Chapter 106: Bamboo Forest Xiao Kills
There are more than 150 miles from Changning County to the capital city of Hengzhou.
The whole distance is divided into two halves, half by land and half by water, and both halves are about the same distance.
Starting from Changning County, take the land route to Songbai, and then take a boat from Songbai, go down the Xiangshui River, you can directly reach Hengzhou City, the whole journey is not far, and it is not difficult to walk.
However, the first time Zhao Yu took a long-distance carriage, the potholes on the road really made him uncomfortable, in order to be comfortable, Zhao Yu walked very slowly, and stopped every ten miles to rest for a while.
And the Ming Dynasty imitated the previous dynasty, with a long pavilion in ten miles and a short pavilion in five miles, so the place where Zhao Yu stopped and rested happened to be each long pavilion.
The long pavilion is a place to stop and send each other off separately, and the pedestrians on the official road also rest here, but there are also a lot of people, and some tea and other services have also been reproduced, and Zhao Yu is just right to rest here.
Of course, there are also some long pavilions in remote places that are deserted, and not a single long pavilion can be seen far away.
However, there are also people in these places who set up tea sheds for pedestrians to rest.
After Zhao Yu walked more than forty miles, he encountered a tea shed.
This is a tea shed built in a bamboo forest, and the official road passes through the bamboo forest, and the tea shed is on the edge of the official road.
The whole tea shed is not large, with a shed built with large bamboo poles in front and several rooms built with bamboo in the back.
It's noon and the sun is shining.
At a few tables in the tea shed, there were a dozen pedestrians, drinking tea and munching on cakes.
In front of the tea shed, there were also three horse-drawn carriages carrying goods, and at a glance it was clear that there was a small caravan in the tea shed.
"Young master, there is a tea shed in front, can you go there and rest?"
The carriage drove into the bamboo forest, Wei Xiao looked at the tea shed in front of him through the car window, and then looked back at Zhao Yu.
Zhao Yu glanced at the tea shed outside the window and nodded:
"Let's go for a hot cup of tea!"
"Yes!"
Wei Xiao walked out of the carriage and commanded the coachman.
After a while, the carriage came to the front of the tea shed and stopped, which also attracted the attention of the tea customers in the tea shed.
However, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Wei Xiao asked the coachman to park the carriage on the side of the official road opposite the tea shed, and opened some distance from the three caravan carriages in front of the tea shed.
After a while, Zhao Yu and Wei Xiao got out of the carriage and walked towards the tea shed.
When the tea guests in the tea shed saw Zhao Yu dressed as a scholar, they knew that Zhao Yu was a scholar who was rushing to take the exam, and they couldn't help but take a few more looks.
After all, there are very few scholars in this era, and they are very respected, and Zhao Yu has a slender figure, a crown like jade, a good skin, plus perennial martial arts, his face is sharp and angular, and the whole person is gentle and elegant with a heroic spirit, which is very eye-catching.
"Hey, do the two guests have tea? Please sit here! ”
There was a little second who was waiting in the tea shed, and when he saw Zhao Yu and the two walking into the tea shed, he immediately stepped forward to greet him.
Even because of Zhao Yu's identity as a scholar, plus he also has a subordinate, he knows that his identity is extraordinary at a glance, so Xiao Er looks very flattering, not only vacating a table for Zhao Yu alone, but also arranging Zhao Yu in a clean corner.
"Thank you, serve us two pots of tea!"
Sitting down with Wei Xiao, Zhao Yu smiled and nodded at Xiao Er.
"No thanks, no thanks! Wait a minute, two guest officers! ”
Xiao Er didn't seem to have seen someone like Zhao Yu so polite to him, the whole person looked very cramped, and after waving his hand hurriedly, he quickly went to pour tea.
Zhao Yu smiled again, and then looked at the people in the tea shed for a long time.
There were seven or eight sweat-stained men, and they sat around two tables, their eyes occasionally paying attention to the three wagons in front of the tea shed, which were obviously theirs.
In addition, there were three or four passers-by who looked like they were traveling far away.
After these people looked at Zhao Yu twice, they didn't pay attention anymore, and they each ate and drank their own.
Zhao Yu just glanced at these people, and then withdrew his gaze and looked at Xiao Er who came over.
