Chapter 388: Extraneous Branches
Zhao Ta was in a heavy mood, and after a big meal, he hid a lot of cooked shellfish clams with his sleeves, and the fish was too difficult to take without him.
Walking on the road, with his sleeves crossed, for fear that the shellfish inside would fall out and be busy.
But while walking, I thought, there is not much edible in this shell, it is better to carry a fish, do not hide it and carry it generously, regardless of what others think, just be cheeky, otherwise, hungry will end up in your own home.
Although there are lanterns hanging on both sides of the road on the island, they are always dim and yellow, not very bright, and there are people who are also returning on the road, but there are not a few Du Po, Zhao Ta instructed them to bring more things back before leaving, and they may not have finished hiding at the moment.
I can't always go with them, in case I show the stuffing, it's too embarrassing.
It's a pity that it's a seafood banquet, if there are cattle and sheep, it would be good, and then there would be some birds and game.
Zhao Ta was in a complicated mood, and couldn't help but speed up his pace, wanting to hurry back to the wooden house, so he could breathe a sigh of relief.
But just as he was hurrying away, suddenly a black shadow rushed down from the sky.
This black shadow is as fast as lightning, it is difficult to prevent at all, even if Zhao Ta has seen the six roads, he has been vigilant and cautious since he went to the island, but he has not been able to guard against the sky.
I haven't heard of any kind of martial arts that fell from the sky, so wouldn't it be that people who use martial arts want to give birth to a pair of wings?
But the black shadow did have a pair of wings, carrying a strong wind, and swooped down from the sky.
Zhao Ta was about to cut out the Mo Evil Sword, but when he saw the wings in an instant, he knew that it was a big bird, so he reached out to grab it.
How fast his hand was, not to mention that the palm of a man's hand was always more flexible than a bird's claw and beak, and he immediately grabbed a bird's leg, felt the shape, knew that it was an eagle-like creature, leaned back a little, avoided the inevitable peck, and then turned his palm to grasp the other claw and neck of the eagle.
The two claws and legs were together, and the eagle immediately lost its balance, and its body fell down, but after all, the bird of prey was only half down, so it stood up and stretched its neck, wanting to peck Zhao Ta's palm.
Zhao Ta would let it peck it, shook it vigorously a few times, the eagle was dizzy, lost its energy, "sizzle" panting, head hanging upside down, just a pair of round eyes squinted at Zhao Ta.
Zhao Ta was afraid that the clams in his sleeves would fall, so he didn't dare to put his hands flat, so he had to hold the eagle in front of his chest, but he was ecstatic in his heart.
Well, this is really good, I am worried that I have no food and drink, and I am afraid that I will live with fish and shrimp in the future, and God will send a big bird, which is a good omen.
He quickened his pace more and more at the moment, but he didn't go far before he heard a female voice like a silver bell in front of him: "Maha, Maha......"
What Maha? Zhao Ta was puzzled, thinking about it, it seems that there is no such word anywhere, but it can't be said that there is no such word at all, at the seaside at this moment, is it not salmon? He was very confused.
Just as he was thinking, suddenly there was a "bang" running sound in front of him, this sound was peculiar, it seemed to be a wooden plank hitting the ground, which was particularly crisp and pleasant.
Then he saw a thin, thin figure running towards him.
Faintly visible is a white scarlet skirt, lilac streamer tassels, long black hair, neat princess cut, melon seed small face, delicate jade face.
Zhao Ta faintly felt a little bad, and hurriedly hid the eagle in his hand behind him, but the eagle was big, and there were always some brown and white feathers exposed, but it was dark and blurry, and he didn't care about those just lowered his head and walked aside.
"You, samurai......"
Crappy tone, a Dongying person? Zhao Tahu glanced at him suspiciously, pretended not to hear, and continued to walk forward.
"You...... Waves, ronin ......" The girl was so anxious that she was about to cry and looked at Zhao Ta.
What waves? You're a wanderer, your whole family is a wanderer!
Zhao Ta naturally understood the meaning of her words, but he sped up his pace.
Hearing a "whoosh", the white shadow flashed, and the girl didn't know what means she used, so she stopped directly in front of Zhao Tan: "Wu, Lord Samurai......"
The girl stretched out her arms and blocked the way, Zhao Ta frowned and watched, using the moonlight in the sky and the light of the roadside lanterns, she saw that the girl was actually not very old, and she was only fourteen or fifteen.
"Excuse me, see...... My eagle? The girl finally uttered a complete sentence.
When Zhao Ta heard this, the hand holding the eagle's leg behind him tightened, and he wanted to continue to pretend that he didn't understand.
"Eagle, it's so big, brown, brown......" The girl seemed to have found something, and her eyes were aimed behind Zhao Ta.
"I didn't see it!" Zhao Ta said coldly.
"No, it's not ......" The girl was very anxious and wanted to turn behind Zhao Ta to look.
