It is said that Yang Peng practiced his hand crossbow in a secluded place, and by the time the sun was in the west, he could already use his hands to shoot alternately, and the hit rate within thirty meters was not bad. It's a pity that this kind of consumption is obtained by his master without spending money, and he has already wasted more than 200 rounds, but fortunately, the arrows of the crossbow can be recovered. If he is seen by the master, he will definitely pounce on him with both hands to relieve his hatred. After summing up his various feelings and experiences in shooting, he packed up his baggage and galloped away in the right direction. Half an hour later, he finally returned to the cave where he lived.

Looking at this cave where he had lived for more than four years, Yang Peng's sourness came to his heart again. Looking up at the Wangxian Cave on the main peak three hundred meters away, tears appeared in his eyes again. Finally, he clenched his right hand into a fist and turned his head into the cave.

As soon as Yang Peng entered the cave, he found that on the stone platform in front of the bed, a flesh-yellow rattan box more than two feet wide and more than three feet long was placed upright. A dark blue showboy outfit was neatly folded on it, and a cow belt coiled in a circle was placed on the clothes. Yang Peng walked to the stone platform and found that the rattan box was polished to a shiny shine, which showed that the age was not close, and this should be the master's favorite thing. He took off his clothes, slowly opened the lid of the box, and what caught his eye was his seasonal change of clothes.

Yang Peng stretched out his hand to stroke these things, and suddenly felt that there seemed to be a difference between the thickness of the clothes and the box. He quickly lifted his clothes, only to find that there was a secret compartment at the bottom of the box. Lifting the cover, six silver envelopes sealed in red paper were neatly stacked, and there was a sheathed treasure knife next to the silver round! The bronze hilt radiates a clear glow.

"Oops, this is the heirloom of the master and her old man, the Tianya Conscience Knife!" Yang Peng reacted immediately, because this treasure knife had been seen in the master's cave mansion, and it was hung on the stone wall at the head of the master's bed. The master once said that this treasure knife was originally used by his father, and it was as indestructible as iron as clay!

Seeing that everything his master had done for him was so meticulous, Yang Peng's tears could no longer be stopped, and he instantly surged out, crying silently! The man has tears and does not flick, but he is not emotional. After more than an hour, Yang Peng's mood finally calmed down. He took out the treasure knife and felt that it was about twenty catties. If it weren't for the fact that he had practiced martial arts with his master for more than four years, and the lower plate was extremely solid after practicing the plum blossom pile, it would have been impossible for him to use this treasure knife.

Coming to the plum blossom pile on the flat ground outside the cave, Bai Shujie carefully looked at the treasure knife in his hand, and the brass scabbard was still covered with snake skin. When you pull out the treasure knife, you can find that the head of the knife is similar to the Glaive Knife, and the blade is about four fingers wide. Retract it back to three finger widths, and then connect it to the handle of the knife, which is three feet two inches long. Thick back and thin blade, cold light flickering, unsettled.

"This is really a murderous thing! It's unpretentious, but it's murderous. Don't talk about slashing people, even if you smash it with a sheath, you don't have nine lives. Bai Shujie sighed in his heart, and then according to the plum blossom knife spectrum taught by the master, he flashed on the plum blossom pile and practiced a set of concise knife techniques.

It is also very peculiar to say, plum blossom boxing only has a shelf, and there is no specific move. Fighting against the enemy in actual combat fully embodies the supreme realm of winning without moves, relying on improvisation. Because of this, the disciples of the Plum Blossom Sect spend every day practicing on the plum blossom pile, so their basic skills are the most solid.

At the same time, the teaching of Plum Blossom Boxing is to be both civil and military, so the requirements for selecting disciples in the Plum Blossom Gate are very strict. It is necessary not only to look at the character of the roots, but also to examine the understanding. Bai Shujie didn't know how to take the shit luck, and was caught by Lin Hei'er at a glance, and finally became the only personal disciple, and the exercises, shelves, knife techniques and secret weapons were all taught by Lin Hei'er.

