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The sun is setting, and the sunset is like blood. The bitter west wind whistled at the mountain pass ahead, like an invisible monster entrenched there all year round and roaring.

Xiao Xia approached the front and squinted at the thick old tree above the pass, yes, the one he remembered. Almost three years ago, he and his eighteen colleagues from the Liuzi Battalion intercepted the spies of the Sidi Eagle Yang Department there, and in the end, there were only seven people who went back, and the other eleven people all died in the mouth of an earth-walking demon insect, and the wild Taoist priest of the Divine Wood Forest in the team was completely one with the old tree, and it was really hard to say whether he was dead or alive.

"That's right, this is the sharp outlet. Pulling his eyes and thoughts back from the old tree, Xiao Xia turned his head and said to the people in the dart game behind him. "As long as you cross here, it is a small town more than ten miles north. Everyone hurry up, we can stay there for one night tonight, and then there is a journey of about three or four days north from here to reach Baishi City, the capital of Jizhou. ”

Hearing Xiao Xia's words, the faces of the dart board finally showed some lively and relaxed looks, especially Mr. Lin's dart head was even more relieved, from the beginning of entering Jizhou to now only ten days, they actually encountered a total of three horse thieves, although not as difficult to deal with as the first batch of ambushed horse thieves, they can defeat it without danger, but everyone is also injured and tired, and their mental energy is almost to the limit of collapse, and if it drags on, I am afraid that their hearts will be scattered first.

Mr. Lin immediately stepped forward and clasped his fists at Xiao Xia and said, "Thanks to the guidance of Daochang Xia along the way, otherwise we would never have been able to come here." I'm afraid I don't know which horse thieves ambushed me for a long time. ”

This is not a kind word, if there is no Xiao Xia along the way, their dart may really be gone. Jizhou horse thieves come and go like the wind, coupled with superb riding skills and familiar terrain, even if they don't have to face each other, any horse thief can drag them to death on the road, or Xiao Xia took them into some mountain trails. Instead, they ambushed and routed two of the horse thieves. Although to the north is the Great Plain, and there is no terrain to rely on, it has also entered the range of the state capital garrison. Those horse thieves will also have some scruples, and they will never dare to appear unscrupulously again.

"Mr. Lin doesn't have to be polite. Since I promised to send you to White Rock City, I naturally won't break my promise. However, I am afraid that the talisman used on the way will also have to be paid off by Mr. Lin. Up to this day, four hundred eighty-four taels of silver. Xiao Xia also arched his hand, and honestly and unceremoniously quoted the price to Mr. Lin's dart.

Mr. Lin's face darkened, he coughed, and hurriedly said: "That's natural, if it weren't for the help of Xia Daochang's talisman, where would we be able to deal with those many horse thieves." This silver naturally had to be paid to Xia Daochang. ”

Looking at Mr. Lin's not-so-good-looking face, Xiao Xia once again confirmed that this dark dart really didn't have so much oil and water. It is taboo to ask the person who walks the dart for the details of the dart, although it is considered to be in the same boat now, Xiao Xia will not ask casually. But if you talk in a different way, you can know what you want to know.

But if that's the case, this dark dart really doesn't have that much oil and water, so how can there be so many horse thieves being attracted?

Although there are indeed a lot of horse thieves in Jizhou, they can meet three in these ten days. plus the first one, it is clear that he got the news and came to ambush. And the reason why the dark dart is called the dark dart is naturally because it is secretive, but now it seems that this rumor has inevitably leaked a little too much.

Could it be that there is a problem on the side of the owner of the goods? Leaking out the news and trying to blackmail this small dart game after the goods have been robbed? But this kind of operation is delicate and complicated, and it is very easy to go wrong, and it is generally aimed at the dart game with a rich family background. This small dart game where even the head of the dart has to drag his children and daughters to the battlefield to escort, where will there be any oil and water worth blackmailing?

So why it will be forgotten, it is useless to think too much, and it is none of my business. Xiao Xia shrugged secretly. As long as the dart is escorted to the state capital, what he promised will be completed. As for whether there will really be any secrets and sneakiness behind it, although he has always been a little fond of exploring curious things and a little nosy, he is not free to this extent.

Moreover, even if something really happened, with Tang chuckling, it should be fine.

