17. Mountain village
Early the next morning.
The people arranged by Lu Tao waited outside early.
As soon as Wang Teng opened the door, he saw two rows of big men standing at the door.
All of them were tall, muscular, and stood there like iron towers.
Seeing Wang Teng appear, two rows of people bent down in unison to salute.
"Meet Deacon Wang!"
The sound is so loud that it can be heard from a distance of several hundred meters.
Some people were woken up while they were still asleep, and they opened the doors and windows and were about to insult them.
But when I saw the rows of tall and strong men, how dare these people talk nonsense, and when they reach their throats, they swallow them raw, and then they retract their heads like turtles, and the doors and windows are closed.
Wang Teng stood at the door, looking at this group of men in cyan gang suits, waiting for him with full energy, he couldn't help but feel as if he had suddenly become a gangster in a TV series.
"Whoever you lead. ”
Immediately, a bald man with a thick waist and round shoulders stood up and replied: "If you want to return to the king's words, you can use it in Xia Wu, it is the leader of this group of people, you can call me Xiao Wu." ”
Wang Teng's face couldn't help twitching.
He is only sixteen years old, even in his previous life, he was only in his twenties, how awkward it sounds to be a forty-year-old man Xiao Wu, he thought for a while and said: "Let's call you Lao Wu, it's more agreeable." ”
"The small one is in the big old man, you can call it anything. The bald man touched his head, and then asked, "Deacon, the carriage is ready, when will we leave?"
"You came here early in the morning, you haven't had a meal yet, you are talking after breakfast first, Pearl Restaurant, I have a treat." ”
"Well, thank you, Lord Deacon!"
A group of big men happily walked towards the Pearl Restaurant.
Although they are all disciples of the Gangzhong, and the Pearl Restaurant is also a Gangzhong industry, not everyone can afford to eat, even if it is the leader Wu Yong, he only goes there two or three times a month.
Wang Teng looked at the excitement of this group of people, and he shouldn't know what task he had received.
Going to the mountain village to investigate the weirdness is extremely dangerous.
There were so many of them going together, and in the end, it was even possible that he alone would come back alive.
But this can't blame Lu Tao for hiding the truth, as long as he is an ordinary person, no one is not afraid of weirdness.
If it weren't for Lu Tao giving him a bottle of spiritual blood and giving him the means to deal with ghosts, Wang Teng himself would not dare to go to the mountain village to investigate the weirdness, it would be a joke with his own life.
Moreover, if the level of weirdness shown in the spirit card reaches the evil level, he will definitely turn around and leave without saying a word.
Invite this group of big men to go to the Pearl Restaurant for a big meal, this is likely to be the most sumptuous meal in their lives.
An hour later, Wang Teng sat in the carriage and slowly drove out of Wujiang City under the escort of two rows of men.
From Wujiang City to Heifeng Mountain, even if you ride a fast horse, it takes half a day.
If you take a carriage, the time will be doubled.
When they arrived at the small mountain village, it was already dusk, and only the sun was left in the sky.
"Deacon, it's almost time to reach Black Mountain Village!"
Wang Teng, who was resting in the carriage, opened his eyes and turned his head to look out the window.
The first thing that catches your eye is a mountain range in the distance, which is the Black Wind Mountains.
Wujiang City can go to other cities by water, but there are also some cities that do not have waterways, and caravans need to take land routes, which cannot bypass the Black Wind Mountains, so there are many mountain bandits who specialize in robbing caravans to make a living.
However, the caravans were robbed a lot, and every time they were at a loss, so few people did business by land.
Without the caravan, the mountain bandits in the Black Wind Mountains lost their source of income, and could only rob the towns and villages in Wujiang City, often doing the things of burning, killing and plundering, making them notorious.
In the end, Heifeng Village even stretched out his hand to the waterway, and then was designed by Lu Tao to arrest Wei Gang, the master of Sanzhai.
Next, there is a series of things that Wang Teng knows.
Heifeng Village took advantage of Lu Tao's heading to the city to sneak into the city and slaughter him.
Then Lu Tao came back and gathered the troops and horses of all forces in Wujiang City to exterminate the Black Wind Village in one fell swoop.
Not far from the Black Wind Mountains, there is a village.
The village looks huge, and at first glance, there are hundreds of stone houses on the spacious land.
