Chapter Twenty-Seven: Running in Both Directions

"Drive-"

Hoofs hooves dack......

The moonlight sprinkled on the Gobi Desert, and the charcoal red horse galloped at full speed, bringing up a line of smoke and dust behind them.

Night Terror Hall held the reins in his hand and glanced at the great river valley in the distance between the mountains, and his heart felt a little like a world away.

I remember the last time I passed through Wangheya, or in the early spring of last year, when I just came back from Shazhou after sending a dart, with some goods from Shazhou, followed by Liuzi and other dart masters, the journey was very dull, there were no variables, he was also used to this kind of small days as a dart head, and even began to fantasize that one day he could meet a man in distress on the road, and the tears of the chivalrous girl took home to rescue, and then worshiped the church to marry or something.

But what he didn't expect was that as soon as he returned to Honghe Town with the team, he heard the news that his father-in-law was drunk and died on the wine table, and ran back to the dart game, only seeing the old knife on the spirit case and the bad old man who was already lying in the coffin.

And his life also changed completely at that moment, from a wild boy in Liangzhou who was disciplined by his parents to a prodigal son in a border city without relatives.

When he left Honghe Town in accordance with his will, he thought that he would never return, and he didn't know how long he could live on the cannibalistic rivers and lakes, and even fantasized about what to do with the birds one day when he died in a foreign country.

But he never expected that the rivers and lakes outside were so dish, compared with the heroes of Liangzhou, the people in the rivers and lakes outside could be called pure and good, and there were really chivalrous men and chivalrous women.

Then he unknowingly came to where he is today, with a lot of confidantes around him, and he also tried most of the moves on the heroine's tears.

At this time, I re-walked the Liangxi Ancient Road and recalled the Jianghu Road for more than a year......

More than a year......

Thinking of this, Night Terror suddenly felt that from last year to this year, there were indeed a lot of things.

If it goes on like this, the new house that Sanniang bought is afraid that it will really not be able to live in, and it seems that it will have to be restrained a little in the future......

Hoofs hooves dack......

The charcoal horse galloped at full speed, but in a moment it entered the vast valley between the towering mountains.

Hua Qingzhi sat on her side, clutching the belt of the Night Terror Hall with both hands, she was already a little tired after a bumpy day, her head rested on her back and her eyes were closed, and on her legs were squatting on the bird who had begun to sleep.

Finding that the speed began to slow down, Hua Qingzhi opened her eyes, glanced forward, saw the town in the center of the river valley, and asked:

"Where have you been?"

"Looking at the river, after the river valley is Shazhou."

"So fast?"

"yes, otherwise how can you call it a divine horse......

The charcoal red horse sat down in the night terror hall is the mount of Yuhu, the foot strength is amazing, in the morning from the Liaoyuan into the pass, across the Liangzhou Gobi, to the night has run to the foot of the Hongshan Mountain, if it is not for the weather is too hot, the night terror hall is afraid of the horse running injury, in fact, it can be faster.

Hongshan is the end of Liangzhou, because the high mountains and dangerous peaks block the two states, ordinary people can not cross at all, the ancient river channel of Wangheya has become the lifeline of the two states, if you don't go here, you have to go around to the Duolan Valley of the West Sea, so even if it is hot summer, there are still a lot of caravans going back and forth from here.

In summer, the Gobi Desert is too hot, and it is difficult for caravans to travel during the day, so they rest during the day and set off at night with stars and moons.

Hua Qingzhi sat behind and followed the familiar night terror hall into the town, which shows that the town in this remote place is quite lively, not only can you see the kiln sister who is soliciting customers on the street, but you can also hear the sonorous and powerful tone of the storyteller in the tea shop inn:

“…… The night hero was not afraid at all, and immediately shot under the Sky Candle Peak, putting on a posture of being a man and a man! This battle lasted for three days and three nights, killing the sky and the earth and the blood flowing. And guess what? ”

"The Night Yama King has slashed more than 10,000 enemies unscathed?"

"It's not unscathed, Night Hero was bitten by a dog as soon as he fought."

"Huh?!"

"What's that?!"

"Don't believe it, this dog is not an ordinary dog, according to legend, in ancient times, the ancestor of the Wuma Department wolf Rong, hunting in the grassland, happened to get a divine wolf ......"

……

??

The Night Terror Hall stopped the horses and turned to look at the inn where he was telling about his glorious exploits, his eyes mixed.

