Volume 2 People in the Years of the Rivers and Lakes Chapter 40 Whereabouts

In this short distance of one mile, the man walked carefully, staring motionless at the place where the horse came out the whole time, the tip of the knife pointed obliquely to ensure that he could quickly counterattack as soon as there was a disturbance, and he could also see that he was a middle and old man.

The young man is even more careful, there are four people on his side, an old man and a half-grown child, and he doesn't know what kind of skills he has in his heart, and he can only be careful and careful before he finds out how many people are on the other side.

"Ten feet." Feeling that there should be enough tea, the old Yin Tou over there shook his fist and gestured, but his lips moved without making a sound, but fortunately, the young man was close enough to barely see that it was a "ten-zhang" mouth shape.

The boy was not 100% sure that he would be able to strike within a distance of 10 zhang, so he continued to wait patiently.

The man's steps are well-proportioned, and the old Yin Tou here is taking ten breaths for every gesture, when he spreads out a palm, the young man's shoulders shake, and the broken silver in his hand is thrown out quickly, and a silver line is drawn against the moonlight, and the man's reaction is also swift under his full attention, and he swings the knife to split, but he can't see what it is in the dark, and there is no expected clanging sound when the knife goes down, and then he falls to the ground on his back and rolls down the sand dune.

The man who came out of the hut in the distance also kept staring at the movements of his accomplices, and vaguely saw that his companion somehow had to roll down and knew that something had changed, and shook his hand to the sky without knowing what to throw, and then shouted, and before the accomplices in the hut came out, a firework sounded in the sky, and the desert sand sea was understood, and then three men with knives came out of the hut. The four of them exchanged ideas, one turned and got on the camel and headed north, while the other three groped their way in the direction of the young four.

"In the future, let's talk less and listen to your exposure." Ah Da complained to Wu Liuqi, provoking Wu Liuqi with a look of grievance.

Old Yin Tou'er started a round and said, "It is better to be able to solve one by one than to deal with them together." ”

The young man opened his mouth to interrupt the battle between the two and said, "The other party is three people, Yin Sanye and Wu Liuqi, you two go to the side to hide, I will solve two, and you will solve one." The last sentence is addressed to Ah Da.

Ah Da didn't shirk, pulled out a halberd equipped by the guard from his boots, and said, "Let's do it together, and take care of each other." ”

The three men over there walked in unison, obviously a trained professional gang, one person in front of about three positions, two in the back, one left and one right, this formation is the best position whether it is offensive or defensive.

The boy kept his eyes on the man who had left on his camel, and knew that he was there to deliver a letter. This group of people first sent a message through fireworks to alert their accomplices elsewhere, and then sent someone to send a letter to explain the situation and receive foreign aid, this well-trained arrangement made the young man have to sigh that this gang of horse thieves can run rampant under the nose of the Pingxi Governor's Mansion for so many years It is also understandable, just this clever response in an emergency, it is really not easy to exterminate it.

"In the Lower Desert Horse Gang, I don't know which way of friends it is, let's report it." The horse thief who walked in the front shouted.

"Do it." Without waiting for the horse thief to get close, the young man, who didn't want to have any communication with the horse thief, gave an order and swept down the dune.

The horse thief holds the knife, and the young man is empty-handed, which is simply beyond his power in the eyes of the horse thief. Although it is difficult to see the people in the depths of the night, there are three people on one side and two people on the other side, and the difference in numbers directly explains the victory or defeat.

The young man over there was only one against two, but he was not left behind, and Ah Da also had a relationship with a horse thief with a halberd. Here the old Yin Tou and Wu Liuqi are at ease, look at this and look at that, the old Yin Tou even talked about the loopholes in the tricks of the two people who were fighting for their lives below from time to time.

Wu Liuqi squinted at Old Yintou'er, with disdain in his eyes.

Old Yin Tou'er naturally felt Wu Liuqi's eyes, and said: "The sons from the capital have said that they don't need the two of us, what do you say I will follow?" ”

"But you're amazing." Wu Liuqi really didn't understand why Lao Yin'er had such a great ability to stay in a place like Loulan, where he was so poor that he had to eat loess every day, just like he didn't understand that the boy didn't let him make a move. Based on Wu Liuqi's understanding of the old Yin Tou, these horse thieves should be a face.

