Chapter 13: A Good Old Man
"I'm just asking what the matter now, it's a little late!" a strong man at the side table came with a wine jar.
That person's skin is almost the same as Li Daniu's, the only difference is that the exposed chest muscles and arms are much more developed.
"Lao Li is really a noble man in a foreign country, and he was able to meet the young master of the old club. The man stood at the table with a smile and a hint of schadenfreude in his tone.
"Tut-tut, this is white and pure, Lao Li, you want to send it. ”
"Zhang Ershan, keep your mouth clean!" Li Da Niu stood up and glared at the other party angrily.
For a while, the atmosphere in the post station was a little tense.
But the strong man named Zhang Ershan didn't pay any attention to Li Daniu's eyes, and said to himself: "How can it be cleaner, everyone knows that guy is good at Longyang, this son is so handsome, he can just be used as bait to get a bonus for you." ”
"You ......"
"Forget it, Lao Li. The other five people at the same table with Li Daniu stood up and grabbed Li Daniu, who was about to have a seizure.
Li Daniu, who calmed down, glanced at his five brothers, to be honest, he almost went up just now, and went desperately to find that Zhang Ershan.
But that would be a death sentence.
"Who is he?" asked Shen Feixue as she put down her meat.
"Peer. ”
Peers are enemies, and this sentence is also applicable in the mountain tiger.
In many cases, in order to stimulate the tigers, the owner of the trust will try his best to do things, and generally set a bonus in addition to the agreed honorarium as a reward.
With a bonus, there is naturally competition, and with competition, it becomes a rival.
Just like the Qian family this time, not only set a bonus, but also reached as much as five hundred taels of silver. The condition for getting the bonus is to take down the head of the bandit leader in the yellow bamboo forest outside the town.
"The Qian family uses money to suppress bandits?" Shen Feixue was puzzled.
These bandits, as long as they don't enter the city to harm the people, don't go too far, and even the imperial court won't care, after all, the bandits are too mobile, and it is very difficult to completely eradicate them.
Now a Qian family in Tianxi Town is indeed a little strange to pay for bandits.
"The Qian family is in business, and Mr. Qian's son was robbed a few days ago when he passed by the Yellow Bamboo Forest, and the person was detained, so Mr. Qian asked us to help. Li Daniu explained.
"Oh. ”
"Oh, I know, don't go away. The other person at the table said unhappily.
Li Daniu can see it, and they can also see it.
As Li Daniu's companions, the six of them had already discussed, and if they got the bonus, the six would share it equally.
Now there is one more person inexplicably, and this weak appearance, not to mention that one more person who has a penny makes them unhappy, just such a person, will it really not be held back?
They only glanced at Shen Feixue three times, and they had a positive answer in their hearts: Yes!
Li Da Niu has a friendship with him, and he can't say it, so I'll be this wicked person! The man who spoke thought to himself, and spoke again: "Don't think about relying on Lao Li, go away." ”
"Old Cui ......"
Li Da Niu wanted to say something, but was interrupted by another person at the same table: "Lao Li, I know that you value love and righteousness, but this time is different from the past, this time you have to face the most ferocious bandit leader in Tianxi Town, and Xiu Wei almost stepped into the realm of perception in one step."
With him, not to mention whether we can get the bonus, whether we can come back alive is a question. ”
"But if you don't care about him, what if he is in danger?" Facing his brother, Li Daniu couldn't get angry, so he had to plead, "Brothers, just let me Li Daniu owe you a favor, and when I come back, I will share the gratuity with you, if you get the bonus, it will be fine for the five of you to share it, is this okay?"
"It's not a matter of money or not, haven't you listened to the information of the Qian family, the bandit leader has amazing swordsmanship, and his light skills are good, and he has domesticated five beasts, you have to protect him while ...... How is this possible? ”
The man spoke bitterly, and it made perfect sense, and everyone agreed.
"That makes a lot of sense. ”
Everyone was surprised, and turned their heads to look at Shen Feixue, who suddenly interjected.
Is this going to quit by himself? In this way, he was wrong to blame him for wanting to rely on Lao Li!
"But let no man be a disfigurer. Shen Feixue said lightly.
I'll go!
Everyone was stunned, where is this going to quit, it is clear that it is relying on Lao Li to die!
Not only is he not a little self-aware, but he also makes such a grandiose excuse.
Bullshit can't be decorating, just your thin arms and legs, and the strength to eat milk is also to tickle others.
For a while, the five of them were not ready to persuade again, and stared at Li Daniu directly, with the momentum of "with him without us, with us without him" in their eyes, waiting for Li Daniu to make a choice.
Li Daniu's embarrassed eyes swirled on the brothers and Shen Feixue, the most difficult thing in life is to choose, especially the choice of kindness and brotherly friendship.
After a long time, Li Da Niu got up and bowed his waist and said: "I'm sorry brothers, I Li Da Niu is a rough person, I don't understand the big truth, but I have won the thousand years of people's kindness, and the grace of every bit of spring is repaid, his father is kind to me, and I can't watch him die." ”
Li Daniu's choice is understood by everyone.
One table fell silent, different from the other noisy tables.
The five of them lowered their heads, drank wine and ate meat from time to time, but no one spoke.
And Li Daniu was not idle, he sat next to Shen Feixue, gave a detailed introduction to the situation in Huangzhulin Huangzhu Village, and repeatedly told Shen Feixue that when he acted at night, he must follow him.
