Volume 1 Chapter 12 The lantern is not lit Throwing chopsticks in the temple
In the next few days, the dart team left Pingyang County uneventfully, set off on the road at dawn, and camped at dusk. Every afternoon and evening, when they were resting after dinner, under the guidance of Master Qiu, several teenagers endured their already sore bodies and seriously practiced their weapons. Xu Darttou couldn't stand Sun Ganlu's bitter pleading, saying that in the future, if she grows into a big girl, she can't learn martial arts and can't get married, don't blame me, and then let Qiu Dart Master also take those teenagers to practice martial arts together.
The dart team followed the official road of Pingyang, bid farewell to the farmland and people on both sides of the official road for several days, and entered the verdant mountains away from the mountain plain. Not more comfortable and rich than Pingyang County, Lishanyuan is a place where soldiers must fight since ancient times, the early years of the wars were raging, Rao is this hundred years with the peak of Beihai national power, the surrounding countries surrendered, this is a pity that Shanyuan is sandwiched between the Youquan Beihai but did not fall calm and peaceful, it is said that there are many Youshen Sect strongholds hidden in the mountains and mountains of this mountain plain, for decades many people can not stand the harsh rule of the local government gentry, have fled to Youquan and Beihai rich and peaceful place, but also let the mountain plain increasingly desolate. These are the things that Xu Darttou's group of people who have traveled from south to north know, nothing unusual, not to mention that it is not the first time to go. Except after entering the mountain plain, almost all the weapons and crossbows that were originally placed in the wagons were carried by the dart masters in case of accidents. Strictly speaking, it is forbidden for people to carry armor bows and crossbows, but now that the world is becoming more and more unpeaceful, the government usually turns a blind eye.
The speed of going up the hill slows down a lot, and occasionally there are scattered villages at the foot of some hillsides, and most of them are sparsely populated, so spend money to buy some food and spend the night outside the village.
The fresh idea of walking the rivers and lakes gradually became boring in the boring rush day after day, but fortunately, the ingots who stayed up late to pick up a life in these pits have long been accustomed to the days of hell, and this kind of daily counting is just walking, cooking, practicing martial arts, and camping in these few things seem to be the same as relishing, this kind of rules and sincere enjoyment that are not understood by others make the dart team and the men of the dart team who have slowly become familiar with them have a lot of good feelings for the young children who are taken in by these dartheads.
Among them, Tang Weizi is the most, this stunned young man has no sense of proportion, this honest and honest man who has seen a lot of people and worldly people unexpectedly likes it, people have always encountered more and more things when they walk and eat in their lives, and only innocence is often the only thing that can't go back.
Zhang stayed up late and Xu Ying relied on the crazy practice of martial arts to make a few martial arts masters particularly valued, if it wasn't for the fact that they had not washed their hands in the golden basin, they couldn't wait to accept it and be their apprentices, after all, every day they practiced martial arts piles and zamabu as children's fun like young people, Rao is they go south and north to see a lot of everything, it is also rare. At least this enthusiasm does not say that he can be a famous big hand in the future, at least this business that goes south and north, the most reliable thing is only his own good and bad skills.
The fat monk is an outlier, his two hearts have never been used with this gang of men who go to the rivers and lakes, so far the dart masters in the lucky dart team except Xu Cunyi think that this terrifying meat-eating monk with a large amount of food is a mute.
Zhang likes to chat with fat monks when he stays up late and is idle, he already knows that this fat monk is a few years older than himself and is in his early twenties, he is quite concerned about cultivation, and he tries his best to deceive something from the mouth of this monk who is really not very smart, but it is probably the reason why he can be accepted as a mantle disciple by the famous old monk on the top of the West Sea in his mouth.
On this day, at noon, the dart team crossed several hills and entered a village along the official road, and the face changed on a clear day, and a heavy rain poured out without warning.
Several young dart masters rode their horses in the heavy rain and ran to the dart team, "Big boss, it's strange, the brothers knocked on the doors of several families, but there is no one in this village." ”
Xu Darthead's heroic face was hiding under the hat, and at this moment he was disturbed by this sudden heavy rain, "Is it dilapidated?" Go a little further and explore. ”
A few young dart masters rode lightly, and in the blink of an eye, they disappeared into the heavy rain.
