Chapter 5 Meeting becomes goodbye
No matter how hard Cheng Hao tries, he is not as fast as a horse. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 Fortunately, there are patches of woods and shrubs in the wilderness from time to time, which can allow Cheng Hao and the entourage led by the white-clothed silver horse girl to go around in circles. After coming and going, it soon got dark.
On the night of the sixth day of the eighth month, although there is a crescent moon in the sky, the light is not bright, but it looks very hazy. So much so that the speed of the horses suddenly slowed down. And Cheng Hao was not affected, in a dark place like the underground cave where he couldn't see his fingers, he could see things, not to mention a crochescent moon, even if there was no light, he could calmly see everything in front of him.
Cheng Hao had already discovered the abnormality of his eyesight, but he couldn't figure out what caused it. It vaguely felt like it had something to do with five years in an underground cavern, but I didn't think much about it.
"Miss, it's late at night, and if you don't go back, I'm afraid the prince will blame you. Besides, it's going to be hard to catch him tonight. ”
"Hmph, so many people can't catch a wild man. ”
Under the moonlit night, the girl led dozens of followers to chase after her, and lost the trace of Cheng Hao. Although he was extremely unwilling in his heart, he still listened to the persuasion of his entourage, turned his horse's head stupidly, and returned to the official road to continue his westward journey.
Hiding in the grass behind a bush, Cheng Hao used both eyes and ears, always paying attention to the girl in white not far away. Seeing that they suddenly turned around and left, they hid for a while before they dared to show up.
Raising his head to look at the crape myrtle star in the night sky, Cheng Hao identified the direction, estimated the speed of Jingjing's mother and daughter, and returned along the way he came. It's just that Cheng Hao neglected a problem, how could Jingjing's mother and daughter walk at night like him. Therefore, when he came to the official road and searched back and forth for half an hour, but did not find any trace of Jingjing's mother and daughter, he suddenly woke up. In the end, Cheng Hao simply sat down in a pit next to the official road, and while reaching out and tearing the 10,000-year-old meat Ganoderma lucidum on the wooden stick, he rested, wanting to wait for dawn to look for it.
At night in early August, the wind was already very cool, but Cheng Hao, who was shirtless, couldn't feel it at all. On the contrary, in the chirping of autumn insects one after another, there was gradually a hint of sleepiness.
"Hao'er, you must hold on to this wooden stick, and you can't let go at any time. ”
"Daddy-!mother-!sister-!"
Awakened by the same dream again, Cheng Hao subconsciously raised his hand and rubbed his eyes. The scene in the dream is the scene when I parted with my father and sister Cheng Ying when I was in the flood. Cheng Hao wondered, why did he hardly dream in the five years in the underground cave, but after returning to the surface, he had the same dream every night and night?
"Is it true that you think about it day and dream at night?"
For the words he heard from the storyteller back then, Cheng Hao became more and more convinced. Although he failed to find the remains of his parents on the site of the flooded village, Cheng Hao missed his sister Cheng Ying, who might still be alive.
"Sister, where are you? Hao'er misses you so much. ”
Turning his head to see that the sky in the east had already revealed the white of the fish belly, Cheng Hao began to tear the 10,000-year-old meat Ganoderma lucidum piece by piece, and while putting it in his mouth to chew, he was thinking about his next behavior after finding Jingjing's mother and daughter.
"I should first dispose of this meat Ganoderma lucidum, exchange it for silver money, and then go to my sister to live a good life together. ”
Da-da-da, da-da-da, da-da-da.
The soft and very clear sound of horses' hooves sounded, which suddenly made Cheng Hao's nerves tense again.
Fortunately, when the two horses slowly drove past the official road beside him, Cheng Hao's hanging heart suddenly relaxed. Cheng Hao didn't care about the next successive horses. After sitting in place until the red sun rose, Cheng Hao stood up and carried the 10,000-year-old meat Ganoderma lucidum, paying attention to the figure of Jingjing's mother and daughter, and continued to travel west along the official road.
What made Cheng Hao strange was that more than an hour had passed, and except for the horses that drove one after another at dawn, there was not a single pedestrian on the official road. Not to mention finding Jingjing's mother and daughter.
Cheng Hao, who couldn't figure out why, felt a sense of nervousness for no reason in his heart, and walked along the official road for less than two quarters of an hour, and suddenly got off the official road and entered the wilderness again. At this point, the tension in Cheng Hao's heart was slightly relieved.