Xiao Xia glanced at Tang in the crowd intentionally or unintentionally and chuckled. The twists and turns along the way also made the thin young swordsman look haggard, but his back was still straight, and his indifferent expression still did not fluctuate at all, and the other people in the dart game, no matter how weak they were, seemed to be inexplicably energetic when their eyes fell on him. He seems to have unwittingly become the heart of this game, the hope for the future. Just like no matter how many horse thieves there are, no matter how dangerous they are, as long as they are there and the sword in his hand, they will definitely be able to fight their way out and break out of a new world.

However, what Xiao Xia is relieved about is not his sword, but his identity. No matter how fast and sharp the sword is, it can only kill people, but killing people does not necessarily solve the problem. And once the identity of the Tang family's children is revealed, it will only solve the problem more than ten swords and a hundred swords. After all, the huge family that has been inherited for hundreds of years has long been deeply rooted to the extreme, not to mention the rivers and lakes, even the temples are also very weighty, you must know that even the Daqian royal family was able to replace the previous dynasty with the joint support of the major families.

It's just that Tang chuckled at himself and didn't show it, so Xiao Xia naturally wouldn't say anything. Maybe the ordinary life in such a small dart game is also very important to him.

Xiao Xia, who was in a trance, was suddenly slightly startled, and there seemed to be a faint sound of horses' hooves in the whirring wind.

"Another horse thief?" Tang chuckled and heard the sound of the horse's hooves, his hand slowly touched the hilt of the sword at his waist, and his slightly haggard face was still indifferent, but it was colder.

The ordinary iron sword on his waist was no longer the one before, but the rainbow shadow that Xiao Xia picked up, which originally belonged to the old protector of Zeng, and he had drunk at least the blood of nearly a hundred horse thieves in the past ten days, and the aura emanating from the sword had faintly connected with him. Together, they emitted a cold smell of iron and blood.

Xiao Xia had to admit that Tang Xiaoxiao seemed to be really suitable for using a sword. This kind of appearance mixed with the aura of the weapon in his hand, he has only seen it in a few people. It doesn't matter how deep or low the skill is cultivated, it is purely a feeling that can only be born from talent, understanding, spirituality, and even the fit of nature.

The faces of the others in the game changed. By this time, they really didn't have any extra strength and energy to deal with another batch of horse thieves. But at this time, Xiao Xia also heard the sound of horses' hooves clearly, waved his hand and said, "Don't worry." It's just a ride. And the sound of hooves is not slow or urgent, it should not be a horse thief. ”

As soon as the words fell, a few horses turned out from behind the pass in the distance. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief after seeing it, it was indeed not a horse thief who came, and the eight knights were wearing uniform leather armor of the border army, which was clearly the cavalry of the state capital garrison.

Eight horsemen also saw them, and rode slowly towards them. When they arrived in front of them, one of the cavalrymen at the head looked at them, his eyes seemed to light up slightly, and he glanced at a knight next to him, and then asked the crowd in the dart game, "Where are you from?"

Mr. Lin had already greeted him with a smile on his face, and at this time he hurriedly took out the street sign of the dart board and handed it over. I didn't forget to clip a silver ticket of fifty taels in the middle. The most important thing in darts is not how hard your fists are, but how wide your path is and how good you are. Although the business of the dart game is not very good, Mr. Lin's dart head for decades is not in vain after all, and these necessary routines have naturally been familiar to the extreme.

"Youde Dart Bureau, from Xuzhou?" took the things in Mr. Lin's dart head and looked at it. The leader of the cavalry smiled, smiling happily, and he didn't know if it was the fifty taels of silver tickets that made him very happy or something else.

"Exactly. All the way from Xuzhou to Baishi City, there are many horse thieves on the way, and now we are relieved to see a few military masters. The smile on Mr. Lin's face was not pretended. After dealing with horse thieves for more than ten days, I was able to meet officers and soldiers, which was indeed a relief.

The cavalry leader nodded. The smile on his face became happier and happier, and Mr. Lin even wondered if he had just mistakenly taken a silver ticket of five hundred taels and handed it over.