And Hua Qingzhi behind her, obviously heard this outrageous story, and was afraid that the night terror hall would cut people again, so she pulled his clothes:

"Good things don't go out, bad things spread thousands of miles, don't be like them......"

Night Terror Hall didn't mean to go in to ask for an explanation, after all, the rivers and lakes are like this, and the most widely circulated story is never the pinnacle battle, but the scandalous history of the major masters.

Until now, there are still stories on the rivers and lakes that 'Qiu Tianhe and White-haired Di have to say', what do you chase me and escape, and have love in prison, and make it up the same as the real thing, if you really care, I'm afraid you will have to annoy yourself to death.

After listening to the two sentences, Night Terror found that he didn't hear anything, so he continued to move forward, came to a large-scale inn, helped Hua Qingzhi down, and looked at the middle-aged man sitting outside the stable:

"Mouse Zhang, are you still alive?"

"Hey?!"

The middle-aged man who was sitting under the pergola drinking tea, who was still secretly observing the way of this extraordinary temperament, suddenly heard the young swordsman led by him call him a nickname, and was obviously stunned, and then quickly stood up and ran to him attentively:

"This master is a little familiar, dare to ask?"

Night Terror Hall returned to his hometown and met an acquaintance, and he was in a good mood, so he responded casually:

"Five years ago, I passed by here on a dart, and the goods were deducted by your boss, and a lot of silver was sent before I was released.

"...... five years ago"

Wangheya is the territory of the rivers and lakes, and there are too many things to deduct goods and make money, and Zhang Mouse's eyes are obviously a little dazed.

However, after carefully observing the face of the night terror, and seeing the snow-white snow eagle, he suddenly remembered that in the summer of five years ago, there was a little kid with clear eyebrows and a white eagle as a pet, and they quarreled with each other, trying to pull out a knife to cut him, but they were pulled away by the dart master......

I remember that the little kid is a person from the Red River Dart Bureau in the north, and although the Red River Dart Bureau is closed now, it is in the current Liangzhou rivers and lakes, which can be said to be known to everyone.

After all, there is a big man in it, and there is a long list of names, and the full name is probably - Shuangkui with swords and guns, the young master of Honghualou, the commander of the three thousand eagle dogs of the Black Ya, the son of heaven proclaimed the Duke of Wu'an, the concubine of the current empress or King Jing, the first person in the rivers and lakes of Liangzhou, the brave man who swept the Great Wei alone, the wolf king who went deep into the Northern Dynasty with a single sword, the youngest martial saint of the contemporary era, and the new master of the Xihai tribes......

Abbreviated as the Night Yama.

Thump~

Hua Qingzhi saw that it was an acquaintance, and she was still standing behind her with a smile, but the next moment she saw that the middle-aged man, who was quite enthusiastic, knelt straight in front of him with weak knees.

Hua Qingzhi was stunned for a moment, obviously a little overwhelmed.

Night Terror Hall was not surprised by this, and looked down at the middle-aged man who had begun to recall the rivers and lakes of this life:

"Remembered?"

From his handsome face, Zhang Mouse had already recognized this greeting Lord of Yama, and he only felt that he would probably not see the sun tomorrow, but driven by a strong desire to survive, he still responded with an embarrassed look:

"Such a powerful character, do you still go out in person? Well...... I was blind when I was young......"

Since Night Terror Hall opened its mouth to say hello, it didn't mean to deal with a little splash, and threw the reins to Zhang Mouse:

"The debt of the year, your boss is squatting in the kiln to pay off. Anyway, you used to be a small hall master, why did you get so down that you ran to watch the horses? ”

The boss of Zhang Mouse is naturally Zheng Kun, the former owner of Wangheya, the golden snake dart, that is, the hero who blackmailed the night terror hall with a huge sum of 20 taels of silver.

Zheng Kun received an order last year to enter Beijing with Jiang Zahu's brother Shi Yanfeng to assassinate Liu Qiansheng, but unfortunately he encountered an accident and was ambushed by Zhong Sun Jin's nephew Zhong Sun Yan with a thunderbolt.

After the First World War, Shi Yanfeng was directly killed on the spot, while Zheng Kun was captured by the Night Terror Hall and imprisoned in the black dungeon.

Later, Jiang Zahu helped the Night Terror Hall deal with King Zuo Xian in Duolan Valley, and handed over the golden scale map, which was regarded as a great achievement, and Zheng Kun also saved his life for this, transferred to prison, and sentenced to three years to hand over illegal gains, which can be regarded as a light sentence.

