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Chapter 13 The Stage

Baishi City, the state capital of Jizhou. (.)

When he saw Baishi City, Mr. Lin's feet were weak and he almost fell to his knees.

The twists and turns along the way have already tormented him to the point of emaciation, first horse thieves and bandits back and forth, frightened by the burden of carrying private goods, and then then to the officials and soldiers who colluded with the horse thieves, and the horse thieves who colluded with the officials and the army, one after another, it was like a nightmare that could not wake up. Now that I've finally arrived at this destination that I don't know how long I've been thinking about, I can barely stand on my feet when I feel relieved.

Another important reason is that he is really tired. Starting from that town, it was originally a journey that could only be reached in three days, but under the urging and leadership of Tang Xiaoxiao, it only took them a day and a half.

Of course, it is not only Mr. Lin who is tired, but also other dart masters, and of course Lin Xiaoyan is also. Fortunately, the destination has finally arrived, and there is finally no need to worry about horse thieves here, as long as the dart goods are delivered to the receiver, then it will be completed.

Of all of them, only Don chuckled and wasn't tired, at least he didn't seem tired. Although there is also a layer of eye circles under his eye sockets, and his eyes are full of bloodshots, his waist is still straight and his spirit is still refreshed.

White Rock City is worthy of being the capital of a state, the city is full of traffic, the crowd is rubbing shoulders one after another, walking in the middle of it, even the exhausted dart game people have a little bit of vitality. But when they walked a little longer, they realized that there seemed to be too many people.

"Huh, why does it seem that there are so many people in this river and lake? Could it be that something has happened in this White Rock City recently?"

Maybe it's a habit that has been developed over the years, Mr. Lin still maintains a very high level of vigilance, his kung fu is not very high, his eyesight is not bad, just look at it casually, you can find that some of the people in the roadside hotel and inn who are obviously armed with weapons and swords, and their faces are not good, seem to be a little too dense.

However, this didn't cause him to care too much, no matter how many people in these rivers and lakes there were, no matter what happened in Baishi City, it should be closed whether or not to take them, they just need to deliver the dart goods.

The handover process was very smooth, the consignee was the owner of a shop, and it didn't take much effort to find it, and the goods and documents were delivered together, and almost all of them showed a relaxed look on their faces.

Except for Lin Xiaoyan and Tang chuckled.

Tang chuckled with a strange excitement that had always seemed a little strange, like the excitement of a person who had endured for a long time and finally saw the end. Although the other dart masters also felt this way, they were all relaxed after handing over the order, only the little beating fire in his eyes did not decrease at all.

And Lin Xiaoyan suddenly became uneasy as soon as she walked into this Canadian trading house, looked left and right, and then grabbed Tang Xiaoxiao's arm and went straight into Tang Xiaoxiao's arms.

"Ah Xiao, do you smell it, it's that smell again, I smell it again. Lin Xiaoyan's voice trembled slightly. "It's the smell I told you about the night before. ”

"What smell?" replied Don with a chuckle, shrugging his nose and nonchalantly. "Isn't it the smell of medicinal herbs? This shop also sells medicinal herbs, and there is always a faint smell of medicinal herbs. ”

"No, it's just the strange smell that seems to make people burn, mixed with the smell of medicinal herbs. I've smelled it on that owner before. ”

"The owner of the delivery is doing business, and the person receiving the goods is also doing the same business, and it is normal to have the same smell, Xiaoyan does not need to be afraid. Didn't we already deliver the goods? Mr. Lin, who had completed the handover procedures, also came over to comfort his daughter.

"Well, let's go back quickly. Lin Xiaoyan nodded hurriedly.

"This could be delayed for a few more days. Mr. Lin scratched his head. "The consignee said that the final payment was not enough for the time being, and mortgaged a piece of coral to us, and let us stay here for a few days, and then pay us after he received a batch of payment. ”

"What? How many days are you going to stay here?"

"Hehe, just play in this White Rock City for a few more days. Anyway, the consignee said that he also covered our accommodation and food, and we didn't have to spend money. Mr. Lin's face couldn't help but be happy. It's not all because it's free to eat and live. He was still thinking about the tea and salt buried in the backyard of the town's inn, and these days were a good opportunity to find a good home. "Besides, I also agreed with Tang Si that I would wait for him and Daoist Xia here. ”

"yes. It's rare to come to such a far place in Jizhou, so we will play for a few more days. If you don't like the smell, we'll go outside and find a place to live. Tang chuckled and comforted Lin Xiaoyan softly. The excitement in his eyes also intensified, as if he was one step closer to the goal that he didn't know what it was.

