Chapter Twenty-Four: A Shift in Snow
Ma Yong's "family letter" writes about the old lady's situation in a short period of more than 60 words, and the other line devotes a lot of space to introducing Huang Ming, who almost became his brother.
The foot strength is good enough, the strength is not good, a spirit coin is not used to practice by himself, but to buy foreign objects, it should be a young martial artist with a two-trick foundation.
Starting again, Ma Yong talked about his more opinions, although he was young, he was not vigorous, but he was just in the matter of whether he had been to the Descending Temple, and he was hesitant and somewhat reasonable to cover up.
There are also some more speculations, there should be no doubt that they should be new to cultivation, after all, they don't know anything about the three sects, and even the pills taken by martial artists are unheard of, and they don't seem to be fake.
After writing about Huang Ming's current traces, he took away a map of the country of Sanzhou that his family often sold and half sent, and it seemed that he had traveled aimlessly, but in fact, in the direction of running outside the city, it should be to go through "three miles away" and the Grand Canyon to the southwesternmost ten-mile Jingpo auction for a long time, then he had to walk dozens of miles of mountain roads and enter the big river impact canyon before the diversion.
The letter was sent to the Broken Bridge Collection three days later, and Zong Zhongzhi, who read the letter, was indeed a little surprised, and he unintentionally inserted willows, so that the family had more or less forty spirit beads to make money, not to mention, the young man who had a hard time jumping over the bridge, actually seemed to have obtained an opportunity in the Descending Temple?
That's a chance to get out of the pile of the dead.
So Zong Zhongzhi casually handed the letter to Miss Tangerine, who happened to be by her side but was upset, and it was the one who had received Huang Ming in Tangerine.
"Fourth Miss, it's a coincidence that the mud leg who threatened to buy the pill cheats when he went up the mountain really went down the mountain empty-handed like rushing to the market, and after more than a month of hard work, he bought two materials in my shop that had eaten ashes for many years, and rushed to make a longbow with a price of one hundred spirit beads."
This beautiful and dusty woman was still lingering on the fact that Kui Gongzi did not choose her at the beginning, and stretched out the letter paper while sighing, "There is indeed such a person, the impression is average, it seems that he spent two or three beads to ask some questions, and he didn't even ask the three words of the head temple." ”
"It's just that my slave confessed, the one named Huang Ming actually paid for the big bow with a spirit coin, and didn't let the shop pay back the premium, the fourth lady doesn't wonder why this Huang Gongzi is so generous?"
"Are you saying he has another chance at the Descending Temple?" Miss Tangerine frowned slightly, and after reading the two-page letter at a glance, she said slowly: "The attribution of the three big chances, according to my father's meaning in previous years, will not participate in the investigation and answer, as for more than ten small chances, there is no such case, this year's known small opportunities are enough eight have been mastered by Tangerine does not know where to go, and it is also deserved, but this Huang Ming does not say that he didn't get the chance, only said that he can hold it steady after getting it, guess who has the final say?" Brother Zhongzhi, you can let those three people from Shuijiao Bay go to my room. ”
Zong Zhongzhi was stunned for a moment, seeing that Tang Si grabbed his family letter and did not return it, hesitated, and did so.
Since the head of the temple has happened, the broken bridge set has not been as lively as before. The fourth orange girl paced alone in her yard, looked at the gloomy sky, and her heart was even more blocked, how could this talent who went to Beijing fall in love with the orange five who wears a mask all year round? How did a young woman who was a bottleneck in the land and talked coldly and impersonally became his favorite? Although he has been haunted the most in the store over the years, the kind-hearted orange five has earned a few more spirit beads at home?
When my father goes out in a few days, I will definitely go to the Taiqing Gate to find my aunt to evaluate the judges.
The door creaked open and she pushed it open, looking at the three people sitting around the square table, Tachibana Si smiled.
After Huang Ming left Sanjiang City, he came to a palm-sized town boundary, called Lisanli, and only after asking did he know that this place was a riverside town before the diversion of the river, and there was a big flood here when the diversion occurred, and the border river town of tens of thousands of people died in the flood, and most of the people who fled the famine also went to Sanjiang City to make a living.
After entering the wax moon, the sky gets dark very quickly. Huang Ming bought a gray cloth cotton robe style that Huang Lu had also worn back then, rolled up his sleeves and went to a store, slept until two poles, ordered a pasta downstairs, and looked at the gloomy sky, or it was going to snow.
The snow is better, the snow is bright, and it is better to hurry.