Zhang Mouse saw that the night terror hall would not kill him, and he was relieved, and the whole person almost softened, and hurriedly got up and caught the reins:

"Well, it's a long story. Since Boss Zheng was arrested...... No, it should be after the law, the following brothers will have a hard time, the little one wanted to pick a son to set up his own door, but the new owner of the village did not agree, and then came here......"

Night Terror Hall raised his eyes and looked at the banner of the inn, and found that it was only the flag of the Hongshan Gang, and he couldn't tell which one belonged to the Eighteen Villages, so he asked:

"Who is in charge of Wangheya now?"

Zhang Mouse said respectfully:

"After Boss Zheng left, Wangheya was taken over by Wupoling, and the current boss is ......"

"Dominatrix Zou Barbarian?"

When Zhang Mouse heard that someone dared to call the owner of the village, he was shocked that his neck shrank, and he hurriedly raised his hand to stop it. However, he found that the Night Great Yama King in front of him also changed slightly, and his eyes turned into surprise:

"With the status of the rivers and lakes, you are also afraid of my village owner?"

"Uh...... The name of the lord of Zou Zhai can stop children crying at night in Liangzhou, who is not afraid of three points. ”

Night Terror didn't explain too much, and digressed the topic and asked:

"In the past two days, you have seen a convoy of more than 30 people returning from Wangheya? The guards were all masters, with three carriages. ”

Zhang Mouse carefully recalled: "I passed more than half a month ago, and I haven't come back yet, but the dart master who came back today said that he had met such a convoy on the road, and he should arrive tomorrow morning at the latest." ”

Night Terror estimated that the team was not far from Wangheya, so he immediately let Bird Bird fly over first to find a certain location, and he took Hua Qingzhi into the door of the inn.

Hua Qingzhi's legs and feet are inconvenient, and she walks slowly, and when she goes up the stairs, she has to hold on to her arm, and when she walks upstairs, she asks curiously:

"What is the origin of that Zou Zhai master? It's the first time I've seen a person who is directly 'discolored' when he hears the name of the nightboy......"

Night Terror Hall was a little embarrassed, but after thinking about it, he explained:

"When I was thirteen or fourteen years old, I followed my father-in-law for the first time and met a team of people on the Gobi Desert, among which the leader was Zou Dazhai. When I was young, I saw a woman with arms thicker than my legs and two frost board axes, so I looked at them with curiosity.

"As a result, I didn't think about it, I saw it directly, and the other party didn't say a word, so he threw me fifty taels of silver to my father-in-law, and wanted to buy me, but my father-in-law didn't sell it, so he was ready to rob the man directly, but fortunately, I ran fast or not......"

Hua Qingzhi looked at the night terror hall with palpitations, and was a little funny:

"Has Yegongzi ever had such an encounter?"

"I have grown red lips and white teeth since I was a child, and I am a famous handsome young man in ten miles and eight towns, and there are too many people who beat my idea, since I was twelve or thirteen years old, someone has come to the door to say that the matchmaker is ......"

Hua Qingzhi didn't doubt this, after all, with the appearance of Night Terror, she could eat soft rice wherever she went, she thought about it and asked:

"Then why is Gongzi's confidante not a native of Liangzhou?"

"Is this ...... The good-looking young ladies in Liangzhou all live in the county town, and I can't see the city boy here. The girls I can see are all ...... Hmmm......"

Hua Qingzhi looked at the spicy woman who was drinking and boxing in the lobby of the inn, and the female man with big arms thicker than her waist, and understood the reason, and then said:

"I didn't expect the night boy to also judge people by their appearance. If you fall in love with the heroine of the Night Child, who is fair-skinned and beautiful, and has a graceful figure, just like Xue Baijin, will the Night Boy not run away? ”

Night Terror felt that this was complete nonsense, he was thirteen or fourteen years old at the time, and it was the time of adolescent restlessness, when he suddenly met Bingtuo Tuo, who was as big and white, and cold and unparalleled plump big sister, and wanted to take him home to be a father-in-law, he was afraid that he could run away because of something wrong with his brain.

But nodding directly, it was like a pervert, and the Night Terror Hall just said:

"I was still young, where do I know this, let's go inside."

Hua Qingzhi snorted, obviously not believing it, but she didn't tease anymore and followed into the room.

Wangheya is a town built by the cottage in order to collect tolls, the living environment is not very good, the rooms are all old tables, chairs and board beds, the walls are yellow-black, and there are even some traces of swords on the windows and tables, and I don't know what has happened.