"Hey, there seems to be a family in front of you. ”
In a small forest in the distance, Cheng Hao vaguely saw the fence courtyard wall, as well as a corner of the ridge exposed in the crack of the tree. Gradually walked in, and even heard the sound of dogs barking, Cheng Hao was even more sure that it must be a family. I couldn't help but raise my feet and walk over, wanting to inquire where this is and what he belongs to. Cheng Hao is looking for a prosperous place to sell the meat Ganoderma lucidum on his shoulder.
It's just that when Cheng Hao was only less than ten zhang away from the hut in the woods, there was a chaotic sound of horses' hooves behind him and left and right at the same time. When Cheng Hao turned his head to look around, hundreds of cavalrymen armed with longbows and crossbows, dressed as officers and soldiers, had already surrounded him, along with the small fence courtyard ten zhang away.
And that's not all, after the cavalry, hundreds, if not thousands, of infantry came. They were all armed with spears and longbows on their shoulders.
Cheng Hao stood in place, carrying the 10,000-year-old meat Ganoderma lucidum on the wooden stick and did not move. It's not that he didn't notice that a young girl appeared in the small courtyard of the fence, but he was nervous about the officers and soldiers surrounding him, especially the longbow and crossbow in their hands, where did Cheng Hao dare to move?
"What's your name?
came again, but Cheng Hao still replied honestly: "A native of Rising Sun Village, Hongyi County, Cheng Hao." ”
"Ahh
The voice came from the small fenced courtyard ten feet away, and it was obviously a girl's exclamation.
Without giving Cheng Hao the slightest chance to turn back, a general-like man in the cavalry continued to ask, "What is it on your shoulder?"
"Meat reishi. ”
"Where?"
"Inadvertently picked up from an underground cave. ”
"Nonsense, it is clearly from the county government of Hongyi County, and Xing Dao, the county magistrate, is ready to dedicate to the long-lived Ruibao. ”
"It's not......。 ”
didn't give Cheng Hao a chance to seem to argue at all.
"Also, yesterday you killed five soldiers under the command of Guan Tuan's training envoy?"
Cheng Hao didn't understand very well, thinking that it should be referring to the fact that he went down with a stick and even broke people and horses into two.
"Just killed one person because they wanted to rob me of my flesh Ganoderma lucidum. ”
How did Cheng Hao know that at that time, the four people who were hit by the huge meat Lingzhi on the wooden stick also died on the spot.
"Lord Young General Soldier, the check is correct, it is this person who snatched the treasure that Hongyi County is preparing to sacrifice to the emperor - Ten Thousand Years Meat Ganoderma lucidum, and killed the five soldiers under the command of Guan Tuanlian. ”
"In that case, let's do it. ”
The person who gave the order was a young general in his early twenties, with golden armor and golden armor, that is, the so-called "Young General Soldier".
With an order, Cheng Hao only heard the chaotic sound of bowstrings around him, and then the arrows shot over like flying locusts.
As a last resort, it can only be the turn of the huge 10,000-year-old meat lingzhi on the wooden stick on his shoulder to cover it.
Puff-, puff.
"Ouch. ”
Cheng Hao, who had never been in contact with war, knew how powerful the longbow was, and if he was not careful, he would be hit by three arrows in his leg.
Cheng Hao, who knew that staying here any longer would only be a dead end, endured the pain and bent his waist, while trying his best to cover his whole body with meat lingzhi, while rushing into the other party's team desperately. In this way, the officers and men will inevitably slow down the speed of firing arrows.
Cheng Hao calculated very well, but he didn't expect that the "Young Chief Soldier" was determined to win the 10,000-year-old meat Lingzhi in his hands.
"Crossbowman, prepare!"
Squeak, when a bowstring sound came into Cheng Hao's ears, it was too late to dodge. Hurriedly raised the 10,000-year-old meat Lingzhi to block the direction where the crossbow arrows as thick as a child's arm were fired.
Poof-, poof-.
Two crossbow arrows in succession all penetrated the 10,000-year-old flesh Ganoderma lucidum at the end of the stick, and shot straight at Cheng Hao Chiguo's chest.
"Brother--, Xiaohao-!"
At this extremely critical moment, a familiar shout suddenly came from his side, and Cheng Hao only felt a soft body blocking his chest.
"Sister, really sister?!"
Seeing that the corners of her sister Cheng Ying's mouth in her arms had overflowed with blood, and the two thick crossbow arrows shot through the ten thousand years of flesh Lingzhi finally pierced Cheng Ying's body and stopped after piercing the skin on Cheng Hao's chest.
"Brother, run, don't drop the stick. ”