Chapter 16 Rush to Yuanyang
"Boom!"
At that moment, there was a loud bang outside the window.
"Scared, what's going on?" Chai Le was taken aback, and hurriedly rushed into Ji Lin's guest room, propped his hand on the windowsill, stretched out his head to look down, and saw a boulder smashed into the middle of the street, and the mustard seeds on the street were panicked, shouting and screaming, and scattered.
There was a lot of bang on and on, and several loud bangs followed. You Feng in cultivation was also disturbed by this loud noise, and hurriedly retreated, opened his eyes and looked at Ji Lin and asked, "What happened?"
Ji Lin also didn't know and shook his head. Chai Le also came out of the guest room at this time, and said seriously: "It seems that something bad has happened." Let's get out of this place as soon as possible and go to Yuanyang County first, maybe we can find out some information on the way. ”
Ji Lin and You Feng glanced at each other, and they both came out.
To the surprise of the four of them, the shopkeeper of the Laoji Inn was still sitting in front of the cabinet with an unchanged face, as if he didn't know what was happening outside. Chai Le was surprised, so he stepped forward and asked, "Shopkeeper, do you know what's going on outside?"
The old shopkeeper squinted at this junior, and suddenly remembered that he was one of those big money yesterday, and his flat face turned into a smiling face again, but what he said to Chai Le was useless, it was nothing more than that he only cared about money, and those who had nothing to do with money didn't care. When they encountered such an old shopkeeper whose Mount Tai collapsed in front of him and his color remained unchanged, they were also drunk.
Out of the inn, the streets that were clearly bustling yesterday were now gone—everyone had taken refuge in the houses, and the shops were closed—not everyone could be as "calm" as the old shopkeeper. Ji Lin and the others were all extremely surprised in their hearts, and even Moya didn't know what was going on. Now you can only know if you arrive in Yuanyang County first.
The boulder that had smashed into this street was very large, almost four horses in diameter, and the lower part was deeply embedded in the ground paved with gray stone bricks, and the cracks were terrible. Quietly glancing at the boulder, Ji Lin still had palpitations, if this boulder fell on the inn where they were staying...... He shook his head sharply, stopping to imagine backwards. But fortunately, it seems that the stone did not hit anyone.
Moya got a carriage out of nowhere, and the three young men crowded into the carriage, while Moya sat on the shi, holding a horsewhip, and rode the horse.
The carriage is small, and even though the three of them are not large, they are still a little cramped.
On the other side of the low hill, three catapults are facing Liuhe County. There were also a few people next to the catapult.
"This should be able to attract the attention of Yuanyang Mansion. ”
"I don't know when the letter from there will arrive. ”
"Those are not the scope of things that we are worried about. Wait until February next year, hum. ”
......
In the carriage on the way, the three lads chatted merrily, completely unaware of the terrible nature of what had just happened. The wheels of the carriage were spinning rapidly, and the long whip in Moya's hand was slamming hard on the horse's buttocks, and he already faintly felt that there was a terrible possibility, and at this moment, he should speed up his journey and reach Yuanyang County as soon as possible.
The carriage passed through a mountainous area and was in the saddle of the mountain. Suddenly, three people came out of the road, three of them copied, and two people on the left and right stuck the wheels of the carriage with unsheathed knives in their hands, and their arm strength was amazing, and they really stopped the carriage. But the man in the middle stood in front of the carriage, and had his sword and pestle on the ground.
"I opened this mountain, I planted this tree, if you want to live from now on, leave to buy road money!"
At first hearing this familiar opening statement, the ink tooth in front of the carriage pulled the corners of his mouth unnaturally. In the back carriage, Chai Le and Ji Lin looked at each other, one smiled knowingly, and the other smiled bitterly. You Feng's eyes lit up, and he said to the little fox: "Wow, what a domineering opening, how about saying this next time we make a bright appearance?"
"Lord," the little fox hated that iron could not be made of steel, "that person is a thief, and the lord is a Taoist family, how can he say such a 'deviant' opening statement?"
"That's right. You Feng was thoughtful.
Looking outside, Moya looked coldly at the three people in front of him, and the three roadblock thieves also looked at him.
What is the origin of this man? He doesn't seem to be afraid of us. Hmph, whether he is afraid or not, it is their misfortune to meet the three of us brothers! The three thieves looked quite confident. The first thief said, "Didn't you hear, hand over your money, and we'll let you go!" If you don't want to, let us take it by force." ”
Unmoved, Moya clasped his hands and looked at them with a blank expression. The eldest brother of the bandits had green tendons on his forehead, and the three brothers signaled with their eyes, drew their knives, and rushed towards Moya.
After two breaths.
"Let me ask you, do you know what's going on in Liuhe County?"
The three bandit brothers who were bruised all over their bodies, you look at me, I look at you, and finally the second and third brothers set their eyes on the boss in unison. The bandit boss said reluctantly: "Cut, it's not a ghost over there in Rongge Prefecture!"