In any case, it is better to be happy than not to be happy, and the words of this happy leader lifted everyone's spirits: "You have worked hard all the way here. Horse thieves in Jizhou have indeed become more and more rampant in recent years, and it is even easier to provoke you by taking some small roads like this. Anyway, we are also about to return to White Rock City to resume our lives, so it is better to take you with us on the way, and there will be a response on the way. ”

"This" Mr. Lin was surprised and delighted, the cavalry leader's answer was simply too unexpected for him, there were officers and soldiers escorting, where would he be afraid of any horse thieves? Even if it was really a mistake to get a silver ticket of five hundred taels, it was worth it.

Everyone's faces were full of surprise, but before they could speak, they hadn't even said the thanks in the mouth of Mr. Lin's dart, but Xiao Xia stepped forward first, and said to the cavalry leader: "Thank you for your care, but we still have goods with us, and we are moving slowly, so if we delay the time for a few people to go back and deliver the military order, we don't dare to take it." This place is close to the state capital, and the horse thieves don't dare to make a mistake, so a few military masters should go first. ”

"Huh?" Not only was the face of everyone in the dart game full of surprise, but the smile on the face of the cavalry leader was also condensed. Before he could speak, one of his subordinates behind him was already shouting angrily at Xiao Xia: "You stinky boy doesn't know how to lift, our captain is kind enough to escort you for a ride, but you are holding back, do you suspect that we will rob you of your dart?"

Anyone who is anxious to express himself is a fool who has not achieved enough and has more than enough failure. Originally, it just sounded like a normal word, but this abrupt sentence brought out some strange flavors. Not only did the cavalry leader turn his head and glare at this subordinate, but Mr. Lin, who was originally going to go up and say two good words, also stopped, looked at Xiao Xia next to him, and was silent.

The cavalry leader turned his head, the smile on his face was gone, and then carefully looked at the tired dart walkers, and said coldly: "Since you don't appreciate it, we won't force it. However, in recent years, there have been more and more criminals smuggling salt and iron tea to sell to Sidi, and we have to take more precautions against the past merchants and darts. ”

The other people in the dart game were fine, but Mr. Lin's face immediately turned white, and the cold sweat on his forehead suddenly appeared.

Xiao Xia glanced at Mr. Lin's dart head and sighed secretly. It seems that this Mr. Lin dart head really seems to be mixed with something that shouldn't be in the dart.

The Sidi tribes are located in the northwest inland. Although the land is vast, most of it is a grassland desert, and there is an endless ice and snow world to the north, and there is almost no place to produce salt, and tea cannot be planted, so salt and tea have always been obtained by trading with Daqian. Naturally, the Daqian court explicitly forbade private transactions between private individuals and Sidi, and the salt trade was even more arbitrary by the government. But the profits are too great, not only do all the forces have their way in the open and in the dark, but there are also many people who secretly peddle in the dark. After all, in the southern coast, it is only a few taels of silver, and when it comes to the northwest, it is a hundred taels. How many people can not be moved?

And for the chief dart head of a small dart board that is dismally running, it is really difficult not to be tempted. He couldn't have made a special trip to smuggle these things, but he took the opportunity of this trip to bring some with him. It doesn't seem to take much effort. Of course, he had no way to sell directly to the Sidi people, but it was not difficult to find a random channel in White Rock City to sell it at a low price.

However, he didn't seem to expect that there would be officers and soldiers who wanted to check his dart goods, this anti-smuggling was originally a matter on the border, and this place was still far from the border.

The leader waved his hand, and the cavalry behind him immediately took off the military crossbow next to the saddle and tightened the strings and aimed it at the dart board, while the two in front drew their sabers and jumped off their horses and walked towards the dart goods.

Everyone in the dart bureau looked at each other, but they didn't dare to move, this was an officer and soldier, not a horse thief. And Mr. Lin's dart head is already sweating like rain, and now he would rather touch a horse thief. At least the horse thief can still be killed.

At this time, Xiao Xia's face was as usual, and he said to the leader of the cavalry: "The road is facing the sky, go to one side, since we are not in the way of a few brothers, why should a few brothers come to hinder us?"

"Who the fuck is brother to you?" the cavalry leader laughed again. However, this time the smile was not happy at all, but a cruel smile like a jackal about to eat.

Xiao Xia didn't say anything anymore, just took out a piece of something from his arms and threw it over. The cavalry leader took it, and the smile immediately fell back on his face.

