Chapter 4: Intuition (II)

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"Ah, I'm so scared. Just now I saw my father take out salt and tea from the dart cart, which was a hundred catties. I really can't imagine him doing such a thing. Lin Xiaoyan's voice was trembling, like a small animal drenched in the cold wind. This girl has also fought desperately with horse thieves along the way, and has seen blood on her hands, but now she is afraid of this, as if this hundred catties of tea and salt are more terrifying than those horse thieves who come up with swords to kill.

"Also, he also showed the manifest to that Xia Daoist just now. Although I know that Xia Daoist is a good person, he has been helping us, but since I was a child, my father has always told me that the most important thing for a dart game and a dart master is integrity, the most important thing is duty, and the most important thing is the rules. But, but now he"

"Mr. Lin also has his troubles. Xiaoyan, you also know that the days of the dart game have been getting worse and worse this year."

"I know all of this, but can't we really do our part?" Lin Xiaoyan's voice was already crying. "Maybe we can make less money and work harder, but at least we can live with peace of mind. Yes, I also know that you and your father haven't sewn new clothes in two years, and it's really hard to live, but you can't do that kind of thing just because of this. I'm so scared right now. From the moment I received this dart, I felt panicked, as if something very bad was going to happen this time. I don't know why, although the owner of the goods didn't seem to be anything strange, but the smell of his body scared me. ”

"Stink?" Don chuckled, looking unaware. "What stink?"

"I haven't smelled it either. Actually, it doesn't stink very much. But as soon as I smelled it, I was inexplicably afraid, as if the smell was going straight to my bones and would burn my whole body. But Dad and the others didn't notice it. Also, although the owner's goods are all real and valuable, he keeps telling us to be careful, but I always feel as if he doesn't really care about those goods. If it weren't for the dart game, it would really be unbearable. I would never agree with my dad taking this dart. ”

"It's that you're thinking too much," Don chuckled and said the same words that ninety percent of men in the world say to comfort women. Because women's questions are usually unreasonable, just out of their own feelings.

So as with almost all men who talk like this, such comfort is usually ineffective. Lin Xiaoyan was still so scared: "No. Laugh. I'm stupid though. But I know this time is different. The owner of the goods is so strange, my father actually hid so much tea and salt in the dart goods, and you seem to be different from the past. You sue me. Are you leaving?"

"I'm not going anywhere, don't worry. Tang chuckled softly, and seemed to pat Lin Xiaoyan on the shoulder. "Two years ago, the Penglai Sword Sect directly summoned me to join the sect on the condition that the head of the sect would pass on the disciples, didn't I go. ”

"No, I always feel like I always feel like I don't know what to say. Lin Xiaoyan's voice sounded as if she had really cried. A woman's feelings are often not only unreasonable, but also not easy to say. "You, you, I feel that although you haven't left before, but your heart hasn't stayed in the dart game, you always don't talk to other people, I often see you alone in a daze, and sometimes muttering to yourself, except when you practice swords, you can hardly see your real spirit. I know you must have remembered the past, but you won't say I've been scared all along, no matter how much I ask you. I'm afraid you'll leave quietly. You don't know how happy I was when you rejected the Penglai Sword Sect. But as soon as you started this dart, I noticed that you didn't talk to others anymore, and you spent more time in a daze, and sometimes you laughed by yourself, but the smile was very strange. I'm really scared."

Don chuckled and took a deep breath, then slowly exhaled. Xiao Xia could see him move towards Lin Xiaoyan's side, his body moved, as if he was hugging Lin Xiaoyan, and still said in a very gentle voice: "Xiaoyan, I really won't leave." Where am I going? Don't worry, I'll always be with you."

"Uh-huh," Lin Xiaoyan's voice also settled down a little. "You really don't want to go, I'm scared. Dad did that kind of dangerous thing, if you leave me again, I really don't know what I will do, will you come with me tonight?"