According to Huang Ming's plan, before the end of the year, he should rush to Shili Jingpo to participate in the auction on the seventh day of the first month of the new year, and find an opportunity to exchange the spirit coin in his hand for a spirit bead, and use the spirit bead to break through the bottleneck of qi in his eyes, which is a top priority. After breaking through the bottleneck, he entered the Taiqing Gate with a token as "Huang Ming, who eats spicy ling".
Huang Ming returned to the second floor to meditate until noon, and took out the book of only half of the cover, but the more I thought about it, the more strange it became, as far as the cover was concerned, it was extremely well preserved, so where did the book cover go? So Huang Ming turned the last page, and only then did he find some clues in that sentence.
Huang Ming took a breath into the book and read the remarks of the last paragraph, which was annotated in fine letters: If you understand the jade in the trick, you can see the beginning and the end, and the people are very different.
There are six words behind the small Kai, Egret Mountain Dou Baikui.
Huang Ming took out the map given by the steward again, and it was indeed marked with the words Bailu Mountain Ruins in the northeast. It was a little sudden, since the sect was gone, there was no need to be afraid of being coveted by monks other than Lu Jia, but this book of Migration and Qi Collection was destined to be unable to take Huang Ming into the Rank Period.
Fortunately, Huang Ming has a big heart since he was a child, and he is not annoyed, and he still does not plan to refer to other methods of cultivation before going to Taiqingmen.
Because I don't want to refer to it.
After lunch, bought some dry food, and settled the house money with the shopkeeper, Huang Ming strode out of town.
Stopping all the way, Huang Ming's mind is still on cultivation, and the essence on the second page of the collection of qi is in the word palm qi, for the monk's perennial qi to the palm of the rapid qi induction method, Huang Ming has touched a seven, seven, eighty, eight, and then use the fight between Lu Jia and Meng Donkey to prove that Lu Jia, who is indeed injured in the back, is faster than Meng Donkey'er in terms of qi induction speed, but whether it is because Lu Jia's qi is closer to the palm than Meng Donkey'er, or whether Lu Jia's qi is more than Meng Donkey'er's, It's not that Huang Ming can handle it accurately.
still lacks experience in actual fighting, after all, Lao Yu was too much stronger than himself back then, and he was more playing with himself, and he had been thinking so blindly all the way, which was really not a thing.
After walking like this for four days, there is no longer a mountain, but the terrain is getting lower and lower, it should be the original river road, and there is no doubt that the canyon has been impacted.
Although there is a map, the scattered snowflakes these days have buried the traces of the predecessors. It took Huang Ming a whole day to touch the entrance of the canyon, but because it was getting late, he shot a snow rabbit nearby, peeled off the fur, and took out the flint pile and roasted it in the firewood.
It's just that the snow is getting heavier and heavier, and the fire is becoming more and more difficult to maintain, so Huang Ming had to tear off the four rabbit legs and roast them first, and after wiping his hands with snow indiscriminately, he kicked some snow and covered the rabbit's body and the flames that were about to die.
It was already that day, and the snowflakes were falling one after another like no money, Huang Ming rubbed his eyes and looked at the sky, it was better to find a gap in the canyon to avoid it, and then hurry up if it was smaller.
At this moment, Huang Ming saw the movement in the snow, squinted his eyes, and saw three charcoal men with bamboo poles, walking slowly in his direction.
After a while, the three charcoal bearers also noticed Huang Ming in the snow.
"Little brother, you were cooking the fire here just now? It's like snow getting into a fire, and it's a lot of smoke! The first one wore a hat, couldn't see the face, and beckoned in his direction while talking.
In addition, the two who were silent did not wear hats, one was wearing very short pigtails, tall and dark-skinned, and smiled honestly at Huang Ming, and the other was shorter, holding a firewood knife in his hand, looking like he was poking at the depth of the snow in front of him, and was actually quite wary of Huang Ming.
Huang Ming didn't worry about others, he was only worried that the person who covered his face was Lu Jia.
The person at the head took off the hat, it was an inconspicuous bearded man, first buttoned the snow on the hat, and pointed to an inverted slope in front, "You can avoid the wind and snow ahead, little brother might as well go and hide together?" ”
Since it's not Lu Jia, then there are no scruples, the man with pigtails looks like he can do it, at least after stepping on the snow, the horse is more stable, and the man with the hat and the person holding the firewood knife at the head look like they do this gear for a living.
"The little surname is Zhang, a single name is a constant character, these are two brothers, Zhang Zhen and Zhang Qiao, I don't know where the little brother is, who is the surname?"