It was a small, dirty brown medallion, only slightly larger than a copper coin, with a cast iron rim. In the middle is a solid ironwood, and on top is a relief that seems to be rough, but with an indescribable sharp and cold hardness, as if it was chiseled out with an axe and hammer.

That's a 'stream' word.

"Wait!" the leader shouted to stop the two cavalrymen who were about to pry open the cargo box, and then turned to look at Xiao Xia, looking him up and down carefully again, and the suspicion on his face became heavier and heavier. "This badge is yours?"

"Yes. Xiao Xia nodded, he also knew that the cavalry leader was a little unconvinced. He looked at the pattern on the left shoulder of the leather armor on the cavalrymen, and continued: "A few brothers are scouts of the left wing of the White Tiger? Three years ago, the general of the White Tiger Left, Lord Linghu Xiaojin, rescued us here, and he also lost his left hand for this, but fortunately, in the end, he still killed the demon worm and the Sidi spies in the end. I wonder how he's doing now?"

"General Linghu is now the commander of my White Tiger Army. The look of doubt on the leader's face did not dissipate completely, but it was also much lighter. At least ordinary people in the rivers and lakes will not be able to see their origin at a glance, and he also knows about the interception and killing of Sidi's spies here three years ago, and this involves military secrets, so people in the rivers and lakes should not know. He turned the round card over and looked at it, then raised his hand and threw it back to Xiao Xia, the smile on his face was gone, and the title in his mouth changed: "It turned out to be Brother Xia of the Liuzi Battalion, but we were disrespectful." ”

The soldiers in Yongzhou all need to be looked at, especially the people in the Liuzi Battalion. Although strictly speaking, those people are not officially in the army, but they are built by the same generals as the Red Leaf Army, so no one dares to take a look at them.

After thinking about it, the leader asked again: "Then I don't know if Brother Xia is in office or private affairs now?"

If it's a business matter, then no one dares to move it. But if it's a private matter, there's a lot of leeway and a lot of methods.

"It's a little inconvenient to say. Xiao Xia's answer seems to be very vague, which makes people think about it, but it makes it difficult for people to continue to ask.

The leader was silent, and the expression on his face changed uncertainly, as if he was also weighing his thoughts. Finally, he shouted, beckoned the two cavalrymen to come back, arched his hand to Xiao Xia and said, "Okay, then I'll sell you Brother Xia a face today." I was offended a lot before, and I still hope that Brother Xia Haihan. ”

Xiao Xia also arched his hand: "Where is it, please go slowly, brothers." ”

Several horsemen rode their horses and turned to walk the way they came, and it didn't take long for them to get out of the pass, and even the sound of horses' hooves completely disappeared into the roaring wind.

"Thank you, Daoist Xia, for relieving the siege. It turns out that Xia Daochang is a member of the Yongzhou Liuzi Camp?"

Mr. Lin came up with a fist on his head and saluted. In addition to gratitude, there is also some uneasiness that can't be concealed, for a small dart bureau that only wants to be safe and sound, and even makes money peacefully, the Yongzhou Red Leaf Army is a hideous monster that only exists in the story, even if it doesn't show the slightest malice, but just getting close is enough to make people afraid.

"That's all in the past. I retired two years ago, and I'm no longer a member of the Streamer Battalion. Xiao Xia smiled wryly and waved her hand. Those who leave the Liuzi Camp will generally keep the badge by their side as a souvenir, but there are too few people who can really leave the Liuzi Camp alive, and those who died in the battle will be recovered. He showed his military badge like this, in fact, he was already suspected of some swagger.

"Let's get out of here. It seems that if we don't rush to White Rock City, there may be more trouble. ”

Xiao Xia turned to the dart game and said. These dart masters are looking at him now with a look that is somewhat similar to Mr. Lin's dart, only two of them are not. One is Lin Xiaoyan, the daughter of Mr. Lin's darthead, with a pair of big eyes full of surprise and curiosity, as if she had finally seen a legendary magical animal, while the other was naturally Tang chuckling.

Tang chuckled and looked at him with a smile that was not noticeable to others. The most in his eyes is gratitude, as if there is still some envy, and it seems to contain some other indescribable things. (To be continued......)

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