Yang Peng didn't sleep that night. After practicing the knife technique a few times, he took out the plum blossom dart and practiced. First a single dart, then a double dart, and then a triple dart. Because of the treasure knife, Yang Peng paid more attention to the practice of left-handed darts. Nine times out of ten in the future, it will be a battle formation against the enemy, and what you want is the speed of killing. It's not a martial arts competition, and there's no need to pay attention to anything above board. Add a dart to a knife, that's the king.

After packing everything and returning to the cave, Yang Peng began to prepare before departure. First of all, the magazine and bridge were all filled, and then two hand crossbows were taken out and disassembled. Yang Peng knew that he had to be completely familiar with his own weapons. Because of the accuracy of shooting, what you want is the feeling of flesh and blood.

Fortunately, Master Lin Qing'er packed everything back, and there were a lot of crossbow oil and crossbow cloth. Both of these hand crossbows have shot more than a hundred arrows today, and wiping the hand crossbow is an essential job. For the life-saving partner who will accompany him in the future, Yang Peng naturally does not dare to slack off.

Coupled with the fact that men are born with a kind of fanaticism for crossbows, the work of wiping the crossbow and dismantling the crossbow is simply a pleasure for Yang Peng! Just look at the way he hums a little song that no one can understand, and at the same time he is straining his hands.

In the second half of the night, Yang Peng took out all the silver dollars in the secret compartment of the box, and then put two crossbows and bows and arrows into them. Only fifty taels of silver were left with him, and the rest were placed in chests, on which were covered with clothes. Because he had already thought that the security inspection in this era was not yet understood, it was better not to show the crossbow.

Besides, the main thing to go out this time is to understand the situation, and with the big knife and the plum blossom dart, the general scene is enough to deal with. If you can't cope with it, isn't there still thirty-six plans? The four years of hard work on the plum blossom pile, that is not a dry meal. After packing everything, Yang Peng saw that it was still very early in the morning, so he had to lie down on the bed and prepare to sleep. I don't know that my nerves are extremely excited, I can't sleep when I toss and turn in bed. In the end, he had to get up, take out two crossbows from the box and hold them in his arms, and then he fell asleep peacefully.

The next day, Yang Peng got up on the third pole, put on the vest of the plum blossom dart, and put on the show costume. Holding the box in his left hand and twisting the big knife in his right hand, he came to the cave and put it away. Kowtowed respectfully to Wangxian Cave nine times, and then turned around and strode away. Yang Peng heard from the master that Youzhou City is in the northwest direction of Tianhua Mountain, and there are more than 400 miles of land in seven miles and eight turns. He didn't have a chance to go to Youzhou, and now in the memory of this body, it seems that he hasn't been there. Thinking that he would soon be able to see Youzhou in the Great Song Dynasty, he had an inexplicable impulse in his heart. Impulsiveness is the devil.

Because of impulsiveness, Yang Peng ran straight in the northwest direction when he got out of Tianhua Mountain. It was really crossing the mountains and crossing the ditch and crossing the river. The hardships are simply not for outsiders. As a result, after walking for three days, he was still wandering around in the deep mountains and old forests, and he was so angry that he jumped to his feet. Luckily, it's early summer, and his darts are a must, so he can find two rabbits and pheasants every day. For this, he wasted three more hand crossbows. Because his master forgot to prepare a flint for him, in order to make a fire to roast his prey, he had to take out an arrow and smash it at the weeds and make a fire.

At noon on the fourth day, Yang Peng finally walked out of the dense forest and saw a path at the foot of the mountain. When he came to the path, he put down the box and just wanted to breathe a sigh of relief, when suddenly there was a "woo-poof" sound, and he saw an arrow shoot on the ground about a foot in front of him.

Before he could react, more than a dozen ragged guys rushed out of the dense forests on the hillsides on both sides. Yang Peng looked intently and saw that among the two leading ones, one was holding a bow and arrow, and the other was wielding a crossbow in his right hand. The two of them rushed over from both sides shouting and leading people to surround Yang Peng.