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It's been a day and a half since the sudden arrival of the horse thieves, and life in the town is still basically in the aftermath of that infestation.

It's not quite right to say it's an incursion. The gang of horse thieves came suddenly, and after less than half an hour, they suddenly broke up and fled, except for trampling and injuring a few townspeople who could not escape, they only smashed the door and lobby of the town's inn, and these horse thieves also left a large amount of compensation silver for the injured townspeople, which is indeed a strange thing. In the past few days, the topic of this strange horse thief has come and gone, each of which is enough to become a topic of conversation among the residents of this town for a long time, such as the fierce fight in the inn, such as the hero who is said to have killed dozens of horse thieves with a single knife, such as the white tiger army's large-scale search overnight, such as the old man who sold noodles did not even want the silver to disappear overnight, such as the leader of the horse thieves who is fat like a pig and strong like a bear but looks like a hedgehog.

It may be that he is afraid of the skillful sword hero, or he may think that the leader is dead, or it may be that he is afraid of the White Tiger Army nearby, and none of the horse thieves dare to return to the town to take a look. And the dart who had fought with the horse thieves also left, so the leader of the giant hedgehog-like horse thieves remained unheeded. It wasn't until later that the mayor of the town sent someone to prepare to collect the corpse, only to find that the leader of the horse thieves who had been hit by hundreds of arrows was not dead, but he was seriously injured and dying, so he hurriedly ran to report to the White Tiger Army, but there seemed to be something happened in the White Tiger Army, and it was until now that a few sergeants were sent to clean up the horse thief leader who still had one breath left.

Facing the leader of the horse thieves like a mountain of meat, several sergeants scratched their heads a little. Such a large pile of fat meat is about 300 catties, and one or two people will never be able to move it, if you want to chop it into several pieces with a knife and take it away, the leader of the horse thieves is still alive.

While they were debating whether to live a horse thief or a dead fat man, the sergeants suddenly saw a palanquin flickering from outside the town.

In this northern plain near the frontier and many wars, the sedan chair is a somewhat luxurious and elegant means of transportation is very rare, even the ladies who really can't see the wind and sand usually sit in a carriage, not a sedan chair, not to mention that the sedan chair seems to be a little unusual.

This sedan chair is very wide, almost no smaller than the carriage of the carriage, and the four people who carry the sedan chair are tall and strong, not to mention, they are all born with good looks, all of them are heroic and extraordinary, and they can be eye-catching beautiful men in any place, but they all gather together to carry the sedan chair. And the footwork rhythm of these four people is exactly the same when they walk, there is no expression on their faces, their eyes are as dull as a pool of stagnant water, if it weren't for the breath in their chests, they would be like four puppets.

Several sergeants were in a trance, and this strange sedan chair seemed to have come to them slowly, and a soft, sweet and greasy, and indistinguishable voice came from the sedan chair: "I heard that there have been some changes in this town and the White Tiger Army in recent days, but unfortunately there are some trivial matters along the way to this seat, and I am a step late." A few of you have come to tell me what is going on here. ”

This voice seemed to be very good, it was like the whisper of a lover lying in his arms after passion, and unconsciously drifted into the deepest part of the minds of several sergeants, and even the original doubts and incomprehensions, as a border army, should have completely forgotten all about the examination of suspicious people in the rivers and lakes, and scrambled to tell everything they knew.

They didn't know much, but they had heard from the people in the town, and there were just some movements in the White Tiger Army. But the person in the sedan chair didn't care, and after listening to it, he seemed to think about it slightly, then sighed, and said to himself lightly: "This seat specially asked Linghu Xiaojin to pull the White Tiger Army to such a far place to practice in the past few days, just because I don't want any accidents to happen to the good show in Baishi City." As a result, did Li Renshou do this? This seat hates these brainless readers the most. Ignoring the orders of the imperial court and not competing with the generals, they still have the leisure to send troops around to search for two people in the rivers and lakes with great fanfare? If they disturb the good show on the side of Baishi City, wouldn't it be possible for this seat to make all the efforts that have been carefully planned for several years? If it is a rare great opportunity, if it cannot be performed vigorously and the blood will flow like a river, and it will be a pity to make a heavy note on the rivers and lakes of Kyushu? If the hard work of this seat is wasted and the mood of this seat is ruined, then what compensation will Li Renshou use? Do you want this seat to catch and chop off his whole family, and raise his limbs in a tank, and slowly cut off the meat to feed him?"