After a hundred steps forward, there was a spacious compound in the center of the village, and Xu Darttou took it directly only to find that it was an ancestral hall, which was extremely spacious, with several rooms on the left and right, and a clean kitchen. But it was still empty. When they arrived in the courtyard, the dart masters methodically began to set up camp tents in the spacious open space and gather the horses, while the few dart masters in charge of logistics followed Master Qiu and went directly to the empty houses on the side to rummage through some food.
Everyone seemed unaware of the strange situation, and the division of labor was clear as usual. Xu Dangtou stood under the towering eaves of the ancestral hall to shelter from the rain, took out a few puffs of dry tobacco and took a few puffs, and gently spit out a puff of smoke against the heavy rain.
No, the farmer-looking Master Qiu came back with those dart masters, those people took the cloth and carried some firewood and some dry food moved from the village house, Master Qiu walked to Xu Darttou's side, took off the hat and looked up at the pouring rain, and then said: "Big brother, the sparrow is walking, how to say, go to the three gates?" ”
Xu Dart frowned, took a puff of dry cigarette, and said: "Little trick, don't care, don't light the lantern, go to the temple and throw chopsticks." ”
Master Qiu didn't look back when he heard this, and went to call a few men out of the yard. Zhang Aoye was confused when he heard it on the side, Xu Dangtou turned his head and smiled: "I don't understand, right?" Don't think about it, this is our black talk, you don't have to worry about it, just stay sheltered from the rain when you're done, just wait for dinner. What about the other children? ”
Zhang stayed up all night and said: "Xu Ying is helping Master Cai feed the horses together, and Miss Sun is cooking with the cooks in the room next to her, so I don't know what to do after the two stunned people finish setting up the camp, Brother Xu, what's going on in this village?" Quirky? ”
Xu Cunyi, the head of the dart, didn't care, spit out a puff of smoke and looked at the dissipation in the rain, "What's strange, there are so many strange things in this world that I can't count them, either everyone runs away, or everyone dies, what else?" ”
Zhang couldn't help but nodded, and sighed in his heart that Brother Xu was worthy of being a big dart head who had walked the rivers and lakes for decades, and he really said it...... Makes perfect sense.
This rainstorm comes and goes quickly, before sunset, there are some wild vegetables picked on the road and smoked bacon fried in the kitchen a few pots of vegetables, rice and bread and the like are enough, and people who are full of food and drink have confidence, for the ingots who are struggling to survive in the pit are so, and even more so for this group of Jianghu martial artists, besides, which of these darts walkers does not have a few lives in their hands? Not to mention a deserted village, even if you build a few Beijing temples, you should eat and sleep without turning over.
According to the old master of the dart team, who is nicknamed the master, this is probably in the area of Langjiaogou hundreds of miles east from the hinterland of the mountain plain, and it will take four or five days to reach the border with Beihai State, and then return to the fireworks in the world, find a small town post station, and take a break.
Everyone in the ancestral hall listened to the master's words, and was noncommittal, for them to dart, there is no difference between the streets and alleys or the wilderness, it is nothing more than a hurry, so they eat better and sleep more comfortably, but those who walk darts can afford to live a hard life.
At this time, the twilight was getting thicker, Xu Cunyi ordered to go down, and the dart team would rest tonight. The huge ancestral hall is full of tablets, and a few piles of hay are covered with blankets on the green bricks on the ground, and Xu Dangtou does not hide his preference for Zhang Staying Up late for these children, so that they can sleep together in the ancestral hall, without feeling the cold weather in Beihai in autumn in the camp tents inside and outside the courtyard of the ancestral hall. The fat monk who ate the amount of food of six men refused to enter the ancestral hall, so he asked for a side room in the courtyard and went to do evening class.
Master Qiu was instructed by Xu Dart's black words and didn't know where to go, after the meal, Xu Cunyi personally instructed a few ingots for a while, the burly man was quite surprised by the martial arts talent of Zhang Stay Up and Xu Ying, it was only less than half a month, and it seems that a thousand miles a day is not enough, and there seems to be a hundred miles a day. Then he saw the trick of the kid Tang Weizi, who was a little lacking in heart, touching his messy beard, and thought, well, this is about the same.
In the middle of the night, in the corner of the ancestral hall, Zhang had been lying on the haystack and sleeping soundly, when he suddenly felt his body shake, he opened his eyes and heard Xu Cunyi's voice in his ears, "Awake?" The trick is brighter, something is mixed up. ”