How could Zhao Ta leave his back to others? Immediately turned sideways, but the eagle struggled desperately.
I don't know if it was the eagle's claws that cut his sleeve, or if he put his arms a little too low in order to control the eagle, and there was a chaotic sound of "sparse noise", and the clams fell to the ground.
The girl looked at the cooked shellfish on the ground blankly, then at Zhao Ta, looked down at the shellfish again, there were so many shellfish, there were so many shellfish, one person couldn't eat them.
Suddenly, an aggrieved but somewhat high-pitched eagle chirp sounded from behind Zhao Ta.
The girl looked at Zhao Ta, and her little face was full of anger after being in a daze.
Zhao Ta was very distressed, one sleeve of shells was all gone, fortunately there was another one, he couldn't care about his face at the moment, and said coldly: "Your eagle stole and ate my shell, let it replace the shell!" ”
"Maha, Maha never eats shellfish!" The girl was in a hurry, and she spoke smoothly.
Where does Zhao Ta care about this, if it weren't for the scattered people walking around, he might have killed this Dongying girl a long time ago.
"I said I ate it, I ate it!" Zhao Ta said coldly: "Bei is food, if it eats it, it will also become food!" ”
"Maha, it's not food...... The girl's body suddenly moved again, as if she was sliding, and wanted to turn behind Zhao Ta.
How fast Zhao Ta's body is, not even fifty percent of it is used at the moment, it depends on how the girl slides, but it is always facing Zhao Ta's front, as if the two of them have never moved from beginning to end.
The girl suddenly stopped sliding, seemed to have figured out something, and said with a cold face: "Food? I, can I buy the eagle back, can you go buy other food? ”
Zhao Ta raised his eyebrows when he heard this, is he going to redeem this eagle with money? This is not bad, now is the time when the bag is shy, the eagle can only eat a meal and a half to satisfy the hunger, if you can exchange the eagle for some money to solve the urgent need?
He nodded happily, and stretched out one hand forward: "Fifty taels of gold!" ”
The girl was stunned for a moment, fifty taels of gold? That's a lot of money, even for some famous families in Dongying, it's a lot of property.
She shook her head in panic, then reached out her small hand, revealing five slender fingers.
Zhao Ta frowned: "Five taels of gold? ”
"No, no......" The girl waved her hand quickly: "Silver, silver." ”
Silver? Five taels of silver? Zhao Ta was furious, isn't this teasing him, he wants to send him away for five taels of silver, isn't this a pipe dream!
He didn't say a word, he snorted coldly and was about to leave, the girl was suddenly anxious, and reached out to block, Zhao Ta raised his arm to block, only to see that the girl's white fingers suddenly bloomed with a cold light, but a few sharp blades were exposed.
Zhao Ta sneered, sure enough, the Dongying people were willing to play some ghost tricks, so they didn't know if this girl was a Ji samurai or a ninja.
The samurai and the ninja of Toei are two identities, not the same, the female samurai is called the Ji samurai, and the ninja is not named, it is the male ninja and the female ninja.
Zhao Ta's wrist spit forward instantly, the sky changed, and his arm grew three inches, avoiding the sharp blade of the girl's fist, directly holding her wrist, and then secretly gushing out, pushing back, and the girl immediately "Oh Oooo" and withdrew.
He didn't use much strength this time, but the other party was thin and weak, and it was unexpected, the girl retreated more than a dozen steps away before stopping, the slender clogs fell aside, her body stabilized a few times, and she looked at Zhao Ta with a panicked and surprised face.
Zhao Ta snorted again, shook the eagle in his hand, the eagle struggled, chirped and screamed, he said: "If you have enough money, you can come to me to ransom this flat-haired animal, don't blame me for not sparing its life if it's late." ”
After speaking, he continued to move forward, and disappeared for a moment.
The girl stood there, her little face was snow-white, and tears were rolling in her eyes, but she desperately held back and didn't let it flow out.
Her fists clenched tightly, and her lip bit bloodshot.
At this moment, a shadow slowly appeared behind a large tree not far away, from light to dark, it turned out to be a black cloak, which was lifted separately with the front of the cloak, revealing a delicate face, which was the Dongying woman swimming in the sea water on the island in the morning.
She walked up to the girl with her hands behind her back and sneered, "What is the little princess of our Utsunomiya family doing? ”
The girl looked at her and remained silent.
The woman chuckled: "Don't you need my secret protection?" You can't even get a single animal back! ”
The girl gritted her teeth and said, "Utsunomiya Ritsuka, don't worry about it, I'm happy!" ”
The woman shook her head and said, "Don't you even call your sister, are you spoiled by those old immortals in the family?" This is not a good thing, it seems that this time I go back to Langsu, I want to talk to the head of the family about this, our little princess should not be ruined by pride and stupidity! ”
The girl's two fists clenched tighter and tighter, and the scattered passers-by all stared at the second girl with interest, but after hearing the language of the two and knowing that it was Dongying, they all shook their heads, they couldn't understand what they were talking about, and it was not interesting to watch the quarrel.