When Yang Peng saw that some of those people were holding hoes and some were holding wooden sticks, he knew that they were not serious beards. So he put his hands in his coat and clasped the two plum blossom darts, but his arms were still wrapped around his chest, and he asked with a grin, "What do you want to do?" ”

The guy with the other handle waved the gun in his right hand and said viciously, "What are you doing? Scissors! "Yo-ho! Do you even know that robbery is called scissors? Yang Peng said with a smile: "Do you know what I do, dare to stretch out my hand?" Which locks are you? Is it a loophole? ”

"Second child, what did he say?" The guy turned to the guy with the crossbow and asked. The guy with the crossbow said with a red face: "Big brother, he said that we don't understand the rules!" "How dare you say we don't know the rules? Boy, you still obediently take out the money, and we'll let you go. Otherwise, huh! ”

"How else? I have money, but I just don't give it. Yang Peng's body shook, and the fifty taels of silver in his pocket jingled and rang, and then he smiled and said, "You haven't even finished the incision, so I won't give money." "Incision, what incision?" The guy with the other handle was at a loss. "Big brother, I opened this mountain, I planted this tree, if you want to live from now on, leave to buy road money." The guy with the crossbow said in annoyance: "I was in a hurry just now, and I forgot. ”

"Okay, no kidding with you." Yang Peng took out his hands, showed the plum blossom dart in the palm of his hand and said to the two: "I don't think the brothers are authentic beards, otherwise, would you still have a chance to stand and talk to me?" Speaking of this, Yang Peng raised his hands, two white lights flashed, and the two guys had a plum blossom dart nailed to the ground on the tip of their right foot.

"How? What do you think would happen if I didn't talk nonsense to you just now, and went straight to your neck or head? Yang Peng stepped forward slowly, leaned over and pulled out the plum blossom dart, and then continued: "Say, what's going on with you?" ”

It was only then that the two leading guys reacted. Throwing the gun in his hand to the ground, Pout, Pouton knelt down in front of Yang Peng and said: "Don't hide it from Big Brother, we are not beards at all, but coolies who escaped from Qianjin Village." Because he had no money to eat, and he didn't dare to go to the market town to find work, he made this decision. ”

It is said that as soon as Yang Peng heard that these dozen or so people were peers who ran out of the iron mine, he evoked another Yang Peng's sleeping memory, and his heart felt even more uncomfortable, and at the same time he was full of anger. "Get up!" With a long sigh, he said: "It's not a long-term solution to go on like this, you guys gather all the brothers, I have something to say." The two men turned around and said hello, and everyone gathered around. Yang Peng counted carefully, a total of seventeen people. Although they are all skinny and unkempt, they are not very old.

"Brothers, to be honest, I also escaped from death in the Khitan dog grass valley four years ago, and everyone is a family." Yang Peng said cautiously: "If you can go to relatives and friends, or want to go home, I can send you the travel expenses." If you don't have any worries at home and have nowhere to go, you can follow me. As long as I have a bite to eat, I won't make everyone hungry. After waiting for a while, Yang Peng continued: "If you are willing to leave, I will pay the passage fee now, two taels of silver per person." Hurry up and decide now! ”

In the end, there were nine people who wanted to leave. Yang Peng didn't say a word, and each gave them two taels of silver to send them away. The remaining eight people, including the two guys who led the robbery. "Now, I want to make it clear to you that it is very dangerous to follow me, and if you don't do it well, you will lose your head." Yang Peng looked at the faces of the eight people one by one, and breathed a sigh of relief before continuing: "So, I'll give you one last chance, if you leave now, you can get five taels of silver." ”

After waiting for about three minutes, no one made a sound. Yang Peng smiled and asked, "What are your names?" How old and where did you come from? After everyone's gossip and noise, Bai Shujie finally understood.