I kept vigil in the camp many times, and as soon as the curfew arrived, Wu Liuqi saw this thin old man go out of the camp to the stable and quietly put on a few sets of tricks. Wu Liuqi didn't know if it was powerful or not, anyway, once he clearly saw the old Yin Touer holding a horse with one hand, and he was very majestic. It's just that the old Yin boss didn't let Wu Liuqi tell others, and promised Wu Liuqi to practice horse walking well now, and when he grew up, he would teach him this beautiful kung fu.

"Boy, you have to know how to hide it." The old Yin Tou'er simply lay down, and took out the cigarette pouch and pot that he was embarrassed to take out in front of the son from his arms, dirty and greasy, lit it in his mouth, and took a hard sip of it, "The identity of this son's brother is not something we can think of, he came to our Loulan ninety percent not for official business, or simply to find someone." I have been looking at his spirit for a long time, looking at his waist and horse, he is not as old as you, but he has definitely been boiled up since he was a child, but it is all lip service, and his experience is poor. It's better to let him move, it's good for him. Xiao Wuzi, you are still young, and you will understand when you grow up. ”

"Taishou."

Wu Liuqi's speech is always so concise and clear, and the old Yin Er, who has looked down on him since he was a child, naturally understands what he means, and said: "I'm watching here, nothing can happen." ”

After all, he is still young, and Wu Liuqi is still a little indignant at the old Yin's stay out of the matter. In his mind, this old man who can hold a horse with his bare hands is the true character of a master to shoot when he should shoot.

At this time, the master in Wu Liuqi's eyes finally put away the cigarette pouch and pot, and it seemed that he was just enjoying it and only took two or three puffs, then turned over, untied the long hairband on his head, pulled it three times to a suitable length, and took out a piece of gravel from his arms, which made Wu Liuqi sullen again, and his tone was not ordinary indignation, "You! ”

Old Yin naturally understood what he meant, and said indifferently: "He didn't ask me if I had any stones." Besides, the money is not yours, why are you distressed? ”

Wu Liuqi simply didn't bother with this old man who was full of crooked reasoning.

The thin old man who didn't look amazing wrapped the hairband around the stone, shook it a few times, and threw it out with a skillful force, and there were some young people who were in a hurry and only blocked and didn't know what was going on, and the horse thief behind him who wanted to sweep the knife was "ouch", and he fell to the ground and hugged his feet. Although I don't know why this person fell like this, but the top priority is not to allow the young man to think too much, only one horse thief is also the pressure is reduced, and the strength of the shot is also much heavier, although there is no blade in the hand, but it is more than enough to make the knife and horse thief alone.

Although Ah Da does not have a foundation that he has cultivated since childhood like a teenager, the training in the camp is not in vain, and it can be regarded as a place to be useful at this time. Over the years, I have been working day and night in the camp to get through the ability to boil out a body, although there is no routine at all, but it is also a real trick that has been practiced through fighting again and again, and I dare not say anything else about this group of horse thieves who can only rob the house and bully the soft and afraid of the hard, and it is only a matter of time before I win.

There is little gossip, but at tea time, one of the remaining two horse thieves was directly knocked to the ground by the young man's rabbit kick eagle, and the other was also broken by Ah Da who took advantage of the gap and broke his hamstrings, and rolled and wailed in pain.

The one who tied up the four horse thieves was called a strong one, and Ah Da kicked the horse thief who was holding his ankle so painfully that he was crying, and he still scolded angrily: "If you fuck out again, Lao Tzu will pull out your tongue." ”

The horse thief naturally knew what identity this poor suit represented. What does Shou Catch Lang do, if the horse thief who has been rampant in the Western Regions for more than ten years doesn't know, it will really make people laugh, he absolutely believes that the fierce Shou Lang in front of him will do what he says. At the moment, he could only grit his teeth in pain, turning his wail into a moan.

Ah Da, who was quite satisfied with the effect of his intimidation, clapped his hands proudly, thinking that his results today were still quite good, it was much happier than staying in Nalou Lan City all day.

He likes it.

The horse thief who was on the vigil at the beginning was stunned by a piece of broken silver from the young man, and a horse thief was kicked by the young man and fainted to death, and a horse thief was estimated to be in pain to make him speak in vain, only the horse thief who said that he had leg cramps could still sit there stupidly, and his eyes were about to spew fire.

The boy thought it was amused, and said, "What, is it possible to say that if it weren't for the cramps, he could have arrested us all?" ”

The horse thief is not stupid, and in this situation, he naturally can't speak harshly, and the horse thief twists his head to the side and does not speak.

