Chapter 19: Planting, the Yellow Robe
At that time, a group of black-clothed ghost-faced people rode horses on the road to Wuzhou, led by Wu Shun and Zhao Dan, the group was not walking fast, and the four girls were still in the carriage, and the bumps were uncomfortable. Turning a corner, there were two pedestrians walking on the road ahead, one old and one young, each carrying a load of dry firewood, dressed as a farmer.
As if hearing the sound of horses' hooves behind, the two of them glanced back, and at this look, both of them were shocked, and hurriedly dropped the firewood and ran up the mountain. Wu Shun and Zhao Dan glanced at each other, and at the same time rode their horses to chase after them, there must be something wrong with this kind of overreaction, maybe they were not dressed like children of a good family, but they were not so frightened as this.
One side is riding, the other side is walking, the distance is so close, neither of them can escape, Wu Shun and Zhao Dan controlled the horse and circled them twice, they stopped in a funny way, the old man protected the young man and looked at Wu Shun and Zhao Dan in panic. At this time, all the people behind them also approached here, and the water around the two of them could not be drained, and the two of them became more and more frightened, and both of them were trembling.
Wu Shun said loudly: "Old man, what are you running if you are walking well?" The old man pulled the young man to his knees, kowtowed a few times tremblingly, and said in fear: "Ladies and gentlemen, spare your lives, we have never had any conflict with you." Wu Shun frowned and said sharply: "Old man! Don't try to fool around and answer my questions truthfully! Otherwise, you won't be able to see the sun tomorrow! ”
The old man's face turned pale with fright, his mind was blank, and he just kept kowtowing and begging for mercy such as the king's life. A few people were confused about him, Wu Shun dismounted and grabbed the old man's collar and lifted him up, pretending to be fierce and evil: "Old man, I hope you don't challenge my patience again!" The old man shook him a few times, and he was even more frightened, and he peed his pants in fright, and the young man cried and rushed up and pulled Wu Shun's arm.
Wu Shun was very irritated by them, threw him down with a disgusted face, stretched out his hand and pushed down the young man, pulled out his long sword, and further threatened: "It seems that if I don't give you a little power, I don't want to tell the truth." The young man picked up the old man and opened his arms in front of him to glare at Wu Shun. Wu Shun didn't know what to do now, so he was stunned.
Seeing this, Wu Xi dismounted, walked over, pushed Wu Shun away, and scolded: "What are you doing!" How can you treat the elderly like this! Wu Shun bowed his head, put away his sword and retreated. Wu Xi walked up to the young man who pretended to be calm and squatted down, took off the ghost mask, revealed his handsome face, put on an approachable smile, reached into the placket and touched it, took out a piece of mung bean cake and shook it in front of his eyes and said, "Hello little brother, you are so brave!" That brother actually didn't have any malicious intent, he just wanted to ask you something but was in a hurry, this cake was given to you as an apology, please forgive him, okay? ”
The young man stared intently at the bread and swallowed his saliva, but did not speak, only looked at the old man with a slight pleading. The old man also calmed down at this time, and looked at Wu Xi carefully, Wu Xi showed a bright smile at the right time, he hesitated for a moment, and nodded. Seeing that he acquiesced, the young man snatched the mung bean cake from Wu Xi's hand and stuffed it into his mouth and devoured it, Wu Xi smiled again, touched his head lightly, and said: "Slow down, don't choke" The young man swallowed a mouthful of mung bean cake and said, "Thank you, big brother."
Wu Xi laughed again, feeling that he had laughed to the point of a little convulsion, the smile of his life was used up, he stretched out his hand and wanted to touch the young man again, the old man saw that he hugged the young man, and said carefully: "King, we are just farmers on this mountain, let us go." Wu Xi pretended to be stunned and asked, "Old man, I was very concerned just now, why are you so afraid of us?" While it may be true that we are dressed inappropriately, you don't need to be so afraid, right? ”
The old man glanced at him secretly, feeling that he didn't seem to know, so he hesitated for a moment and said carefully: "King, I know that you are a hero on the rivers and lakes, and the matter of the Sword Lake Palace must be the fault of the Infinite Sword Sect, so you will slaughter them, but please believe it!" The two of us have absolutely nothing to do with the Infinite Sword Sect, we are really just ordinary villagers around here."
Wu Xi was stunned for a moment, instantly figured out everything, and said with a smile on his face: "Don't worry, old man, you may have misunderstood us, but please believe that we will never hurt you!" After speaking, he had already recovered his expressionless face when he got up, elegantly put on his mask, walked to the horse, turned over and shouted: "Speed up, leave the Wuliang Mountain area before dark!" The others also realized that the situation was not good, and shouted in unison, "Yes!" The horse followed Wu Xi and left quickly, leaving only the dust in the sky and the old and young with a look on their faces for the rest of their lives.
