Chapter Twenty-Three: Memories of the Horse Thief
When Shi Jiu heard Chen Shao'an's pantothenic acid words, he knew that he wanted to make fun of himself.
But what happened later surprised him very much. He was surprised not by Miss Helian's posture, but by the little poem. Looking at her inquiry about Chen Shaoan at that time, she seems to be very familiar with this poem, and even has intersected with the author of this word.
This poem was written by the person he respected most in his life, and when he touched it, the rice paper was still in his arms.
Although he has been carefully preserved, after so many years, the paper has long been yellowed and damaged. But he has always wrapped it in a silk handkerchief and kept it in the most intimate place.
He collects not only a piece of paper, but also that indelible memory. A few years ago, he was seen by Chen Shao'an, and he praised the handwriting on the paper for being handsome, and also asked why only half of the paper was not finished? Who knew that the words had been memorized by him.
Shi Jiu firmly believes that there should not be many people in the world who know this little word? Except for Chen Shao'an, who saw it by chance, everyone who knows this poem should have crossed paths with Lu Sanshu.
Could it be that Miss Helian also knows Third Uncle Lu?
Seeing that when she asked Chen Shao'an those inexplicable and wonderful words, Shi Jiu concluded that the one that Miss Helian said must be Third Uncle Lu!
But how did she know Third Uncle Lu? Listening to the tone, she seemed to want to know the news of Third Uncle Lu, and it seemed that she didn't know about Third Uncle Lu.
And every third uncle Lu knows people, and there is an inexplicable sense of closeness in Shi Jiu's heart.
It was ten years since someone asked him about the news of the third uncle in front of him, and the impact of this moment made him feel unspeakable soreness in his heart, and he even had the urge to go to Miss Helian to ask.
Chen Shao'an was also surprised, he was surprised that Chu Chongshan and these people seemed to be indifferent to the sudden appearance of Miss Helian, and everyone seemed to know that Miss Helian had a stunt.
Chen Shao'an glanced at Shi Jiu's swollen thick lips, thinking that this Helian sister was not a simple woman, otherwise, with Shi Jiu's skills, he would not have been guarded that night, and he would not have easily been hit by that punch.
Miss Helian Er was also surprised when she heard Chen Shao'an reading the words by the river.
After seeing his sister appear, he asked Chen Shao'an what he was?
She hurriedly put on her shoes and socks and hurried back to the car.
As soon as I arrived at the car, I hadn't stepped into the carriage yet. She heard her sister muttering to herself in the car, her voice sad.
"...... Red face tears, the two look at each other, and the thrush is only waiting for Jun makeup...... The thrush is only waiting with Jun makeup...... "
The voice was sour, the meaning of resentment was indescribable, and the voice was getting lower and lower. It's just that this sentence 'thrush is only waiting for you to make up' has been repeated many times, and in the end it is already a fool's ......
Miss Helian stopped outside the carriage for a while before gently getting into the carriage.
I saw that Miss Helian had taken off her veil in the carriage, and she looked twenty-six or seventeen years old, and her appearance was somewhat similar to her sister, and she even had a mature charm. Miss Helian is twenty-eight years old, just getting rid of her youth, and her whole body is full of the beauty of a girl's life and agility. And Miss Helian has a gentle charm like drinking nectar and facing the spring breeze. Look closely at her dress, but she is still a girl waiting for her words, this Miss Helian has never married.
In the Central Plains, the average woman will marry a wife at the age of eighteen or nineteen, but it is extremely rare to be unmarried at the age of twenty-six or seventeen.
Miss Helian frowned lightly, and her eyebrows were full of worry, which made people feel pity and regret.
"Sister, I heard you say these words a lot when I was a child, but I haven't heard from that person in the past ten years?
"Sister, you're still young, you don't understand...... "
With a bitter smile, he lifted the corner of the curtain and looked at the grassland outside the car. But a tear quietly fell from the corner of his eye, falling on the tip of a tender green grass outside the car, like a dew drop condensed in the morning.
"Sister, since that Chen Shao'an can recite this poem, then he must have a deep friendship with that person? Even if he doesn't have a friendship, he should know that person? Sister, why don't you ask him about the news?"
"That Chen Shaoan doesn't know him, my sister can see it. A faint sigh. "Why do you ask? Why do you want to seek? If he had a heart, he should have found it in the past ten years. If there is no intention, even if we know his whereabouts, what can we do? "
"Why don't you ask? Sister, I'll ask for you to understand! If that person really loses you! Even if he is at the end of the world, my sister will find him! Catch him in front of you and let you let out this evil breath!" After that, he wanted to get out of the car and go to find Chen Shaoan.
