Chapter Seventy-Nine
In the middle of November, the weather in the Central Plains has become very cold, although it has not yet reached the bitter cold of the lunar month, but it is enough to freeze people to death.
For the poor, the winter of the year is the most difficult time of the year. If the family still has some savings and food in the house that year, the family hides in the house to make do, and barely survives the winter; But if there is no savings and no food, then after the first heavy snow of winter closes the roads, countless people will die of hunger and cold.
However, for some wealthy children, winter is the best hunting season for them, because the beasts that still come out to forage in this cold season are the most ferocious jackals, tigers and leopards, and if they can hunt a fierce beast, it will be a great thing to save face.
No, despite the swan feathers and snow, but on the official road from Yongqiu to Chenliu, a carriage still slowly came, I really don't know which rich children are idle, and take their clan brothers or domestic helpers out to play the dangerous game of winter hunting.
Wait, it doesn't seem to be a carriage of dignitaries, but rather a carriage carrying goods, and it seems to be driverless......
What the hell?
Of course not.
It wasn't long before the snow on the roofless carriage of the carriage moved slightly, and then a head came out of the snowdrift, and after a quick glance at the road ahead, he quickly retracted his head with his neck bent.
"Boss, the right direction......"
"I said trillions, you kid is too lazy, right?"
"Steal your head! β¦β¦ Are you going to try driving outside? β
"Why haven't I tried?"
"After driving less than a mile, you are embarrassed to say me?"
"Don't make any noise! β¦β¦ That's it, look at the direction every twenty breaths......"
In the snow on the carriage, there were a few young and powerful voices faintly, but those voices trembled because of the cold relationship between the owner.
This group of poor guys is Zhang Huang and others who rushed all the way from Guangling County to Chenliu County.
Because he was punished. Although Zhang Huang and others made great achievements in the Guangling army, they finally failed to get some silver taels and copper coins as entanglements, and Li Tong, who was in charge of the financial power of the Black Feather Crow, had completely reduced the silver tickets he treasured in his arms to the local merchants after several unsuccessful attempts to trade with local merchants. If it weren't for the fact that they had received some copper coins funded by Wang Zhuo, Han Hu and other close friends before leaving Guangling, I am afraid they would not even be able to support Chen Guo.
However, these few copper coins were exhausted before they could set foot in Chenliu County to exchange the last food for the local villagers.
Hunger and cold. The ammunition is exhausted, and it is not an exaggeration to use this sentence to describe the black feather crow at this time. In such a cold winter, they did not have enough cotton clothes to ward off the cold, nor enough food to satisfy their hunger, and the embarrassment was unimaginable.
The only consolation was that the skill of the gang had been used on the way to the village of Zhujia, and a few young men had worked together to remodel the wagon for transporting grain, adding a roof to the carriage behind the carriage, although the skill was so crude that it would make the carpenters who were good at it frown. However, the interior of the carriage was quite insulated, which helped the penniless little ones to support their arrival in Chenliu.
"Goo......
"Goo-Goo......
In the sealed carriage, the six Black Feather Crow brothers sat in a circle, and they were placed among them. It was the last piece of jerky they had left. Half a month ago, a group of hungry wolves foolishly stared at their horses pulling the cart, and as a result, the wolves became the only food that the group of poor brothers and sisters had to support here.
It's a pity. There is only one piece of wolf meat left, only two fingers long and thick.
Because they all know that this is the last food for the brothers, therefore. Even though the black feather crows in the carriage were so hungry that their stomachs were gurgling, none of them touched the meat. They just stared at the jerky with their faint red eyes, swallowing their saliva. The 'hungry' eyes were like the wolves they had encountered.
After a long time, Tai Shici opened his mouth and said: "Dafu, among the brothers, you have the weakest bones, and this piece of meat is ...... You eat it. β
"Let's give it to the boss, the boss is the leader of our black feather crows, how can there be a reason for the leader to be hungry and his subordinates to be full? β¦β¦ In addition, don't blame me for turning my face if you call me Daifuku again! With that, Shan Fu pushed the jerky handed to him by Tai Shici to Zhang Huang.
"Let's give trillions." Zhang Huang thought for a while and said. He knew very well that Li Tong had hardly eaten enough for a day along the way. Don't look at this guy who is greedy for money, but once he is stained with the word brother, Li Tong absolutely has nothing to say. Several times, he secretly hid his share of dry food, and then put it back in the bag of dry food, once or twice maybe no one found out, but after a long time, even a fool can understand.