"Rongge Prefecture?is it Maomao's Rongge Mansion?" Mo Ya frowned, took out three taels of silver from his pocket, and threw it to the bandits, "I have never owed favors, and this money is for you." A word of advice to you, don't think about the robbery of the ink beater, touching it is not something you can easily provoke. ”
Before the bandits could react, he rode away with a "ride". The bandit leader who had won the reward clenched his fists tightly, and his muscles jumped violently, and he said hatefully, "Fuck, this little money will send us away?" and then threw the other two taels to his brothers. The third sighed and persuaded: "Forget it, big brother, it's good to get the money." Let's go. ”
The second child looked at the one or two pieces of silver in his hand, and his hand was also clenched into a fist, looking at the direction they left and muttering: "Who in the world doesn't know the power of the ink man? But where will the mustard seed have so much money for us to rob? We, the ants in your eyes, are working hard just to fill our stomachs and live." ”
Mao Mao, the marshal of Rongge Prefecture, is also an old man of Moya, and he is a fiery man with a childish personality that is by no means the same as his name. But no matter how hot it is, in Moya's cognition, Mao Mao should not provoke other marshals for no reason, after all, the punishment for war crimes is quite severe. There must be some inside story, Moya thought to herself.
"Is this a provocation from the capital of Junggo?"
Chai Le and Ji Lin exclaimed in unison. Ji Lin was confused: Didn't the Moshi unite as one and reject war? How could the Mo's forces provoke another Mo's forces? Could it be that the so-called "war crimes" were just empty words?
Sure enough, my father was right, the current ink artist has forgotten the traditional spirit of the ink master, and there is not much left of the real ink master who adheres to the Mo family thought! He smiled bitterly again, speaking of which, he is not a real ink master. The road is long, I will go up and down and seek.
You Feng looked at Ji Lin and Chai Le's complicated expressions in puzzlement, and he didn't pay attention to what the thieves said at all-it was none of his business, and he hung it high. Even if he paid attention, he wouldn't think about war, Qingfeng Guan sat alone in Qingyun Mountain, everyone devoted themselves to cultivating, and his master never mentioned war. He had never even heard of the Battle of Xianmen that had taken place in the Eastern Regions, so he didn't know about the so-called war at all.
Hurry up, everyone finally came to the gate of Yuanyang County, the black brick city wall is tall and majestic, the city wall is full of flags, and the flag is a hammer axe cross pattern. The guards in front of the tower stood tall and looked condescendingly under the city walls. Outside the city walls was a moat five zhang wide, and a huge black shadow swam in the water, and from time to time the dorsal fin as sharp as a blade poked out.
"Stop, who's coming?"
The guards on the banks of the river drank them in unison.
"Phew—" Murphy exhaled as he grabbed the reins, and the horse neighed, and took a few steps before stopping. Moya and Chai Le jumped out of the carriage and stepped forward, Chai Le took out a black jade plaque and showed it to the two guards.
The two guards' faces changed, and they bowed respectfully, and then gestured to the guards on the tower.
The chains came out with a clatter, and the wall gate that was close to the city gate was slowly lowered, until there was a loud "bang", and it was already across the moat and on the bank.
The two guards immediately straightened up, stood on both sides and gave way to the bridge, and the spears in their hands were released at the same time, and they said in unison: "Please!"
So they led the horses over.
"It's time for us to say goodbye. Ji Lin got on the carriage, then pulled You Feng down, and made a gesture to the two of them, about to leave.
"So early?" Chai Le was a little reluctant, "Don't stay a little longer?"
Seeing that Ji Lin wanted to speak and stopped, Mo Ya said: "Young master, we have something important to come to Yuanyang County. ”
"Alright then, we'll see you later. Chai Le also replied.
Ji Lin glanced at Moya gratefully, and then said goodbye.
Walking on the street, the two found that Yuanyang County was not as lively as Liuhe County, and most of the ink people with cold faces came and went, and they rarely saw a mustard seed. These ink writers cherish words like gold, these mustard seeds have no courage to make noise, and the atmosphere is cold and depressing.
"Hanfei, where are we staying? Did you bring the money from the inn?" You Feng asked as he walked with his sleeves in his hand. The little fox was sleeping on his stomach on top of his head at this time.
Hearing You Feng's question, Ji Lin stopped, looked around, thought about it, and said with a smile: "I thought of a free residence." ”
"Where?" asked You Feng excitedly.
Ji Lin pointed not far away, where was a magnificent inn leaning against a big tree.
"Daozu is supreme!Such a big inn, are you sure you can let us live for free?The service in the secular world is too good, right?" You Feng was stunned, but thought of the Laoji Inn again, "It's not like the inn we live in in the small county just now, the whole old wealth fan of the shopkeeper is this." ”
Ji Lin had a black line on his face, and still pointed to that place and said, "No, you think too much." I'm talking about trees. ”
"Dizzy, you're too capable!"
On the other side, Chai Le and Mo Ya went to Yuanyang Mansion with a task assigned by the family.