"No, no, I will always be with you, you can rest assured" Tang chuckled and gently patted Lin Xiaoyan's shoulder, his voice sounded like a pool of warm milk, warm, soft, sweet, soothing, so that the girl who was soaked in it gradually relaxed, and her breathing gradually slowed down.

After a few breaths, the girl's breathing was completely relaxed and long, apparently falling asleep under Tang's chuckle.

Natsu got out from under the bed and patted the dust off her body. He was not afraid of waking up Lin Xiaoyan, who had just fallen asleep. Falling asleep so quickly would certainly not be just the reason for Tang chuckling and coaxing a few words. Although Tangmen's acupoint technique is not as famous as hidden weapons and poisons, it can definitely rank among the top three in the world in terms of being silent and silent.

Looking at Tang Xiaoyan, who was gently hugging Lin Xiaoyan on the edge of the bed, Xiao Xia said with a smile: "I remember that six years ago, I was still hiding under the bed like this, and you almost became a bride at that time." And just now I thought I would see you as a groom today, or maybe you have already done it?"

Tang chuckled and smiled bitterly and put Lin Xiaoyan in his arms on the bed, shook his head and said, "Women are so troublesome. I often get into trouble because of something that doesn't make sense."

"Sometimes it's not entirely unreasonable. Xiao Xia's expression was still like that. "I remember six years ago, you pretended to be a bride because you wanted to make a secret weapon of your Tangjiabao, now what?"

Don chuckled, the smile on his face was gone.

Although still full of haggard and tired. But at this moment, the coldness on the young man's face was still like a knife, and suddenly flashed a sharp color. But then he sighed again, and looked at Lin Xiaoyan's sleeping face on the bed in a daze, the light in his eyes was sometimes confused, sometimes cold.

"Sometimes, people really don't have that many choices. After being silent for a long time, Tang chuckled lightly and said this sentence. The voice was tired and vicissitudes, as if it had aged dozens of years in this short period of time.

"Sometimes it's just that you can't let go of that much. Xiao Xia said lightly.

"So I say, sometimes I really envy you. People who don't have anything are really relaxed. You can do a lot of things and get a lot of things" Tang chuckled and looked at Xiao Xia, and that strange look of envy appeared on his face again.

"It's just that you're taking a lot of things too seriously. Natsu shrugged. sighed. "Forget it. Everyone is no longer a child, and it is not interesting to say these vain words, and how to do it has long been known in their hearts. After sending you to White Rock City in two days. It's almost time for me to turn around and go to Yongzhou. ”

"You're leaving?" Don chuckled.

"I'm not really interested in darts. promised Mr. Lin to have an explanation. The five hundred taels of silver talisman money is not too important to me, if he really can't take it out, then forget it. ”

"Then" Tang chuckled and hesitated, but still asked, "What if we are in trouble? Won't you stay and help us?" Seriously, I really miss the time when we joined forces in the Skyfire Sect."

"If there is really a trouble that can't be solved, isn't it okay to show the identity of your Tang family's disciple? If you can't even solve the trouble of Tang Jiabao's name, what's the use of adding me to a wild Taoist priest with no sect?" Looking at Tang chuckling and seeming to say something, Xiao Xia waved his hand. "I'm not going to have any less trouble than yours, and staying behind may only make you more troublesome. ”

"When we broke up six years ago, we thought we would be able to drink and talk about it when we met again," Don chuckled and forced himself to smile.

"When I was a teenager, I always thought simpler. Xiao Xia also smiled. "It's a pity that everyone has their own things to do now, and the timing is not right. There's no way to force that. Maybe there's another chance in the future. ”

Pushing open the door, Xiao Xia walked out. Suddenly, as if he remembered something, he stood up and turned his head to smile at Tang, who was still sitting on the bed, and said, "That's right." Use the sword I gave you. I heard that it is a good sword worth thousands of taels of silver, and it is better to deal with trouble than the sword before you. However, there are some problems with the origin of this sword, and if you have a hidden way to deal with the trouble this time, you might as well sell it. Let's also sew a few new clothes for Miss Lin, Mr. Lin, and you. ”

After speaking, Xiao Xia closed the door with his hand, turned around and left. In the dark inn, only the faint light of fire came from the paper window behind the door, but there was no sound coming, just a silence like death.