The boy crouched down and asked, "What did you build such a hut here for?" ”

The horse thief did not speak, nor did he look at the boy.

The young man looked at the horse thief, then looked sideways at Ah Da, and said, "Is there a way to get him to speak?" ”

"Simple."

"Ask him what this house is for, and ask the girl." As he spoke, the boy got up and walked to the improvised hut.

The hut has already been rummaged over by the little guard who is fetching water next to him at this time, children, curiosity is quite big.

There was nothing in the house, a few old cotton mattresses were spread on the floor, a few old cotton quilts were curled up on the side, and a few kettles, a few pieces of beef jerky, and a few loess-stained cakes hung on the straw mats that could be called walls. It is estimated that this arrangement is similar to the earthen fort outside the Gobi Desert, and is only a temporary stronghold for horse thieves.

Outside the house, the old Yin Tou was distressedly inspecting the horse that was bullied by Ah Da, and cursed Ah Da in a low voice.

It is said that horses have spirituality, and they will be touched by human nature for a long time, just in order to attract the attention of the horse thief to the horse that drove away, Ah Da also said that the horse would come back, and the young man was a little unbelieving, but he really saw the horse walking like a bend and kicked back, and the young man had to be surprised.

The young man stepped forward and asked, "Did you notice how he fell crooked?" When the boy said about him, he naturally referred to the horse thief who said that he had leg cramps.

was feeding the horse with his own water bladder, which was actually fine, and the old Yin replied very naturally: "It's so far away, it's so dark, how can you see clearly." There was still a sense of indignation in his tone, which made the young man feel funny in his heart, and he was still so careful to hold a grudge against Ah Da when he was old, an old child.

The initial screams of pain on Ah Da's side were obviously the cause of the torture, but now the voice became quieter, and the young man turned his head to look, and saw Ah Da running in a hurry, shouting as he ran: "Run, run, run, the horse thief is coming." ”

Only then did he remember that the horse thief had thrown fireworks into the sky to send a signal, and the boy had to calculate the time for two quarters of an hour. The four of them quickly got on their horses, and Ah Da took the lead and ran eastward.

Before leaving, the old Yin Tou also fell into the well and knocked down the hut, and in the blink of an eye, the lamp oil in the hut ignited, and the fire rose in an instant, but it also shone brightly.

After running for about half an hour, this time I almost returned to the Gobi Desert. This desert is no better than other sections, the sand is soft and easy to sink, and no matter how good the horse runs, it is almost two or three hours on the flat road, and the four horses are tired enough to choke, and there are bursts of noses. Immediately, the four of them were also uncomfortable, and they stopped after making sure that no one would catch up, and they gasped on the ground when they got off the horse.

After all, the boy was familiar with the trick of breathing and breathing since he was a child, and he was the first to slow down and asked, "What did you ask?" ”

Hai drank a few sips of water, gasped a few more breaths, and Ah Dadao: "I have asked everything that should be asked and what should not be asked." The place just now was a stronghold set up by horse thieves, and a circle was set up outside the sand, there were fifty or sixty of them, fifty miles away, two people in a team, one day and one night, used to plunder passing merchants. ”

Old Yin Tou'er was also afraid that the son from the capital would not be used to smelling his inferior tobacco leaves, so he found a downwind outlet far away, stuffed a cigarette bag and pot, and took two sips of the gourd's inferior turbid bar, and interjected: "This group of horse thieves really has some brains, although they are in the sand sea, they also have a care for each other, and the pavilion system of our dynasty has really learned ten out of ten." ”

The young man naturally didn't care about these things, and urged Ah Da, who said again: "Listen to that horse thief, it won't take half an hour to arrive." ”

Although the young man is very annoyed by the Taishou who can realize a lot of inner Taoism in one sentence, but at the moment he misses him a little, at least this Taishou doesn't have to talk much by himself, or even deliberately say anything, he will tell you what he wants to know.

Ah Da raised his head and poured a few mouthfuls of water, and continued: "Ruoqiang Tun Soldier City in the southwest, and then there is an abandoned garrison city a hundred miles to the south, which is considered a big stronghold for them. ”

The young man was overjoyed, turned over and got on his horse, shook the reins and galloped out, this series of actions frightened the three of them for a moment, and looked at the young man who had already gone away.

didn't run far, the young man turned back again, his expression was slightly embarrassed, and he smiled dryly: "How does Ruoqiang go?" ”