Between these stone houses, there are also rows of rice paddies, and you can see many people working hard in the fields.
However, these people working in the fields seem to be old people, and there are no young adults.
After a while, the convoy came to the village of Montenegro.
The villagers of Heishan Village saw the convoy of Wang Teng and others from a distance, thinking that the bandits in the Black Wind Mountain were coming, and they all threw down the furniture they were working on and ran back to the village, with the door closed.
When Wang Teng and the others came to the entrance of the village, they saw a white-haired old man on crutches, and when he saw the arrival of the convoy, he immediately showed nervousness, and said tremblingly: "Heroes...... Good man, our village no longer has any belongings, the lord on the Black Wind Mountain snatched all the food we only had a few days ago, and there is nothing of value in the village except for us, the old, weak, sick and disabled. ”
Wang Teng stepped down from the carriage and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Old man, you misunderstood, we are not bandits, we are from Wujiang City, because we got lost when we went out to play, so we want to borrow a night in your village."
These guards of mine look fierce and evil, but in fact they are kind-hearted, and even the little rabbit can't bear to hurt them, don't believe me let them make you laugh. ”
Hearing this, Wu Yong and the others suddenly showed a smile that was even more ugly than crying, grinning their teeth, and looking more like wicked people.
"Ah...... Originally...... It turned out to be a VIP from the city, Xiao Lao'er is the village chief of Black Mountain Village, please forgive me if there is any neglect. ”
The village chief of Montenegro Village bowed and said.
"The old man doesn't have to be polite. Wang Teng said softly: "You see it's getting late, and it's close to Heifeng Mountain, I'm afraid that I will encounter mountain bandits on Heifeng Mountain when I rush at night, so I want to spend the night in your village."
Rest assured, we won't live in vain. ”
Knowing that Wang Teng and the others were not bandits, the village elder had a rare smile on his face, "It has been a long time since there have been guests in Black Mountain Village, and it is our honor for the distinguished guests to come to the small village, which should have been entertained, but the food in the village has been robbed by the big man on the black wind, and the houses in the small village are simple, I am afraid you will not be used to it." ”
Wang Teng said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, when you go out, how can you be so exquisite, having a place to live is much better than sleeping in the wild, village chief, right?"
"The distinguished guests don't dislike it, and the old man will take you into the village. ”
Wang Teng and the others followed the village chief into the village.
The village was deserted and silent, with many of the doors and windows of the houses open, and some of the wooden doors swaying and creaking in the wind.
These houses are covered with cobwebs, the windows are gray, and the pillars of the houses are also covered with scratches, which look quite dilapidated, and they have not been inhabited for a long time.
Even if there are people in some houses, they are all young and old people like the old village chief, or they are sick and disabled, and even if there are some young adults, they are also unable to move, either missing arms or legs.
While walking, the village chief explained to everyone: "You have also seen the situation in this village, because of the proximity to the Black Wind Mountain, the village is often looted, and the young and middle-aged people in the village either resist the bandits and are killed, or they can't stand the oppression and pack up and leave the village, leaving only us old, weak, sick and disabled. ”
Walking into the village and seeing the scene in the village, the faces of these sturdy men from the Jianghe Gang also became unnatural.
This place is so desolate.
However, after hearing the village chief's explanation, they were also able to understand that ordinary people really had little power to resist when they encountered the bandits of Black Wind Village.
Either you are exploited or you are fleeing.
So these people didn't think about anything else, and the task they received was to find out whether Black Mountain Village belonged to the stronghold of Black Wind Village, and whether there were any bandits hiding in Black Wind Village, and they didn't mention weirdness.
It seems that it is impossible for this dilapidated village to hide the bandits of the Black Wind Village, and their task will be completed soon.
Not long after, the village chief led them to a manor.
"This manor is the residence of Li Yuanwai, the richest man in our village, but Li Yuanwai's family can't stand the bandits on the Black Wind Mountain who have come down the mountain one after another to loot, so they moved out early, such a big manor has been empty like this, you can rest here for one night for the time being. ”
"Thank you, old man. ”
Wang Teng asked people to send money and dry food.
The village chief thanked him again and again, and before leaving, he advised: "By the way, if you hear any strange noises at night, don't open the door." ”