"Me? I'm full! Li Tong patted his stomach and said in astonishment. It's strange to say, among the six brothers, Li Tong's stomach growls the least, but this guy obviously eats the least dry food.
The black crows looked at Li Tong in disbelief, and suddenly, Chen Zhi seemed to notice something, reached out and picked up something under Li Tong's buttocks, and then asked with a strange face, "Wealth fan, where is your stack of silver tickets?" β
As soon as the words fell, I saw the expression on Li Tong's face stiffen, and snorted coldly, "It's close to you!" β¦β¦ What do you want? β
"Show me it."
"Don't give it!"
"Bring it!"
"If you have the ability, you can rob it!"
"......" Chen Zhi stared at Li Tong for a while when he heard this, and spread out the thing he had just picked up on the palm of his hand, Zhang Huang and the others poked their heads to take a look, only to find that it was actually half a silver ticket, and there were faint traces of teeth biting at the tear.
"You guy can't be ......," Shan Fu looked at Li Tong in amazement. The others also understood at this time, it turned out that Li Tong had secretly stolen the stack of silver tickets to satisfy his hunger in these days.
"What nonsense?!" Li Tong, whose secret was revealed, glared at Chen Zhi hatefully, and casually slapped the piece of jerky on the latter's face. Seeing that the atmosphere in the carriage was a little stagnant, Li Tong spread his hands and said with a smile, "I'll just say that I eat the most, right?" Everything worth hundreds of taels went to my stomach. β¦β¦ What are you doing? I work hard to manage my belongings, can't I eat too much? β
"......" The black-feathered crows looked at each other and were silent.
Glancing at Li Tong and then at the jerky in his hand, Chen Zhi threw it to Zang Ba: "I'm not hungry." Here you go, Xuan Gao. β
"I'm not hungry either! β¦β¦ Give Ziyi. Zang Ba pushed the jerky to Tai Shici with a panicked face, as if the jerky that could satisfy hunger was something terrible.
"I'm not hungry!" Tai Shi Ci shook his head, and put the jerky in his hand back to its original position in the center of the crowd, accompanied by the strange sound of his stomach growling.
He was clearly lying, but no one laughed at him.
The jerky, after walking around in everyone's hands, still returned to its original position.
"Goo......
"Goo-Goo......
The rumbling in my stomach still rings.
Everyone looked at each other very tacitly and laughed in unison.
This is the Black Feather Crow!
A black feather crow gathered together with like-minded people. Even in the most dangerous times, there will never be a single person who will murder his brother for his own benefit!
After some laughter, the jerky was still in its original place, but no one in the carriage looked at it, as if it didn't exist at all.
"Speaking of which, it's all to blame that old man Zang for being too picky! β¦β¦ Let's make great achievements, right? Our boss, even the rebel commander Shen Xing has been slaughtered, and he won't send us a little entanglement? "Li Tong stabbed the ground and buried Zang Min.
"Be careful when you speak, that's my uncle!" Zang Ba couldn't listen anymore. Rolling his eyes, he said angrily, "It's all said that the merit is overdone!" β¦β¦ Besides, our wanted warrant. Didn't my uncle say that he would find a way to revoke it for us? β
"Nonsense! β¦β¦ His nephew was burdened with a bounty of two thousand taels of silver, and his uncle would naturally find a way to revoke it. β
"Isn't there still Ziyi's reward of eight hundred taels?"
"Anyway, Old Man Zang is slamming the door!"
"I'll you!"
Without saying a word, Li Tong and Zang Ba scuffled in the carriage, but no one persuaded them.
Not because of anything else. It's just that everyone knows in their hearts that this is just an excuse for the two of them to get up and move. After all, I have been sitting on the ground for a long time, and there is no food. Everyone's bodies have already gradually become stiff, and if they don't get up and move, I'm afraid they will really freeze to death here.
But the carriage was so crowded that Zang Ba and Li Tong scuffled, causing the carriage to shake immediately.
