Chapter 42: The Sheep Thief

Yang Shucheng and the three of them were walking forward, and suddenly a short man jumped out of a tall tree in the distance, holding a single knife in his hand, and shouted:

"Hurry up and leave the money to buy the road."

Ni Chun smiled: "What a big man, he also wants to rob the Dao." ”

When the thin boy saw that the fat man was laughing at him, he couldn't help but be furious, and shouted, "If you have the ability, you come here, and we will fight." ”

Ni Chun smiled: "Just do it, who is afraid of you coming." ”

The skinny boy rushed forward and raised his sword and slashed. Ni Chun doesn't look at him fat, he is nicknamed "Fat Monkey", he moves flexibly, how can he be chopped, twist his body, and his big hand will come to take him with a single knife.

When the thin boy saw that the fat man was coming to take the knife in his big hand, he hurriedly slashed his waist with a single knife to the right side.

Ni Chun grabbed his single knife with his left hand downward, and wanted to grab his single knife, but the thin boy knew that he was powerful, so he hurriedly brought the single knife back, and kicked Ni Chun in the waist with a flying kick.

When Ni Chun saw him kicking him, he shouted, "Good boy! "Don't dodge, take a step forward in reverse, and grab the slender neck of the thin boy with his right hand, how can the thin boy let him grab it, and hurriedly jump to the side.

The thin boy knew that although the fat man was fat, the movements in his hands were as fast as lightning, so he didn't dare to be careless, so he raised his thin body vertically and kicked Ni Chun's head in the air. Ni Chun raised his hand to catch it.

The thin boy took advantage of the fact that his hand did not arrive, brought the knife back, and slashed downward, the fat man was busy dodging, and the thin boy flew up again, and was about to kick Ni Chun's head. Ni Chun tilted his head and was about to grab his feet. The skinny boy was so nimble that he rolled over in the air and fell into the distance.

Ni Chun strode forward, trying to catch the thin boy. The thin boy flew and jumped onto the tree, Ni Chun was obese and couldn't go up the tree, so he hugged the tree with both hands and shook it vigorously.

The thin boy couldn't survive, so he turned over from a harrier on the tree and slashed at Ni Chun with a single knife. The two fought together again.

Yang Shucheng saw that the two of them were very good at martial arts, and shouted: "Two heroes, don't fight." Sit down and have something to say. ”

That Ni Chun is obese, and he is most afraid of fighting for a long time, and every time he fights, he is quick to decide. Seeing Yang Shucheng speak, he stopped his hand and shouted: "Good boy, it's not that you're afraid of you, you're a big person, and you don't study well." ”

The thin boy sneered, "What can you do to me?" ”

Yang Shucheng said: "You two don't quarrel, sit down and rest." ”

The two of them took advantage of the situation and sat down.

Yang Shucheng said to the thin boy: "I see that you have some skills, why did you come to rob the Tao in the middle of the night?" ”

The thin boy said: "It's not like I'm forced to be helpless, there are soldiers everywhere, where is there food." ”

Yang Shucheng said: "We bring food. Let's eat some together. ”

Ni Chun saw that this thin boy was jumping around like a little monkey, if he wanted to fight again, he might not be able to win, if he was defeated, he would be laughed at. Thinking of this, he sat down on the grass, took off the big burden from his back, took out a cooked sheep's head from it, and said:

"Boy, if you're hungry, eat a sheep's head."

When the thin boy saw the smell of the sheep's head, he couldn't take his eyes off it, and when he saw the fat man handing him the sheep's head, he was not polite, and he took it and gnawed it.

The fat man Ni Chun teased him: "Don't worry, I still have wine." And he took out a black jar of wine from his great baggage.

The thin boy was in a hurry, snatched the wine jar, opened the wooden lid, raised his head, and drank several sips, like drinking water, and when he had finished drinking, he exclaimed, "Good wine." Thank you. ”

After that, the thin boy sat on the grass and gnawed his sheep's head with all his heart.

At this time, it was the middle of the night, everyone was also hungry, Yang Shucheng and the four of them sat together, Ni Chun took out two cooked sheep's heads from the baggage, and several people used a knife to cut out the flesh and eat it.

Ni Chun asked where the thin boy came from? It turned out that the kid was a local, named Zhao Wen.

A few people drank wine and ate meat, and they were enjoying themselves.

In the distance, an old man walked over step by step with a rattan cane. When he saw the four men gnawing on the heads of the sheep, he blew on his goatee and said:

"Several boys, dare to steal my sheep to eat."

Zhao Wen stood up and scolded: "You old immortal, this is our sheep's head, eat and drink here, you hate it." ”

The old man was silent, holding a rattan cane, and walked to Zhao Wen step by step, suddenly raised his hand, slapped Zhao Wen with a "slap" sound, and shouted: "Stealing my sheep, it's still so arrogant." ”

That Zhao Wen was unexpectedly slapped in front of his new friend, he was very embarrassed, his face turned red, and he shouted: "You old immortal, see if I don't kill you." He raised his sword and slashed at the old man.