After Xiao Er put down the teapot, Wei Xiao poured Zhao Yu a cup of tea, then stood up with another pot of tea, and said softly:
"Young master, I'll go and bring a pot of tea to the coachman!"
"Hmm!"
Zhao Yu nodded and took a sip of tea.
The coachman did not come with him, because he had to feed the pack horses and watch over the contents of the wagon.
Wei Xiao took the teapot and teacup and walked straight to the carriage.
Zhao Yu took a sip of hot tea, and when he smelled the freshness of the forest again, the whole person suddenly became soothed.
With a smile on his face, Zhao Yu looked at the bamboo forest outside the tea shed calmly.
The spring breeze blows the bamboo, and the bamboo leaves shake with a pleasant light sound.
The bright light fell, and the dense bamboo leaves were chopped and the stars fell all over the ground, and with the swaying of the bamboo leaves, the stars on the ground were also like elves, jumping quickly, full of agility and vitality.
Blowing the spring breeze, smelling the fragrance of bamboo, listening to the sound of bamboo, and looking at the faint light between the bamboo leaves, Zhao Yu's heart suddenly became quiet, and the whole person seemed to be integrated into this bamboo forest, ethereal and natural.
At this moment, Zhao Yu retreated from the lead flower, and in his gestures, he exuded a dusty atmosphere, and the whole person was calm and elegant.
Facing a light falling between the bamboo leaves, Zhao Yu gently pinched the teacup and put it under his nose to smell the fragrance of tea.
The faint fragrance of tea spread in the nasal cavity, Zhao Yu took a deep breath, his pores opened and shrunk comfortably, and he took a sip of tea.
It's just that when the rim of the cup in Zhao Yu's hand just reached his lips, his tranquil eyebrows suddenly froze.
The next moment!
"Whoosh!"
A roar of arrows suddenly sounded in the forest, instantly breaking the silence here.
Immediately, there was a 'poof', and among the two tables of big men in the tea shed, a blood line suddenly rushed out of one person's neck, and he fell under the table with an 'ah' sound.
Immediately following the sound of the arrow, in an instant.
"Whoosh ......"
A roar of arrows sounded in the forest, and more than a dozen feathered arrows shot indiscriminately into the tea shed, and instantly hit several big men and pedestrians, screaming miserably.
It was only then that the people in the tea shed reacted.
"Ah...... Killed! Meet the strongman! Run......"
There was a frightened roar, and everyone in the tea shed suddenly rushed out of the tea shed crying and fleeing in all directions.
Over there on the official road.
As soon as Wei Xiao handed the teapot to the coachman, he looked at the teashed fiercely when the first arrow whistled, and wanted to rush towards Zhao Yu.
However, after seeing Zhao Yu's gesture towards him from afar, Wei Xiao stopped his movements abruptly, and then immediately covered the coachman's mouth that was about to scream, and pulled him to quickly hide on the side of the carriage.
Over there in the tea shed.
The feather arrows continued to shoot out of the bamboo forest, into the tea shed, and shot at the people who rushed out of the tea shed.
Luo Chen sat in the tea shed and didn't move, he didn't even move his body, he still took the tea lightly, and didn't see the whistling feather arrows and screams and wails around him.
That look, the wind is light and the clouds are light, like an idle cloud in the bamboo forest, let him sword light and arrows, he listens to the sound of the wind and bamboo.
Leisurely.
"Whew!"
A feather arrow shot head-on at Zhao Yu, and Zhao Yu turned slightly sideways to get the teapot on the table, so that the feather arrow just brushed his hair.
Then, Zhao Yu took the teapot and filled his teacup.
"Whew!"
A stray arrow flew towards Zhao Yu's right hand that had just put down the teapot, and Zhao Yu took a sip of tea in his right hand, so that the stray arrow flew right under his elbow.
"Whoosh!"
A feather arrow came through the void and shot at Zhao Yu's left chest, Zhao Yu put down the teacup, and the edge of the cup happened to collide with the flying arrow, and the arrow 'bang' flew away along the side of the cup.
A series of actions are smooth, and there is no deliberate artificiality and evasion, everything is so understatement, so casual, just unintentional luck.