The one with the other handle is called Zhang Xiang, 23 years old, from Liaocheng, Shandong. The guy with the crossbow was called Zhang Yan, 20 years old, and was Zhang Xiang's cousin. Both of them were deceived by ordinary people at the beginning of last year, and then they couldn't survive it, so they risked their lives to escape. The two have been orphans since childhood, and their parents and family don't know when they disappeared.

The remaining six people are: Cheng Shijie, 19 years old, from Cangzhou; Duan Zhixian, 18 years old, from Yuncheng, Shandong; Zhan Jinguo, 18 years old, from Yanzhou, Shandong; Yin Mingde, 19 years old from Cangzhou; Zhou Dayong, 20 years old, from Jining, Shandong; Liu Zhiliang, 16 years old, from Jincheng, Shanxi.

Bai Shujie figured out the origin of these people, and then asked, "Zhang Xiang, what kind of boundary is this?" Is there a place to eat? Zhang Xiang clenched his fists and said: "Big brother, not far to the north is the remote ridge, where there is a small market town and an inn. "Well, you lead the way, and we'll stop in the middle of the mountain today. Let everyone take a good bath and fill their stomachs. Bai Shujie waved his right hand and said loudly: "Brothers, go!" ”

Zhang Yan's eyes were quick, he leaned over and grabbed Yang Peng's box, and followed Zhang Xiang to stride forward. As soon as the rest of the people heard this, they immediately had something to eat, and their spirits suddenly came up, and they rushed forward together with Yang Peng.

In less than an hour, Zhang Xiang in front shouted: "Big brother, the house in front of you is a remote ridge, let's hurry up!" Those people were all young men in their teens and twenties, and they rushed forward at once. Yang Peng's body is strong, coupled with his plum blossom fist body is extremely wonderful, like a lightning bolt out of the crowd, he came to the market town in ten minutes.

When he came to the destination, Yang Peng found that the so-called market town was just one or twenty households. However, because of the middle of the road, the path passes through the middle, so there is an inn floating in the middle. When I got closer, it turned out that it read "Zhang's old store". The shopkeeper, who was writing something, saw Yang Peng walking in the door in a showy outfit, and hurriedly came out of the counter and said, "Sir, are you here?" Is it to eat or to stay? ”

Yang Peng leaned on the edge of the counter, knocked on the counter with the middle finger of his right hand and asked, "Boss, there are eight followers behind me, can you stay here?" "If that's the case, there's a main house and two wings in the small courtyard behind me." The shopkeeper bent down and said, "But the store money costs three cents a day, not including food." ”

"Okay, I've got it." Only then did Yang Peng know what the real price was, and then asked, "What do you have to eat here?" The shopkeeper bent down again and said, "Look at what you said, this is nothing, and the better one is just pork stewed vermicelli." Yang Peng nodded and said, "That's good, hurry up and prepare!" By the way, do you have any tailors near here? ”

"There is one, and three of them go north." The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Is the gentleman going to make clothes?" "Big brother, here we are!" With Zhang Xiang's loud roar, all eight people rushed in at once. "It's not that I'm going to make clothes, it's these people I've found are going to make clothes." Yang Peng smiled bitterly and shook his head and said, "I'm going to take them to the city to do errands, and it seems that it won't work without making clothes." ”

"Alright, please come with me, everybody. When I settled down, I went over and invited the master tailor over to give everyone a measurement. The shopkeeper looked at Zhang Xiang and the others, smiled and nodded, and then led everyone to the backyard. Yang Peng found that there was indeed a main room in front of him, and the two wings on the left and right were slightly larger.

As soon as the store left, Zhang Xiang shouted again: "Haha, I can't imagine that Lao Tzu will also have a day in the guest house!" Yang Peng was simply angry: "What roar? Hurry up, take a bath, clean up after taking a bath, and it's time to eat! Considering that these people need to recuperate, Yang Peng is not in a hurry, so he settled in this old shop. Because pork vermicelli is made every day, and they are all young men, it seems like a different person for half a month. Especially today, everyone is wearing the new clothes designed by Yang Peng, how to look at the spirit.