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It's morning. With the gradual brightening of the sky. The town is also rejuvenated as if it had woken up. The sound of pedestrians, cars, horses, and the smell of food from the street stalls all made the dart masters sitting in the lobby of the inn feel more intimate.

After a whole night's rest last night, the body and spirit have recovered more than half, coupled with the long-lost fireworks and lively flavor in the past four weeks, the dart masters have anger and smiles on their faces, and many people are talking and laughing loudly while eating the noodles and flatbread from the northwest, and they seem to be more confident about the future trip. It's a unique scenario on this journey.

There are only three people who are different. Although Mr. Lin's dart head is also a lot more energetic, his feelings are not so high. On the one hand, it is because there is something on the mind, and on the other hand, it is not good to be impetuous, as a person who presides over the overall situation. In addition to being in good spirits, Lin Xiaoyan seemed to be in a much better mood, and kept circling around Tang Xiaoxiao. And Tang chuckled but his face was tired, his eyes were bloodshot, and it seemed that he hadn't slept at all last night.

With just a glance, Xiao Xia took his gaze back and concentrated on the large bowl of noodles in front of him. He slept well last night, at least he didn't have to wonder what was in the dart. If there are undoubtedly people who know better than him but do not say it, why should he waste his brains and efforts in vain?

The sound of horses' hooves came from far and near, and stopped at the door of the inn. Then several figures in leather armor walked in.

Xiao Xia, who was eating noodles, was stunned, and then immediately frowned. Those were the same cavalry that I had encountered yesterday at the Sharp Wind Mouth.

At the same time that he saw these horsemen, these horsemen also saw him, and then immediately strode over. Walking in front of him, the cavalry leader took out a token and put it in front of Xiao Xia, and said, "Yesterday we went back to the camp to report, and General Linghu learned that the Xia brothers, who killed the enemy side by side, had arrived near here. Let's invite Brother Xia to go to the army for a while. ”

Although the Liuzi Battalion is under the jurisdiction of the Red Leaf Army, the people of the Liuzi Battalion are not strictly speaking. Therefore, even the generals in the army do not use the names in the army, but are commensurate with the tone on the rivers and lakes.

"General Linghu, isn't he in the White Rock Camp?" Xiao Xia looked at it. That was indeed the token of the White Tiger Army. And these cavalrymen should not have the courage to talk nonsense with military orders, unless they don't want their heads.

As for the fact that these cavalrymen could find them, Xiao Xia didn't think there was anything strange about it. The cavalry scouts of the two states were proficient in the art of chasing horses. They didn't deliberately hide their tracks, and this is the only town in the vicinity.

"The left flank of our White Tiger Army is practicing twenty miles away, and General Linghu is sitting in the army. We brought the horses and asked Brother Xia to go with us quickly. The cavalry leader bowed his hand again.

Xiao Xia frowned. If he really still served in the Liuzi Battalion, then he would have gone anyway under this military order. Yesterday, he had just fooled the cavalry in front of him as a Liuzi battalion, and it was impossible to immediately excuse it now and say that he had already retired. What's more, even in terms of people in the rivers and lakes, a general's military order is not so easy to shirk. Because of the frequent wars in Yongji and Hebei prefectures, the people in the rivers and lakes must also act cheaply under the military order.

"Mr. Lin, why don't you go on the road first? I'll go with these military brothers to meet the general, and then I'll chase you after the matter is over. Natsu stood up. said to Mr. Lin next to him.

Mr. Lin hesitated for a moment, but said, "Why don't we wait here for Daoist Xia?"