He emphatically reminded Shen Feixue that if he heard the whistle, he must find a place to hide.
Legend has it that the bandit leader domesticated five beasts, which could swallow fire and spit water, and were so powerful that whenever there was a crisis, the bandit leader would blow a whistle and the five beasts would come to hear the order.
Judging from Shen Feixue's experience in killing demon beasts in his previous life, the five beasts described by Li Daniu should belong to the kind of demon beasts that have not yet been wised, and they belong to the lowest level.
At that level, even the Inner Dan has not yet been formed, so it is not difficult to kill.
Seeing that Shen Feixue was silent, Li Daniu comforted him: "Actually, you don't have to be afraid, we are prepared this time." ”
"I'm not afraid. ”
Li Daniu was a little stunned by these straightforward words, not to mention Shen Feixue, he himself was a little scared.
He would say this, mainly because he wanted to comfort himself, now that there are five brothers missing, just him and Shen Feixue, it will definitely not work to rob the head of the bandit leader.
"This time, the Qian family arranged for people to infiltrate Huangzhu Village, and they will poison their food tonight, except for the bandit leader who does not eat a big pot of rice, everyone will lose their combat effectiveness, as long as they don't get close to the bandit leader, there will be no danger. ”
"What's the danger of getting closer?"
Li Daniu pulled around with his hand.
Shen Feixue suddenly realized that five hundred taels of silver was indeed a huge amount of money for these people.
In the face of huge sums of money, who cares about the lives of their peers, snatching the head of the bandit leader, it is very likely to happen.
Thinking of these, Shen Feixue couldn't help but sigh that it was not easy to walk the mountain tiger.
On the one hand, you have to watch out for the enemy, and on the other hand, you have to watch out for your peers.
The two of them whispered, of course, most of them were Li Daniu admonishing or talking to himself, and Shen Feixue only nodded and shook his head or said a few short words.
Time passed like this, the sky gradually darkened, and those who had been drunk too much and slept on the table were also called up by their companions.
Everyone in the post station began to form a small group and rushed to the yellow bamboo forest one after another.
Everyone else is in groups of seven or eight, otherwise they are in teams of five or six, but Shen Feixue and Li Daniu, their teams look a little bleak.
The Yellow Bamboo Forest is five miles away from Tianxi Town, and with the foot strength of these mountain tigers, when they reach the Yellow Bamboo Forest, the sky is already dark.
"Remember, follow me and run back when you hear the whistle!"
Li Daniu finally admonished, hunched over and shuttled through the bamboo forest.
Although the bandit brother was poisoned, the bandit leader could not be found out too early, they just wanted to catch the bandit leader by surprise and let him have no room to blow the whistle.
There are only sporadic moonlight in the bamboo forest, which greatly obstructs people's vision, and two feet away, it is pitch black.
Except for the subtle rustling of footsteps, there was no other sound.
Shen Feixue followed behind Li Daniu like this, mainly because it was difficult to refute Li Daniu's feelings.
In the afternoon, Li Daniu said that he learned about Li Daniu's current situation, his cultivation of the three heavens of the acquired realm, the old mother in the family, and the three sons who were waiting to be fed.
In this situation, I would rather give up the gratuity and the opportunity to pay dividends to protect myself, which will make my conscience uneasy if I thin people's feelings.
If he has the opportunity, he will definitely rob the head of the bandit leader, which can be regarded as helping poor Li Daniu, not to mention that he himself is short of money.
But he always felt that it was not that simple.
As it turned out, his guesses were somewhat accurate.
As soon as the thought fell, a bamboo forest surrounded by pitch black suddenly burst into flames, accompanied by shouts of killing.
Countless people with strange hairstyles and patches on their clothes appeared, and in the light of the torches, they were all fierce and vicious, and they looked like bandits.
"The big boss is like a god, and it's really here, brothers, kill!" the leader shouted, and dozens of people rushed up.
"Oops, there is an ambush!" Li Daniu scolded, shielding Shen Feixue behind him, holding the knife across his chest, ready to fight the people who rushed to him alone.
"That's really the case!" Shen Feixue muttered to herself.
There are also dozens of people in the post station, such a big movement, and they began to assemble half a day in advance, and the bandits are not stupid, so they can guess some.
I have to say that the intelligence of the Qian family is still very accurate, and if there are more than 100 bandits in the village, then there must be more than 100.
At this moment, the number of bandits who rushed out was significantly greater than that of the mountain tigers. And Li Daniu could only protect Shen Feixue on one side, and in the face of the bandits rushing up from all directions, he quickly drowned in it.
Many people were one person fighting two bandits, and many were four or five people, and for a while, the bamboo forest was full of fire and swords, and it was a mess.
These bandits are obviously lower than the strength of the mountain tigers, and they may not even reach the acquired realm, they all rely on hand-to-hand combat.
But this sudden appearance and rushing kill still caused injuries to the people on the side of the mountain tiger, and there were also several bandits who rushed towards Shen Feixue with knives.
Obviously, it was impossible for such a person to hurt Shen Feixue, the cyan long sword had already been unsheathed, flickering with cold light in the firelight.
With the subtlety of swordsmanship, for every sword that is struck, one person will fall.
Gradually, there were no more bandits around Shen Feixue, and for a while, he became the idliest person in the melee.
Even so, in this kind of chaos, Li Daniu was not able to be found again.