It turned out that Yang Peng thought about it in the long run and did not choose any clothing such as a horse coat. Instead, he referred to his own talent outfit and combined with the style of the hunter's outfit to customize a dark blue suit. The top is four pockets, and underneath are trousers with belts. At the same time, Yang Peng made a uniform white shirt for everyone. From the inside to the outside, two sets per person.

Zhang Xiang, who has always been very arrogant, when he took over the two sets of new clothes with both hands, the dignified seven-foot man actually cried. Under his influence, eight people knelt neatly in front of Yang Peng and kowtowed in two rows.

Yang Peng hurriedly asked everyone to get up and stand up, and then said solemnly: "Brothers, we are brothers for one day, then we are brothers for life!" I want to make a rule: from today onwards, we will not kneel to anyone except our parents and teachers! As the saying goes, a man has gold under his knees. The head can be broken, the blood can be shed, and never kneel! Do you hear that? Even if it's the emperor's old son."

The eight shouted, "I hear you! Yang Peng yelled: "Have you eaten all the pork stewed vermicelli for more than half a month?" Like a, I didn't hear it! "A man has gold under his knees! The head can be broken, the blood can be shed, and never kneel! "Good! I hope you remember today's vows! Yang Peng nodded and said, "You have been recuperating here for more than half a month, and your health has begun to improve." Starting tomorrow, we're going to keep going! Let's disperse and get ready. Liu Zhiliang informed the cabinet to prepare two days' worth of dry food and settle the bill together tomorrow. ”

After breakfast the next day, Yang Peng settled the account and learned that the nine people had eaten and lived for 16 days, plus custom-made clothes, and spent a total of 31 taels of silver. Considering that he would go to a big city in the future, Yang Peng gave everyone a tael of silver as pocket money. All of a sudden, everyone was so happy that they almost couldn't find the north.

"Don't rejoice too soon!" Walking out of the remote ridge to a barren hillside, Yang Peng stopped and said with a gloomy face: "Since you are following me, then you must remember: you can't go to the kiln, and of course, you are not allowed to flirt with women from good families!" Also, gambling is absolutely not allowed! If I know that you have committed these two crimes, I will not be forgiven! ”

"Also, Liu Zhiliang has been doing business with his father since he was a child, and he has studied private school, and he is familiar with arts and sciences, and he will be our manager in the future." Yang Peng took out a small leather bag that the tailor had ordered before, handed it to Liu Zhiliang and said: "This is a hundred taels of silver, and from today onwards, you will be responsible for our logistics and food." ”

"The eight of you can't always be like a plate of loose sand, from today onwards, I will appoint Zhang Xiang as your squad leader, Cheng Shijie has a solid foundation in martial arts, Duan Zhixian knows martial arts, and can hunt, and the two of you are the deputy squad leaders. The words of the squad leader and the deputy squad leader are orders, and everyone will order and prohibit them from now on! Violators, I will punish severely! ”

Now, Cheng Shijie led a brother to explore the way in front, Duan Zhixian led a brother to the back hall, and Zhang Xiang led the other brothers to respond in the middle. The distance between the three groups is 500 meters, which is one mile. Goal, Cangzhou, go! "Cheng Shijie is a native of Cangzhou, Hebei Province, and has seen the army. Hearing Yang Peng's order, he immediately responded loudly: "Cheng Shijie obeys!" Yin Mingde, follow me! ”

After waiting for three minutes, Yang Peng asked Zhang Xiang to lead the team to set off, and instructed Zhang Yan and Zhan Jinguo to follow later. On the way, Yang Peng asked Zhang Xiang not to take a closer look at the executioner's crossbow. In his previous life, he had heard of Don't. I know it's an earthen hand crossbow. When loading the arrow, you need to grasp the handle and pull it down, and one arrow at a time. The probability of failure is about 60%, plus it is a smoothbore, and the effective range is about 20 meters. Among the bandits at the beginning, many bandits were wearing this thing.

After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.