It seems that this Mr. Lin dart has been made bottom by the twists and turns of the past few days, and he didn't dare to act rashly before he had eaten through the situation. Xiao Xia thought about it, this dart red goods are only 10,000 taels of silver, and it should not attract the eyes of a general like Linghu Xiaojin. Even if you really want to, you never have a reason to blatantly reveal your identity, and most of this military order is really because of the fact that you showed the military card of the Liuzi Battalion yesterday.

"Then it's good to bother Mr. Lin and take everyone to rest together. Xiao Xia nodded, thought about it, and added: "But if I don't come back within a day, then maybe it's something in the army." You don't have to wait for me any longer. ”

"Brother Xia, do you have any other brothers from the Liuzi Camp this time? If so, please go with you. The cavalry leader said suddenly.

"I'm alone for now. Natsu shook her head.

Xiao Xia rode away with a few cavalrymen. Mr. Lin sighed, and could only order the dart masters to continue to rest in the inn. The most dangerous dart in this frontier is not the horse thief, but the military war, once the slightest accident is involved, this small dart bureau of more than 20 people is afraid that even a splash will not be able to splash up the bones, if it is not for the fact that there is basically no conflict between Da Qian and Xidi in recent years, no matter how embarrassed the dart game is, he will never dare to come here.

Naturally, the dart masters were happy to continue to take a break, some continued to chat in the lobby, and some turned back to their rooms to get some more sleep. Only Tang chuckled and sat silently at a table, his bloodshot eyes looking in the direction of Xiao Xia's departure. Lin Xiaoyan went to the noodle stall outside to buy two bowls of noodles and eat them with him, just like a newlywed little wife.

The calm and peace of the morning did not last long, and even Tang Xiaoxiao and Lin Xiaoyan had not finished eating the noodles in their bowls, and the rumbling sound of horses' hooves came from far and near. Unlike the sound of the horse's hooves before them, this one was like thunder, and it was obvious that there were at least a hundred horses.

At first, they thought it was a border army horse team, but not far away, the exclamations of the people of the town were heard: "It's a horse thief!"

"Horse thief?" The dart masters in the inn looked at each other, and Mr. Lin looked even more incredulous, and even Tang Xiaoxiao, who had been absent-minded, was stunned.

This place is already very close to the state capital Baishi City, and the White Tiger Army of the Baishi camp is twenty miles away, how can there be horse thieves?

Mr. Lin and Tang chuckled Lin Xiaoyan walked out of the inn quickly, and saw a group of people and horses galloping in the smoke and dust, and the people on the road all avoided the screams, and many people howled after being knocked down and trampled. The team arrived in front of the inn in a blink of an eye, and the left and right points were combined, and the water around the inn was impassable.

This really is a horse thief. Mr. Lin's dart head is as white as paper. He not only saw that everyone in this vote of centaurs had a fierce face and a weapon in hand, but also recognized the fat figure of the leader who was eight feet tall, six feet in circumference, and two large knives weighing dozens of pounds at his waist, which was almost unbearable for the horse under his crotch.

Jumping off the horse with a bang, the fat horse thief was shrouded in a layer of leather armor, although this leather armor looked extremely rough, as if it was temporarily sewn, but it covered his head, face, neck, and neck, and only dug a few holes in his eyes and nose, and the whole looked like a huge leather ball.

"You're not dead?" Don chuckled and recognized the horse thief leader. Although I can't see the face, I can know who it is just by looking at the size and the two knives in my hand.

"Of course the uncle is not dead! Do you think that your tiny gadgets can stab the uncle to death? How dare you lie to the uncle and use a small narcotic secret weapon to scare the uncle?" The voice of the big boss was like an angry wild boar, and like a hungry and panicked bear, the round bull's eyes stared at Tang without blinking, chuckling, foaming at the mouth, and two spittles flowed down his chin. "Uncle is going to stab you today!" (To be continued......)

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