Seeing this, Zhang Huang hurriedly disassembled the two: "Okay, okay, let's use the 'rigid body' to ward off the cold." β¦β¦ If you two continue to fight, I'm afraid the car will overturn. β
Li Tong and Zang Ba were not really fighting, and they immediately stopped when they heard the words. I saw that the black feather crows took a deep breath and cast their rigid bodies one by one.
I have to say that this arduous journey is not without the slightest gain, since Zhang Huang accidentally discovered that the rigid body can be used to keep out the cold, the black feather crows have mastered the rigid body one after another. No way, who said that the weather was so cold that they had to master the rigid body as much as possible.
People are forced out, this sentence is not false at all. I'm afraid no one would have thought that in just half a month, Zhang Huang, a group of little ghosts who had just learned the rigid body, quickly mastered the rigid body under the cruel tempering of nature, and reached the realm of free retraction and release in Cheng Pu's mouth. Even a single blessing with a slower process can barely support half a pillar of incense, and as for others, a stick of incense is not a problem at all.
Unconsciously, even Zhang Huang himself didn't realize that they were much stronger than when they were in the Guangling Army. At this time, even if Lu Min's elite Du Bo is resurrected, I am afraid that they may not be able to defeat this group of imps easily.
"Whew, it's much better." After casting the rigid body, Zhang Huang and the others suddenly felt that the cold air around them seemed to suddenly disappear without a trace. They moved their stiff bodies as they began to talk.
If you want to talk about the topic they talked about the most, I'm afraid it has to be the confrontation between Sun Jian and Er Er when they were in Guangling County half a month ago.
I remember that at that time, although Sun Jian had already asked Zhang Huang and the others to flee in the carriage, Zhang Huang and the others stayed at first, and they felt that they might be able to help Sun Jian. But when Lost Er started fighting with Sun Jian, they were shocked to realize that that kind of confrontation with Cheng DΓΉ was definitely not something they could interfere with.
In the face of the terrifying strength that was as thick as the earth and as majestic as the mountains, the black feather crows listened to Sun Jian's advice very wisely and obediently fled in the carriage. Even, they didn't dare to stop all the way, for fear that the terrible guy who lost the ear would catch up.
"Boss. Is that guy really here to intercept you because you abused the Dao technique? β¦β¦ Think about it again? Idle, Li Tong once again provoked the topic.
Zhang Huang shook his head and said helplessly: "How many times have I explained?" I've never seen that lost ear at all, and it's impossible to have a grudge against him! β
Come to think of it, who would spend a long time provoking a guy as terrifying as Losing Ears?
"If it's really as the boss said...... The boss still tried not to use Taoism. It's better to believe it than to believe it! Zang Ba said seriously.
Zhang Huang nodded when he heard this, and said helplessly, "After this catastrophe, I don't dare to use Dao Techniques anymore." β¦β¦ However, if it is in the future, the lost ear will chase again. You might as well spread out and flee, for it is I who will kill you, and it stands to reason that I will not embarrass you. β
The black-feathered crows were silent. They knew that Zhang Huang would have a magical escape technique that could escape with one hand, as long as there was no burden around them, no matter how powerful the loss was, it would be impossible to kill Zhang Huang.
[cumbersome......]
Li Tong, Chen Dao, Zang Ba, and Tai Shici glanced at each other with tacit understanding, but none of them spoke. Although Zhang Huang never said it, the four of them knew very well that if they were unlucky, they would lose their ears. Then they are Zhang Huang's burden. Because if it weren't for them, Zhang Huang would never be so afraid of losing.
[Not enough!] β¦β¦ To get stronger! As long as I wait to practice the strength of General Sun Jian, the boss will no longer have to be afraid of losing ears......]
The four future heroes each swore a heavy oath from the bottom of their hearts.
Zhang Huang immediately noticed the abnormality of the four brothers. frowned slightly, and suddenly changed the topic and said, "Speaking of which, I'm even more curious about who will win the confrontation between Na Er and General Sun Jian......
Hear that. The black feather crows were immediately interested, after all, at that time, they just watched the beginning of the confrontation with Sun Jian, and fled in a hurry. I didn't have the courage to see the end.
"I think it's General Sun!" Chen Zhi touched his chin and said, "You forgot? That night, the Danyang soldiers fought with us, and the camp was in chaos, General Sun only shouted, and thousands of people trembled and fell into a coma...... It's a monster! β
"Isn't that a monster?" Li Tong pursed his lips, gestured with both hands and said, "Such a big heavy sword, that kid can handle it with one hand, and it can be played as easily as firewood......