Hua Qingzhi came to the table and sat down, raised her hand and touched the knife marks on the edge of the table, and looked around the whole room, a little weak:

"Night Child, this room won't kill anyone, right?"

Night Terror Hall put the saber and hat on the table, lit the candlestick, and when Hua Qingzhi asked, he did not answer immediately, but observed the marks on the table and the wall by himself, and shook his head after a while:

"Not dead yet."

"Huh?" Hua Qingzhi's face was dazed.

Because Night Terror Hall was fine, he turned the table down and explained to Hua Qingzhi:

"The table was set up like this, the tenant sat with his back to the window, and the killer first released a hidden arrow from the window, and the tenant noticed that he turned away and left an arrow hole in the table; Then the killer broke through the window, and the two sides fought each other in close combat...... In the end, the killer was stabbed through the abdomen and nailed to the wall......"

Night Terror crouched down next to the window, pointing to the jet-black marks at the base of the wall:

"This is a blood stain that has not been wiped clean, the matter should have happened a year ago, from the height of the stomach, the stomach was injured but not killed on the spot, it must have been carried out before death, rest assured."

"Uh......"

Hua Qingzhi blinked, because the night terror hall spoke with emotion, and she also personally demonstrated the position and action of the two sides of the fight, she felt like she was in the scene, and she made up for the situation at that time, and her face turned white:

"Or ...... Why don't we change rooms? ”

Night Terror came to the side and sat down, shook his head, and said:

"This inn has been in this inn for decades, and there is no place where I have never seen blood. Some rooms are clean and tidy, but they have to be renovated because they are badly damaged, or because the corpse stinks and the smell can't get rid of it. This room is not cleaned because no one dies in the house, there is no taboo, and the gang is not guilty of spending the unjust money. ”

“……”

Hua Qingzhi is a weak lady, she has been following the night terror hall for so long, although she has seen a lot of dead people, but her courage is obviously not practiced, and she found that there should be many dead people in this inn, and her hands are curled up to her chest:

"That'...... So let's change the inn? ”

"It's all the same here."

Night Terror Hall knew that Hua Qingzhi was scared, and comforted: "I, the king of Hades, are in front of me, you can still be afraid of the little ghost, just rest assured." I'm going to get you some hot water......"

Hua Qingzhi saw that the Night Terror Hall was going out, where did she dare to stay alone in this ghost place, so she hurriedly pulled his sleeve:

"Just let Xiao Er send it up, you ...... You've been running for a day, so let's rest here. ”

Night Terror shook his head and smiled, went to the door and greeted Xiao Er, and then motioned to the bed:

"You can rest assured, I can meditate here."

Hua Qingzhi felt embarrassed to let the night terrors sit in the bed, but she couldn't sit still, she couldn't let the night terrors sleep together, so she could only bow her head softly and sit in front of the bed.

Knock knock~

Soon, Zhang Mouse carried two buckets of water and ran out of the door diligently.

Night Terror took the water, closed the door, went to the bed, and poured the water into the basin.

Hua Qingzhi took off the hairpin, and after washing her face, she wanted to pour water into the footbasin by herself, but the green beads were not in front of her, which was obviously not convenient.

Seeing this, Night Terror Hall half-squatted down in front of the bed, poured water into the footbasin, and then held his ankle and took off his embroidered shoes.

Hua Qingzhi was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly wanted to retract:

"Yegongzi, how can this be, you are a man's ......"

Night Terror pulled down his socks, and his white and traceless little feet immediately arched:

"I'll help you take it off, and I'm not helping you wash it, don't move."

Hua Qingzhi's face turned red, but the Night Terror Hall was very strong, and she couldn't help it, so after the socks were taken off, she hurriedly put her feet into the water, and then raised her hand to help the Night Terrors:

"Hurry up."

Night Terror shook his head and smiled, stood up, and began to wash himself......

——

On the other side, to the west of the river valley.

A team of more than 30 people, marching on the ancient river channel, running in the desert for half a month, from the leader She Long to the following catch, basically a little wilted.

Guarded in the carriage in the center, the Queen Mother leaned listlessly on the small couch, holding a small box in her hand, her eyes were aggrieved and lost, and she was still whispering at this time:

"How can it be, it is clearly written in the book, Crescent Bay is surrounded by a sea of flowers, and you can see small beasts coming to drink water everywhere, which is the same ......as a fairyland on earth."

Dongfang left people to go around in the desert, ate sand for half a month, the original arrogance was also worn away, tired and snuggled next to him, and turned over the "Secret History of Cleopatra", which was regarded as the root of life by the queen mother.