Huang Ming talked to the people nearby, and the leader named Zhang Heng did have a local accent, and then saw that his two brothers were indeed very similar to each other, unlike the strongman who temporarily ganged up to rob the house, so he scratched his head and replied: "Boy Huang Ming, come out to hunt for food, this is not just after eating a snow rabbit that I hit, looking for a corner to avoid the snow and wait for the snow to stop and return to the village, I never thought that the three eldest brothers escaped with fireworks to find my side." ”
Zhang Heng laughed while walking, he didn't know what he stepped on, leaned forward, and the hat pinned to his waist fell into the snow, just when he seemed to pick up the hat at random, and Huang Ming was attracted by it, the short-braid man who had already stopped at Huang Ming's side hit Huang Ming's waist ribs with a short punch, this punch was from top to bottom, restrained, and silent. The position of the inch point was the blind spot of Huang Ming's side face, Huang Ming was caught off guard, he was knocked to the ground by a punch, half of his body was buried in the snow, not to mention, the snowflakes also covered his vision as his body smashed into the snow.
That Zhang Zhen handed Huang Ming another punch with an evil smile on his face, but this punch was extremely fast, not to mention, it was vaguely accompanied by a low thunder, but Zhang Heng was faster, throwing out the sleeve arrow in his hand behind his back, not to mention, he also threw the family heirloom water prison talisman hidden in the hat after pinching the rune stone, as for the short man Zhang Qiao, he changed the firewood knife in his right hand to his left hand, how can there be a passer-by who is wary of thieves? With his right hand, he twisted out two light talismans from his waist that were almost instantaneously activated and attached them to the sides of his two calves, just waiting for the eldest brother and second brother to miss the "just in case." ”
These three people are the three brothers of the Zhang family who are famous for shaking the kettle bay, and the eldest brother Zhang Heng is a four-trick martial artist, and has a qi between the eyebrows, a martial artist who has such a cultivation at the age of forty is a leader even if he enters the three sects; The second Zhang Zhen is a three-trick martial artist, who once had an inner boxing master, and after the death of the master, there was a copy of "Nine Inch Thunder Book Boxing", which was written by the old boxer for his life, Zhang Zhen has won the essence; And the third Zhang Qiao is a second-class martial artist, who has been clever and calculating since he was a child, like the calculation against Huang Ming after coming down from the Broken Bridge Collection, it was this third child who made suggestions.
A few months ago, the three of them cut the path and lowered the head temple, and they have gained a lot.
After entering the house, Tang Si was half angry, and according to the rules, he did not tell Huang Ming's whereabouts to the three brothers, but only answered the whereabouts of the eight chances. Afterwards, he didn't mention much about returning Zong Zhongzhi's family letter, but Zong Zhongzhi misunderstood that Orange Si had already said everything in the house, thinking that Orange Si had told the three of them about Huang Ming's whereabouts, so when he led the three of them down the mountain, he introduced his own shop and leaked Huang Ming's whereabouts. Zhang Qiao was so clever, he jumped over the cliff after putting a few words from Zong Zhongzhi's mouth, and after some deliberation with the two elder brothers, he rushed overnight to swallow this opportunity to descend the head temple that had long been regarded as a bag.
Huang Ming, who fell to the ground, was punched by Zhang Zhen on the side of his face, and his back was also stabbed by Zhang Heng's sleeve arrow, but the water prison talisman failed to make a contribution, and was dodged by Huang Ming with the help of Zhang Zhen's fist, just waiting for Huang Ming to get up, Zhang Qiao quickly blocked Huang Ming's escape route, and with a horizontal knife, the blade slashed Huang Ming's chest, Huang Ming once again borrowed the power of Zhang Qiao's knife to roll on the ground, and was able to dodge the second water prison talisman, Zhang Zhen's fist came again, and the momentum burst out when he was two inches away from Huang Ming, and Huang Ming was knocked to the ground again. Arrows were scattered on the ground.
This series of cooperation is extremely skillful, Huang Ming's back injury has been paralyzed, it seems that there is an anesthetic hidden in this sleeve arrow, specifically to restrain the monk wearing talisman armor, it is really extremely vicious. Huang Ming gradually felt difficult, grabbed two arrows on the ground and threw them at Zhang Qiao, the moment Zhang Qiao dodged the arrows, Huang Ming kicked Zhang Qiao in the cheek, Zhang Qiao stretched out his arm to block, and was still kicked to the ground.