The old man was wrinkled, his hair was gray, and he was already in his old age, but he moved quickly, flashed his body, dodged the single knife, and grabbed Zhao Wen's right wrist, then Zhao Wen tilted his body, and his whole body was paralyzed, and he couldn't exert any strength, and the single knife in his hand also fell to the ground.

When Ni Chun saw it, he knew that he was restrained by the master, and when he flew up, he was about to catch the old man. The old man picked up the rattan cane, waved his hand, and a rattan cane hit Ni Chun's fat face, and there was a red mark on the chubby face, which hurt hotly.

Ni Chun covered his face with his hands and shouted, "Where did the dead old man come from, he was so ruthless." ”

Yang Shucheng saw that both of them were defeated by the old man, and he couldn't help but help, not to mention that he had eaten a cooked pig's head from others, and now he had eaten someone's cooked sheep's head and drank other people's wine.

The old man took Zhao Wen, dragged aside, flashed his body, and drew a rattan cane, Yang Shucheng knew that his rattan cane was powerful, so he used a sword to sharpen his rattan cane, but he didn't know that the rattan cane was like a long snake, and when he brushed it, it hit Yang Shucheng's wrist holding the sword.

Yang Shucheng immediately threw his sword and jumped to the side.

The old man defeated the three of them in three strokes and five to two, and scolded: "Just these two times, I also want to steal things." Zhao Wen said to the hand:

"A few days ago, I saw you boy wandering around in the mountains, and I knew that you were going to come and steal my goat, but if you were too late, the sheep would be stolen and eaten by you. Now give me back, give me the sheep. ”

After that, he dragged Zhao Wen away, and Zhao Wen's wrist was grabbed by him, where could he move, he didn't have half a half of his strength, and he didn't dare to open his mouth to scold, so he was dragged by the old man towards the mountain.

Yang Shucheng and the others watched Zhao Wen being dragged away, and they didn't dare to step forward to save him.

When the old man walked away and saw no one in sight, Ni Chun asked, "What should I do?" ”

Yang Shucheng said: "Follow from afar and take the opportunity to rescue him." ”

Yang Shucheng picked up Zhao Wen's single knife, the two didn't dare to get close, looked at the direction where the old man had gone, and walked towards the mountain. After walking for more than ten miles, I saw the old man dragging Zhao Wen forward, and looking at the way he walked, he should not have noticed that there was anyone following him.

After walking four or five miles forward, I saw lights in the col and three neat stone houses. The old man dragged Zhao Wen to the front of the house and said to the house: "The thief who stole the sheep has been caught. ”

Zhao Wen defended himself: "I didn't steal sheep. ”

As soon as the old man's hand was strengthened, Zhao Wen bent down in pain, where could he open his mouth to speak.

"Did you bring the sheep back?" A rough woman's voice in the room asked.

"The sheep were eaten by them."

"Okay, a group of sheep thieves came, why did they only catch one and come back?"

The old man continued to say to the house: "One is too fat, I am afraid of eating too much, the other is too thin to do any heavy work, and there is a child, and I can't do any work, only to eat." I only caught this thief. ”

The woman in the house said, "Lock him in a stone house and let him herd sheep for a year." ”

"Yes." The old man caught Zhao Wen into the stone house and locked it with a big iron lock from the outside.

Yang Shucheng and the three of them hid behind the boulder and watched the old man put the key under a stone on the windowsill.

The old man entered the house.

The lights haven't gone out yet. Yang Shucheng and the three naturally didn't dare to save people.

The three of them waited in the distance, not daring to approach, hoping that the old man would fall asleep soon, but the lights in the house were always on.

About a meal time, I saw two people coming from the mountain road, and when they came closer, they recognized that these two people were the two Dongchang captains who wanted to stop Song Chao by the river.

These two people suffered a loss by the river and escaped, but they couldn't give up the credit for capturing Song Chao. They thought that Ni Chun and the others would not dare to go to the flat land, and they must be hiding in this deep mountain, so these two people made meritorious contributions and joined forces to wander around this poor ravine for most of the night.

Before I knew it, I was here. I saw the two Dongchang lieutenants walking to the stone house, and one said: "I don't want to have these three rooms in this deep mountain and old forest, I have a place to live tonight." ”

Another said: "You don't see the lights still on in the house, let them get up and cook for us." I've been running for a day, and I'm still hungry. ”

"Look, there's a sheepfold over there, and I smell sheep."

The two men ran to the sheepfold and saw that there were twenty or thirty sheep in it. My heart is beautiful, this time I have mutton to eat.

"Hurry up and call them up."

The two ran to the door of the stone house and banged on the door with their hands.

Others listened to the knock on the door, Yang Shucheng and Ni Chun listened to the hurried knock on the door this night, thinking that these two people were going to be unlucky.