"Little sister, don't ask! I will solve my sister's own affairs! Now that I can't give birth to branches, and the poison on my eldest brother's body has not been resolved, how can I forget the purpose of this trip for the sake of my own selfish desires? If only I knew that someone else could know about him...... "
Miss Helian turned her head and said, her tone was already very stern, but the last sentence was bitterly complaining.
Seeing that her sister was a little angry, Miss Helian stuck out her tongue. "Okay, sister, can't I ask if I don't ask? don't you be angry, sister, ......?"
When Miss Helian saw her expression, her heart softened.
Her parents died early, and her brother joined the army early, this little sister has followed her since she was a child, and she has been pampered since she grew up.
"Brother has a strange poison in his body, let's go deep into the grassland this time, and I have heard that the ancient mountain is a forbidden land for foreign tribes. That Chen Shao'an usually looks slick and tired, although he doesn't look like those disloyal and unrighteous people. But people's hearts are unpredictable, can my brother's antidote be found? The key is in your hands. Everything needs to be done carefully, and you must not go near him. And you must not ask him anything? If you ask him, I will punish you if I want me to know...... "
"Sister...... People said they wouldn't ask...... Miss Helian said coquettishly with a small mouth.
But I secretly made up my mind in my heart, my sister didn't let me ask Chen Shao'an! I won't ask Shi Jiu? The relationship between them is so good, what would I not know? And that Shi Jiu looks quite loyal and honest.
Thinking of Shi Jiu, thinking of the corners of his high swollen mouth. I couldn't help but laugh again.
When Miss Helian saw that she agreed, she also knew that although she had been a strange elf since she was a child. But he never dared to disobey his own will.
He turned his head and looked out the window.
The scenery outside the window is still the same, but what she sees is not the scene. The figure of that person seemed to be reflected in front of him again, wearing a moon-white robe and a straight figure. With one hand behind him, stand beside him. Handsome face, with that intoxicating smile on the corner of his mouth......
It has been ten years since the bank of the Bachuan River was separated, but there is no news from you, do you still remember the red sleeves? Alas......
After a short break at noon, seeing that the Luo caravan was ready to set off, Chu Chongshan also ordered to go down and prepare to go on the road.
At this time, I suddenly heard a commotion from the Luo caravan.
"There are horse thieves!"
"Be on guard! There is an enemy situation...... "
"Hurry, hurry, the horse thief is coming...... "
Everyone quickly mounted their horses and looked over to the side of the Luo clan's caravan.
Far to the right of the caravan, I saw a dozen horse thieves standing there observing the caravan.
After a little panic, the caravan guards were all ready to defend. The dozen or so horse thieves did not rush over, but galloped back and forth in the distance, brandishing sabers in their hands and intimidating the crowd with loud whistles in their mouths.
There were also a few people on horseback who were pointing at the caravan, as if they were looking at what was being exchanged?
The Golden Sword King, Qian Yigun, and Li Mazi were standing together, also observing these horse thieves.
Luo Sanye also hurried over, with worry on his face. As soon as he saw the King of the Golden Sword, he asked, "How did these horse thieves come so quickly? What do you think of this horse thief? But the redbeard mentioned earlier?"
"The third master doesn't have to worry! Just these dozen horse thieves are not enough for my brother to kill, how dare they attack and disturb us! They are just bluffing!"
Luo Sanye was a little relieved at this time, and made a gesture to a few people, "There are still a few more people to rely on here, and the old man will go to the back first." If you need anything, you're welcome! The old man is always available!"
The three of them knew that he was afraid in their hearts and didn't dare to stay in the front team longer, so they politely let him go.
The dozen or so horse thieves made a noise for a while, and saw that the caravan was guarded by a large number of guards, and there were more than a hundred or so people, and they did not dare to advance too much, and they stood still far away.
One of the horse thieves broke away from the group on horseback and ran back to the rear, while the rest of the horse thieves just stared at the caravan from a distance.
"These dozen or so horse thieves seem to be sentry agents, and one of them went back to report the news. It's just that we don't know which horse bandits on the grassland are this?"
"Even Redbeard's biggest bandit sees our caravan. I guess I won't dare to do it easily! At most, I'll send someone to ask for some tolls!"
The three men discussed for a while, and when they concluded that the thieves would not do it easily, they ordered the caravan to prepare for its journey.
