ”

The two hurried after him, and the thief, realizing that he had been discovered, ran away.

The merchants believed in the creed of never causing trouble, and they made their debuts one after another. The thief was sharp on his legs and soon ran to the edge of the town, with Dai Peng striding behind and Abukai running out of breath.

The thief seemed to slow down after running past a carriage. Abukai was overjoyed and was about to pounce on the other party, but was stopped by Dai Peng. Stunned, Abkai saw Dai Peng take a bow from his back and suddenly fire three arrows in quick succession at a speed that he could barely see.

There were two screams from inside the cart, and Aboukai saw that two arrows had passed through the wall of the carriage and were nailed to the lower part of the window. There is no doubt that there is someone hidden in it.

The third arrow hit the thief in the right leg. The thief fell to the ground, but stubbornly remained silent.

This was the first time Abkai had seen Dai Peng's archery with his own eyes. He really didn't expect Dai Peng to shoot his arrow so quickly. I was a little stunned for a while.

"My arrows are sharp." Dai Peng said unhurriedly. "If you don't come out, I'll nail you all inside."

There were a few muffled noises in the carriage, and the arrow feathers trembled a few times. Soon four people came out of the carriage, and they were not good looking, and two of them were bloody, obviously injured by Dai Peng. The remaining two held knives in their hands and stared at Dai Peng with a fierce expression.

"Who are you?" Abkai stood beside Dai Peng and asked threateningly.

The other party just stared at him fiercely. And did not answer. Abkai quietly pulled Dai Peng's sleeve and motioned for him to threaten, but Dai Peng waved his hand: "Let's go!" Don't blame my arrows for walking slowly. ”

Abukai was stunned to see that the clues sent to the door were cut off, and he wanted to step forward to stop him, but he knew that he did not have this ability. He even vaguely thought that his wife might be better here.

The thief threw the purse on the ground and limped away with them. When they were far away, Abkai didn't bother to pick up the money bag, so he was about to ask Dai Peng, but Dai Peng shook his head: "You think I don't want to ask?" Just now in the hut diagonally behind us. At least three people were hidden. It's ok to be far away, so close. I can't handle five at the same time. ”

Abukhai was speechless, and after a long time remembered that he should praise the other party: "Your ears are really good...... Archery is also very good! ”

Dai Peng sighed: "Pick up your money bag, let's go!" ”

The rest of the journey began to be enveloped in an atmosphere of unease. Abkai gradually realizes how important the Spitfire Repeater is to the other party. Dai Peng knew that he could not ride a long horse, so he got into the abandoned carriage and drove himself, and he sat in the carriage and thought nonsense.

The Spitfire Rifle is just a sharp weapon in battle, of course, because of his great ancestor, it can be regarded as a valuable cultural relic, and it can also sell a lot of tickets if it is placed in the temple of the Demo family. But for the sake of this gun, it is a bit too much to use the strength of so many people at the same time, and even specially arrange killers to ambush them.

He even weakly thought that he would give them this gun, and he would not be able to send his life here. This old gun, if you know that you are so popular today, you will probably laugh.

After the other party found out that his deeds were revealed, he was not in a hurry, and his walking speed slowed down. Dai Peng knew that his opponent had been on guard, but he couldn't do it.

"Is it in the Spitfire Bullet ...... What's the big secret? When the two of them stayed overnight this night, Aboukai couldn't help but say.

"What's the secret?"

"For example, martial arts secrets, treasure maps, and the like."

"You've heard a lot of storytellers, haven't you?" Dai Peng looked up at the sky and rolled his eyes.

At some point, the moonlight peeked out of the dark clouds and illuminated the earth.

"Speaking of which, didn't you say that it is possible that the Yamen will screen the descendants of several Demo families? Now that we can't find the real gun for a while, what should you do with your wife? ”

"She'll figure it out, I don't have to worry about that. Besides, the Yamen always thunders and rains little. However, do you really believe that I am the real descendant of the Demo family? Where am I like? ”

"You pay like that."

While the two were talking, there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves outside.

Abukai was about to take a look, but he heard Yun Zhan say, "Don't move! Sit honestly. ”

Abuchai did not dare to move, but heard the sound of the horses' hooves gradually catching up with his carriage, and galloping past it, and after a long time, it seemed that there were at least hundreds of horses, and the sound was like thunder, and the momentum was extraordinary. Amid the sound of horses' hooves and muddy splashes, there seemed to be someone shouting a few words at Dai Peng, and then the door was opened, and a Boren cavalry leader came in to look at him, and then retracted his head.

When the sound of horses' hooves was far away, Dai Peng said to Abkai: "We are in trouble, these officers and soldiers are from the Beijing Army's cavalry battalion, and they are going to hunt down those people." ”

"Huh? The Beijing Army Cavalry Battalion? Could it be that those guys stole something from the palace? Abukai had a vague feeling that something was wrong.

"In any case, if they are caught, they will definitely have stolen goods, and if the officers and soldiers take away the Spitfire Bullet Gun as stolen goods, it will be troublesome. The gun happened to be a gift from the emperor, and it matched the characteristics of the first thing in the palace. Dai Peng said, urging the horse forward.

"What then?" Once again, Abukhai had the feeling that the sky was falling.

"Let's take a look first, and act when the opportunity comes." Dai Peng is still as calm as ever.

The carriage sped forward, and it wasn't long before Abkai and Dai Peng heard the shouts of a fight coming from ahead.

Dai Peng parked the carriage in a secluded spot in the woods, then dismounted with Abkai and ran briskly in the direction from which the sound came.

The two ran a few steps, and Dai Peng grabbed Abkai violently and bent down.

Abkai didn't know why, and was about to ask a question, but Dai Peng made a silent gesture and pointed ahead.

A horse rushed over at a rapid pace.

Abukhai looked at the horse, and for a moment he was clutched by fear.

The speed of the horse gradually slowed down, and what was carried on the horse's back was a corpse that was no longer in the upper half of it!

"It's officers and soldiers, these guys have hard enough claws!" Dai Peng was also taken aback when he saw this scene.

The two got up and quietly approached the battlefield, and the officers and soldiers had already surrounded the two carriages, and most of the people in the carriages jumped down and killed the officers and soldiers.

Abkai saw a strong man two of his own heights wielding a broadsword and slashing a rushing cavalryman in half, and he knew what had happened to the half-cut body of the horse. (To be continued......)

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