The group ran wildly, and finally approached the boundary of the Infinite Sword's control range as it approached dusk. There is a tea shed on the side of this road, a few passers-by are sitting there to rest, the group of people have been marching all day, they have long been sleepy and tired, at this time they all unconsciously slowed down the speed of the horse, Zhao Danhu stopped, and when the others also stopped, the horse was walked to the side of Wu Xi and arched his hand: "Young master, we have been running all day, and now we are about to leave the sphere of influence of the Boundless Sword!" There happens to be a tea shed here, let's take a break before leaving, after all, people may be able to hold on, but the horses can't stand it anymore. ”
Wu Xi could feel that the muscles of the horses under the seat were spasming slightly, so he nodded and said, "Then rest for half a pillar of incense" The group couldn't help cheering, turned over and dismounted the horse, tied it to the side, and rushed to the tea shed to sit down and drink the tea, and the four girls also slowly got off the carriage.
In the end, only Zhao Dan did not enter the tea shed, he walked to a big tree and sat down in the direction of Wuliang Mountain, vigilant. After a while, Wu Shun came over with a bowl of tea and said admiringly: "Brother Zhao is really conscientious, which is admirable!" Zhao Dan laughed and didn't answer, but took off his mask and thanked him, took the tea bowl and drank it in one go. He wiped the residual liquid from the corner of his mouth and asked with some confusion, "Why is this tea a little salty?" ”
Wu Shun sighed and replied: "There is salt in it, it was ordered by the young master, and the young master's order must have some special effect." Hearing this, Zhao Dan nodded, took out a steamed bun and took a bite and said: "This Zuo Zimu is really insidious and cunning, he actually framed us, it's really hateful!" If I had the chance, I would have slaughtered him! Wu Shun snorted and didn't speak, he was deeply influenced by Wu Xi, and he also didn't like to talk about hatred and disgust.
At this time, a passer-by walked towards here, and the two of them looked at him and didn't care. The man was dressed in a yellow robe, his temples were bulging high, he looked impatient, out of the angle, he didn't see Wu Shun's face behind Zhao Dan, so he just stared at Zhao Dan's face vigilantly. Zhao Dan didn't think too much, he was dressed in black, no wonder others would guard against him, just looked at him too, thought about it a little, and confirmed that he didn't know this person.
Slowly, as the three of them got closer and closer, Wu Shun's face slowly entered the man's line of sight, the man had already let go of his gaze, not wanting to cause more trouble, at this time, when he saw Wu Shun's ghost mask, his face suddenly changed greatly, and he pointed at them and shouted angrily: "It's you fierce thieves!" Tyre! Death to the thief! After finishing speaking, he jumped up and slapped his palm.
Zhao Dan and Wu Shun jumped to both sides, and with a loud "bang", the tree was broken by the man's palm, and he fell down with a squeak. Seeing this, Zhao Dan and the others looked horrified and shouted loudly: "Enemy attack!" Enemy attack! Seeing that he had successfully shocked his opponent, the yellow-robed man was unforgiving, and rushed towards Zhao Dan, Zhao Dan drew a knife and slashed at his head, the man smiled coldly and drank: "Die!" Bypassing the blade and slapping it on Zhao Dan's knife, Zhao Dan only felt that his palm was slipping, and the long knife had been slapped away, he hurriedly took a step back, spread out his palm and saw that a layer of skin was rubbed off in his palm.
The yellow-robed man followed him like a shadow, and bullied Zhao Dan again, and slapped it with one palm, but fortunately Wu Shun had already run behind him and stabbed him with a sword, and the yellow-robed man was not very surprising in his light skills, so he could only turn around and re-apply his old technique to slap at Wu Shun's sword body, and Wu Shun's wrist twisted and changed the sword blade to cut his arm. The man weighed it, didn't take it hard, took a step back, his palm technique had not yet been practiced to the fullest, and he couldn't ignore the sword blade of the person who practiced martial arts, Zhao Dan had already taken the opportunity to run to his saber and pick up the long knife.
The yellow-robed man rushed towards Wu Shun again, Wu Shun's tricks always left room to attack him, although he was suppressed very badly, but there was no danger of being killed in seconds, and he fought and retreated, and quickly stood with Zhao Dan. After the two men met, the situation improved again, and when the man attacked them, the other man attacked the man, and for a moment there was a stalemate.
A moment later, the two of them suddenly attacked at the same time, forcing the man back, and the man roared angrily to go up again, but quickly stopped to take a defensive stance, and he was surrounded by a group of ghost-faced black-clad men with crossbow arrows in their hands forming a half-moon formation. Zhao Dan's palm was still dripping blood, and seeing that the scene was under control at this time, he asked, "You man, why are you crazy?" Why do you attack us without a cause? ”
Although the man knew that his life was in danger, he still had no fear, and said loudly: "You are full of people, ruthless, and full of evil. Since I have met it, of course I have to do the right thing for heaven! Seeing this, Wu Xi didn't bother to explain more with this kind of rough brain with a strong sense of justice, raised his palms to signal preparation, and all the saber team members adjusted their arms and crossbows slightly, and just waited for the order to shoot them into hedgehogs.
At this moment, a rapid sound of horses' hooves sounded, and they approached this place quickly