And what the Queen Mother is talking about now is the last chapter of "The Secret History of Cleopatra", and its plot is probably - after the prince and the Empress Dowager Yan went through many hardships, they lived in seclusion in Crescent Bay for life, which can be regarded as a happy ending.

Because it is the finale, most of the words in the last chapter are describing how beautiful the environment of Crescent Bay is, and how romantic the scene of lonely men and widows clinging to each other by the lake is; Dongfang Liren accompanied the Queen Mother to Crescent Bay, but was actually attracted by the scenery written in the book.

As a result, they walked in the desert for several days, and finally found the so-called 'Crescent Bay', and found that it was just a small lake in the desert, surrounded by a poplar forest, and then it was gone, and they only stayed for less than half an hour.

The queen mother, who felt deceived, collapsed her faith on the spot, and originally wanted to catch the little beast mentioned in the book as a pet, but in the end she could only fill a box of sand as a souvenir, and she was obviously a little unwilling in her heart.

Seeing that the Queen Mother was depressed, Dongfang Liren closed the book and persuaded:

"What is written in the book is a matter of hundreds of years, and now that time has passed, it is normal for the sea of flowers to be gone."

"Shui'er also said last time that she had been there a few years ago, and the scenery was particularly beautiful......

Dongfang Liren shook his head and sighed: "Master's words have never been very accurate, she also said that she has seen a big fish ten zhang long in the sea, how can there be such a big fish in the world?" Besides, Shizun is not completely deceiving, the scenery of Crescent Bay is really good, but it is different from the book......"

The Queen Mother sighed faintly, but still couldn't think about it, and looked at the yellow sofa in the box.

Dongfang Liren couldn't do anything about it, and looked behind him from the car window in a blink of an eye.

Sanniang and Ning'er, this trip was to go out to play together, but Ning'er obviously didn't expect to run to be an ascetic, at this time she was obviously tired, lying in the back of the carriage without showing her head, Sanniang was also among them, chatting in a whisper.

On the way back, Dongfang Liren heard the news of the assembly of the Xihai tribes, and knew that the Night Terror Hall must have come back after finishing things, and the return journey was like an arrow, and he ran very fast.

Although it is still far from Honghe Town, it is estimated that it will take three or five days to arrive, but Dongfang has already drifted to the Night Terror Hall from the hearts of the people, and thinks that Sanniang and Ning Er should be talking about how to reward the Night Terror Hall, so they want to go over to participate behind the back of the Queen Mother.

But as soon as Dongfang Liren stepped out of the carriage, he found She Long and others in front of him, looking up at the top of the river valley:

"Huh? Is there a big bird there? ”

"Yes, it looks familiar......

……

Dongfang was stunned, stood on the carriage, squinted at the sky, and really saw a familiar white cannonball, smashed down from the air, and heard it from a distance of half a mile:

"Twitter......"

As the familiar voice sounded, the whole team felt alive.

The Queen Mother, who was still listless, turned up directly and leaned out of the car window to look out; And Sanniang and Ning'er also opened the curtain, and their eyes were full of accidents and surprises.

When Dongfang saw the fat concubine coming, he knew that the Night Terror Hall must be nearby, so he jumped directly and landed on the horse next to him, galloped towards the bird, and waved his hand from afar:

"Night Terror Hall ahead?"

"Twitter ......"

Bird, who had thought he was going to fly a long way, was quite happy to have finished his errand when he went out, and landed on the saddle of the Oriental Liren, raised his wings and pointed to the valley, and then began to look left and right to see if there were any unfinished roasted humps.

It was obviously impossible for Dongfang Liren to carry hump meat with him, but he just touched the bird and comforted him, and then followed the guidance and ran towards the town in the river valley.

The Empress Dowager and others in the rear, although they were also very anxious, but like King Jing, when they heard the name of their lover, they didn't care about rushing over, which was obviously a bit embarrassing.

For this reason, the Queen Mother just urged:

"She Long, let everyone follow."

She Long felt that King Jing and his lover were reunited, and he probably didn't want them to follow in the way, but he couldn't disobey the will of the Queen Mother, so he still beckoned at the moment, so the team sped up......

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Haha, roll call:

Recommend a copy of "Master I, cast spells permanently with blue stripes!" If you are interested, you can take a look~

Thank you for the 20,000 reward from the [Purple Gold Beam of the Sea] boss!

(End of chapter)