According to the trend of previous years, if the horse thief encounters a caravan with stronger guards. When you can't swallow the caravan, as long as you haven't fought any casualties. They would send people to the caravan to ask for some silver as a toll, and the amount was usually not too large or small.
Moreover, most of the caravans would be willing to pay this money, so that the horse thieves would not only receive the benefits, but also avoid fighting with the caravan guards and suffering heavy casualties, and the gains outweighed the losses. If the horse thief receives this money, he will try to inform the other horse thieves that the caravan has paid the protection fee, and the other horse thieves will not raid again.
It's just that this matter can only be traded with more powerful horse thieves, if the horse thieves who can't control the scene, how can the rest of the horse thieves pay attention?
"I hope so! Tell my brothers to be more careful! We can't just stay here, it's not good for us! It will make the horse thieves think we're too scared to go! Tell the caravan to go. Just slow down a little bit and be more vigilant!Let's go over and ask which horse thief it is?" said the Golden Knife, pondering for a moment.
The Luo caravan began to move slowly, and Chu Chongshan also ordered the team to follow. The dozen or so horse thieves saw that the Luo caravan was starting to leave, and they also advanced together from a distance.
The Golden Knife King and Li Mazi rode up to meet them, and when they were dozens of steps away from the horse thief, the Golden Knife King grabbed his hip and dismounted, and hugged his fists on the horse, "I don't know which big boss these friends in front of me are from?"
The horse thieves paced out of the crowd, and immediately sat a bald man, with a shiny head, a yellow beard on his face, and an extremely fierce face.
The bald man first raised his head and laughed, his laughter was full of anger, but his cultivation was not bad.
"Haha...... The eldest brother of Lao Tzu is the redbeard of Megatron Grassland! Are you here to prepare to join the gang? or are you here to surrender? Hehe...... "
Seeing that his tone was not good, the Golden Sword King said loudly, "You are just asking for money, and we are willing to pay some tolls." What do you think, then, that you have taken the silver, and that your brothers are spared from seeing each other with swords?"
"Hmph...... This time, the eldest brother of the family said that the blood debt will be repaid by blood! This is not a matter that can be settled by spending money! Actually, Lao Tzu! I have long wanted to destroy you caravan lackeys!"
The Golden Sword King was furious when he heard this, and it seemed that he was preparing to swallow the caravan completely, leaving no room for it. I couldn't help laughing angrily, "Okay! In that case, let someone see what you rats are capable of?"
"Then you just wait, wait for Lao Tzu to cut your dog's head to make a night pot!"
When the King of the Golden Sword heard this, he was furious in his heart, and he wanted to tear it with his sword. Li Mazi dissuaded beside him: "These are all little minions under the hands of the red beard, and they will only take advantage of some tongues! He can't be the master, what does Brother Wang do for him? Killing such a person will only stain our hands!"
With a cold snort, the Golden Sword King angrily stretched out his finger and pointed at the bald man. "What is your name? If he fights, he will kill you by the sword!"
"Lao Tzu is the fourth, and I am the fourth in charge! The old guy remembers Grandpa's face, otherwise you don't know which grandfather is when you cut your head?" haha...... "
Wang Dadao stared at the four masters fiercely, knowing that it was not appropriate to make the first move at this time. Holding back his anger, he turned his horse's head and Li Mazi and ran towards the caravan. Behind him came the rampant laughter of horse thieves.
After walking for more than ten miles, he saw another horse thief riding back to report the news.
Chu Chongshan ordered the team to speed up the pace, and gradually they were only a hundred steps away from the Luo caravan.
When the Golden Sword King saw this, not only did he not say anything, but he also deliberately slowed down his pace, and he also hoped that the horse thieves would regard their two caravans as one! That would make the caravan guards stronger, and besides, the experience of that day made him know that the people in Chen Shao'an's team were not good people! If he really fought with the horse thieves, if there were more than a dozen people to help, it would also be an extra boost and reinforcement.
The Golden Sword King wanted to send someone to discuss his thoughts with Chen Shaoan several times, but when he thought about the previous events, he was afraid that Chen Shaoan would look down on him. So he tried his best to slow down the caravan, and deliberately let Chen Shaoan's horse team get closer to him. Both sides thought so, and by the time it was nearly dark, the two teams were almost head to end.
However, the horse thieves in the distance gathered in a group, presumably these were horse thieves who had been summoned, and they saw that the horse thieves were gathering more and more.
The Golden Sword King became more and more worried, and before it got dark, they set up camp on a high ground.