Later, although the voice was still light and soft, it gradually brought out an indescribable gloomy and vicious smell, like the venom of hundreds of poisonous snakes mixed together in the sewer cellar and fermented. The sergeants next to him were covered in cold sweat, nauseous and wanted to vomit, but they couldn't even move a finger, and before they knew it, they were like worms in glue, completely condensed in the voice.

After a moment of silence, the voice sighed again, muttering as if giving up, "Forget it." Count his fate. Even if it's just a chess piece, it's also a chess piece of the imperial court, and it's being used in the competition with the general, and this seat doesn't want to add a leg, the general's temperament and this seat don't match, and it seems that this seat is a little unpleasant, in case it annoys him, it's also a little troublesome, and the shadow dogs shouldn't be provoked for the time being, I still have to use this group of court dogs to make a fortune, this seat has a few interesting things that cost a lot of money, but I still count on them, fortunately, the expected days are about the same, there should be no interference, and this seat should also rush to watch this good show carefully."

"By the way, by the way, have you seen these two people in this time, or have you heard of such a woman appearing in Jizhou?"

With the voice asking, two paintings floated out of the window of the palanquin, floating in the air as if they were being held by an invisible hand. The two paintings are a pair of young men and women, the brushwork is delicate and very charming, the painting is lifelike, the man is just a clever young Taoist priest, but the woman is graceful, the appearance is beautiful, and the brushwork of painting her is also more agile, it seems that this peerless beauty is dancing on the scroll, and is about to fly away immediately.

Several sergeants were stunned, but they didn't forget the question of jì's voice, and they all said that they hadn't seen it. But one of the sergeants pointed to the man's picture scroll and said, "Isn't this man one of the two people that Master Li Renshou is looking for?" ”

"Oh, I can't imagine that this kid is really famous, Qingzhou's arrest has not yet arrived, is it actually wanted by people in Jizhou?" The voice in the sedan chair also seemed to be a little surprised, and the two paintings immediately retracted into the sedan chair, and there was a burst of laughter that made people's teeth ache. "Things seem to be getting more and more interesting, hehehehe

"Alright, I'm ready to hit the road. I heard you say that this fat pig and horse thief is also quite an interesting character, and it happened that this seat came in a hurry, and there was a lack of some powerful men, so this fat pig this seat took away. With this voice, the leader of the fat horse thief like a hedgehog on the ground actually staggered to his feet, but on closer inspection, the horse thief's eyes were still closed at all, and his face was still seriously injured and dying.

The four men carrying the sedan chair walked forward, and the fat horse thief also walked beside him, and several sergeants were all dumbfounded, and could only watch the strange sedan chair slowly leave the town with the seriously injured horse thief. And the sweet, soft voice came again, it seemed that because it was far away, the voice was so weak that it could not be heard, but after listening carefully, it was clear: "As for the few of you who are fortunate to have a few words with this seat, and you have seen the paintings painted by this seat with your own eyes, I really don't know if it is a blessing that has been cultivated for several lifetimes." You don't have to go back to camp tonight, just celebrate and enjoy yourself in this town. ”

When the sergeants came to their senses, the strange and strange sedan chair was gone, and they only felt that their minds were a little muddy, as if everything they had just done was just a daydream. Only the last sentence from the voice was very impressive, as if someone had quietly carved these words into his mind with a thin needle that was too sharp to detect.

That night, the sergeants did not really go back to the camp, but stayed in the inn of the town, two of them went out to visit the kiln, and the others stayed in the inn room to gamble.

Then the next day, the people of the town had two more topics that were no weaker than those of the horse thieves. There are two military men who don't know how long they have been in the army, and finally got the opportunity to sneak out of the kiln, tossing from dark to the next morning, and successively rectifying several kiln sisters to soft surrender.

The other group of military men who gambled in the inn also gambled heartily, shouting and screaming, so that many guests barely slept until they slept. However, when the gambling was near dawn, it seemed that there was a dispute because of too much winning or losing, and then it soon evolved into a move, and they actually drew knives against each other. When the rest of the inn heard that something was wrong and rushed to dissuade them, they only saw blood and a few corpses all over the ground.