"Well, that's really strong." Perhaps thinking of the scene at that time, Zang Ba was deeply shocked in his heart, shook his head and said, "With a wave at will, the earth will burst...... This kind of opponent, to be honest, is not something that we can parry at the moment. If there was no protection from General Sun at that time, the consequences are really unimaginable......"
"I think General Sun Jian is more powerful." Tai Shici touched his chin and said, but unfortunately he couldn't say the reason, and was refuted by Li Tong in a few words.
Zhang Huang listened to the arguments of the brothers and fell into deep thought.
It is undeniable that the strength of Lost Er and Sun Jian is really surprisingly terrifying, and they are definitely the two strongest he has ever seen, but ...... Sun Jian, who was so powerful, failed to leave Xu Zhao when he was in Huiji County, and watched Xu Zhao be rescued by the cloaked man with a mysterious origin. Doesn't this mean that the strength of that cloaked man can actually be equal to Sun Jian? Even, stronger than Sun Jian?
Thinking of this, and then thinking back to the tent of Shen Xing, the commander of the rebel army in the Fifth Army, several of them actually assassinated Shen Ying in front of the cloaked man, and even Li Tong shot at the cloaked man at that time......
Zhang Huang felt a chill in his heart for no reason. He knew very well that they had escaped at that time, and that the mysterious cloaked man, for some reason, did not kill them, but on the contrary, reminded them of the existence of the divine soldier Wu Hook Sword.
[Who the hell is that guy?] Why help us? ]
Stroking the divine soldier Wu Hook on his knee, Zhang Huang was thoughtful.
At this time, Brother Li Tong was still arguing about who was more powerful between Er Er and Sun Jian, and suddenly, they noticed that Shan Fu raised his right hand......
"What do you say?" Li Tong stared at Shan Fu with red eyes, as if if if Shan Fu was not on his side, he would give Shan Fu a good look.
It's a pity that the words that came out of Shan Fu's mouth didn't involve Sun Jian at all, he glanced around the carriage and asked with a strange expression, "Let's ...... How long has it been since you surveyed the road ahead? β
"......" paused, and there was silence in the carriage.
"I'll go and see!" Li Tong, who had realized that something was wrong with the situation, got his head out of the carriage without saying a word, and just glanced outside, and his face suddenly showed panic. For he found that their carriage had somehow driven up a snowy hill, and what was worse was that in front of them was a cliff seven or eight feet high.
"Be careful......
Before Li Tong could finish his shout, the carriage they were riding in fell headlong into a snow hill, and with the mournful roar of the tired and thin war horse, the whole carriage fell heavily on the snow under the cliff with a bang, and the whole carriage fell to the ground.
"Poof......
"Puff ......"
After a few sounds, Zhang Huang and the others came out of the snow unbearably, and they exerted their indestructible rigid bodies, and they also fell to the ground at once.
"It's a big problem now......"
Glancing at the carriage that had fallen apart, the black crows only felt half of their stomachs sad and sad welling up in their hearts.
At this moment, a richly decorated carriage slowly drove on the road under the cliff with the sound of bells, and in the carriage, a young man who seemed to be about the same age as Zhang Huang and others lifted the curtain, glanced at Zhang Huang and others in surprise, and suddenly sneered.
Li Tong immediately became angry and scolded, "Good cub, dare to laugh at your father?!" β
The smile on the face of the man in the carriage, who was obviously a son of a rich family, froze, and before he could say anything, the carriage he was riding in stopped. Immediately afterwards, the groom in the carriage jumped down, carrying in his hand a red-tasseled iron spear, which was obviously expensive.
"Who?! Who is the right person to speak disrespectfully?! β
"It's your dad and me! What's wrong? Li Tong, who was furious because he fell off the snow hill, opened his mouth and scolded.
"How daring! The dog thief is named! β
Seeing that the other party was dressed in a groom costume but his temper was so hot, Li Tong sneered and ridiculed: "Your father's surname is Li Mingtong!" Good son, what's your name? β
I saw that the horseman snorted coldly, the iron spear shook, and a battle aura that was much stronger than any of the black feather crows erupted from all over his body, and he immediately startled Zhang Huang and the others.
"Xia-Hou-Dan!" (To be continued......)