After opening this fleeting gap, Huang Ming didn't dare to leave any more strength, and after dodging Zhang Zhen's punch, he ran towards the canyon with his strength, Zhang Heng reacted quickly, and another sleeve arrow shot at Huang Ming's legs, and after being dodged like a long eye behind him, he flicked his sleeves angrily, and the two light talismans were excited to his legs, and he began to chase after him.
At first, the three of them were only more than three zhang away from Huang Ming, and the sleeve arrow could still pose a threat to Huang Ming from time to time, and after half a cup of tea, it had grown to more than forty zhang, Zhang Heng was secretly frightened, and the idea hit him with a sleeve arrow, and his chest was scratched by the third brother, but he could still act so quickly? While he was thinking about it, an arrow swished at him in the cold wind, hitting him right in the shoulder.
"Ah, the arrow is so fast!"
Zhang Heng was shot and took five or six steps back, did not fall to the ground, held the arrow and pulled it out, but he couldn't pull it out for a while, so he had to grit his teeth and break the arrow, and shouted while chasing: "The arrows were scattered when he was knocked down, and the number of arrows will not be too many, chase quickly." ”
Zhang Zhen Zhang Qiao dared to be lazy, chased after him, and beware of Huang Ming's hidden arrows, but the wind and snow were getting bigger, and Huang Ming's figure could no longer be seen in the snow, so he could only judge Huang Ming's general location by scattered bloodstains.
Another arrow with a whoosh, this arrow was actually coming towards Zhang Zhen's chest, even if he had been prepared, how could this arrow be too fast, and the wind and snow were too big to only see a few zhang away, and he couldn't dodge it at all, Zhang Zhen had to turn sideways and use his arm to catch the arrow, and the arrow shot into Zhang Zhen's arm in response, so painful that he stumbled, and fell to the ground due to the unloading force, fortunately, this unloading force, otherwise I am afraid that I will shoot the bone.
Zhang Zhen, who was shot to the ground, gritted his teeth and glanced at his eldest brother, Zhang Heng was also hesitating, why did he not see Huang Ming's figure for a long time, but he was shot so accurately by the other party? Could it be the one-in-a-thousand-in-a-million eye-sight monk? It's just that he is more and more sure that the opportunity to lower his head is on this person, thinking that the poison of the paralysis of the sleeve arrow has already taken effect, so he gritted his teeth and shouted: "Chase!" ”
After three hundred steps forward, there were traces of Huang Ming's blood on both sides of the forked road, and in this case, Zhang Qiao had no idea, so he had to look at the eldest brother. Zhang Heng immediately decided, the sleeve arrow must have hit this slippery little loach, since this is the case, it will definitely not be able to run far. After a few breaths of discussion, the three of them were decisively divided into two groups, Zhang Heng hung a wide road alone, and Zhang Zhen and Zhang Qiao, who picked off the arrows, went to the other way.
Huang Ming was really put on a match by the three of them, the first black fist in the blind spot, the sleeve arrow that shot into the back of the restraint talisman armor, and the unknown talisman that checked and filled in the gaps, all showed that these three people were indeed experts in eating this bowl of rice. The hidden arrow on his back was particularly insidious, inserting less than half an inch to paralyze the enemy, and although he had already pulled it out when he noticed the paralysis, he threw it on the way to escape and felt that his body was paralyzed and gradually unable to lift the bow, and two of the three remaining arrows did not make a contribution when he still had some strength. Until the road ahead forked, Huang Ming, who turned into the sheep intestine path, had an idea, ran dozens of feet in the direction of the main road, and threw the sleeve arrow far away wrapped in blood. Only then did he no longer hesitate to run towards the path, and his thoughts did not stop all the way.
Fortunately, Lao Yu said that when he was besieged and killed, the basic weakness of the plundering array was the weakness, and the key to surviving in the dead was to see how soft the weakness was.
The left-hander who is good at disguise, has a good brain, but his ability is not good, a knife in the chest, but he can't cut through the rattan armor, as long as only the left-hander comes, he can kill him with just one arrow.
The waist down is also getting more and more numb, and in the end, if this arrow can't hit the person, it won't be able to run. Huang Ming climbed over a boulder, buried his body in the snow, and waited for someone to come, his heartbeat flattened and his brain teaser turned sharply.
What did the three of them figure him out? It may be that Lu Jia announced that he had the Taiqing Order, but when Lao Tzu grabbed the package, he used his true face? Could it be the shopkeeper?
came, as expected, it was that Zhang Qiao, but he was still followed by Zhang Zhen with a very heavy fist.
A heavier snowfall, the world is silent.