The woman continued to chuckle and said, "The stupid eagle will be plucked out of its feathers, gutted, washed, cleaned, roasted and eaten, and may be sprinkled with some spices picked by the roadside...... He is a poor man, he secretly takes the things from the banquet, he should not have the money to buy food in the store, he will never let Maha this fool go! ”
The girl muttered, "I must get Maha back!" ”
"Don't think about it, my sister!" The woman shook her head and said with a smile: "Fifty taels of gold? The family would not have paid such a large sum of money to ransom an animal. ”
The girl glanced at him, turned her head and left, the woman still chattered: "Don't think about those fair trade things, if you really want that stupid eagle to live, the only way is to snatch it back, kill that Song man and recapture Maha!" ”
The girl paused.
The woman continued to say demagogically: "My sister Fengwu, I can help you, help you kill this Song man in the dark, and get Maha back!" ”
The girl said, "Utsunomiya Ritsuka, what do you want?" ”
Utsunomiya Ritsuka whispered a word, and the girl hesitated for a moment and said, "I promise you, but can you not kill people?" ”
Ritsuka Utsunomiya smiled enchantingly: "Who can say this well......"
Zhao Ta carried the eagle upside down, walked quickly back to the wooden house, lit the fish oil wax, poured the shell clam in the other sleeve on the wooden table, and then went to look at the eagle.
The eagle is not of any species, it is not very large, and it is not as large as the size of the eagle eagle, but it is one of the most majestic among ordinary eagle birds.
Dressed in brown and white hairy feathers, his round eyes were like gemstones, and when he saw Zhao Ta looking at him, he couldn't help grinding his beak up and down, and screamed "chirp".
Zhao Ta thought about it, tore off a few strips of silk cloth from his body, twisted them into a rope, and tied up the eagle's beak and eagle claws, and then felt unsafe, and then pinned the two eagle wings together with their backs, so that the wings were very firm, the eagle couldn't help but tremble in pain, and no one helped, it couldn't break free of this technique.
Then Zhao Ta hung the eagle upside down on the beam of the house, and then slowly went to bed and lay down, and after a while, Du Yan came back a few, but it was a lot of harvest, a few are not like Zhao Ta who takes care of face, only takes the shell clams, that is, the fish and shrimp are smooth, and the table is full.
Wu Song looked at the hanging eagle on the beam of the house and wondered: "Childe, where did you catch the bird?" ”
Zhao Ta said: "If it falls from the sky, it will be raised for two days for the time being, and it will be slaughtered and eaten if no one claims it." ”
Du Yan said: "But I haven't eaten an eagle for a long time, this eagle meat is the strongest, I am greedy at first sight, and my subordinates will see what kind of breed it is." ”
After speaking, he stepped forward and pinched the eagle's head, looked at the feathers again, and wondered: "I have never seen such an eagle, it is not like I have seen it before, but it is very fat." ”
Zhao Ta said with a smile: "If no one redeems this flat-haired animal, I will let you handle it then." ”
He didn't think about slaughtering it directly, after all, the Dongying girl on the road seemed to be very anxious about this eagle, afraid that either he really wanted to redeem it, or the price of the fifty taels of gold he offered seemed to be a little high, I don't know if the Dongying girl could make up for it.
In fact, it's not that you can't bargain, it's better to be able to exchange some silver than nothing, but five taels of silver is absolutely impossible, how can he be a dignified King of Qin to trade with someone for five taels of silver? That's not a ridiculous joke!
After sending the three away, Zhao Ta closed his eyes for a while, and then thought about how to deal with the things on the island next, then blew out the fish oil candle and fell asleep.
Just more than an hour after he fell asleep, suddenly the bolt of the wooden door moved silently, as if something was scratching outside, and the leash opened after a few breaths.
Then, after a few moments, the wooden door opened a narrow gap, and a dark shadow seemed to gather in the sky, squeezing into the room little by little, and then spreading and growing, clinging to the wall, and then merging with the darkness, as if it had never appeared.
I don't know how long later, the dark clouds drifted down from the wall, moved to the side of the bed, and suddenly became dense and dense in front of the bed, still silent, just going to the bed.
At this time, a fist suddenly appeared on the bed, and this punch only broke up the dark clouds at once, and a terrible cry came out, and then a large cloud of gray smoke was scattered in the dark clouds, which dispersed in the wooden house......
Half an hour later, Zhao Ta stood in front of the bed, waving a black cloak on his hand with great interest, and Du Yan and the three sweaty men confessed beside him.
Zhao Ta shook his head, said to himself and smiled: "Female ninja, it's interesting......"
(End of chapter)