Chapter 65: A Chance Encounter
"Uncle, let me go, I have a young and an old, and there is a brain-dead big brother at home who needs to be taken care of, you can do it, let me go!"
A young man dressed in a servant's outfit, with a snot and tears on his face, hugged the thick legs of a big man with a big axe and a big waist and a round waist, pleading, rubbing his face against the big man's trouser leg from time to time, his face showing cunning.
The voice was bleak, as if there were countless grievances, and the crying made people's hearts sour.
Not far away, a boy in a Confucian robe, seeing that his scholar was so shameless, actually knelt down to plead with the gangster, his face was bruised, and he roared angrily: "Ah Fa, if you do this, my Li family's face will be lost to you, you get up quickly!" Don't beg him! It's a big deal to be slashed, and eighteen years later you will be a good man again! ”
Hearing his son's words, the scholar named Ah Fa showed a little fear on his face, and he said timidly: "But Childe, I'm afraid of pain!" ”
"You, you, you!"
Hearing the words of his own scholar, the boy pointed to the servant named Ah Fa, his face was cold, and he was so angry that he couldn't speak for a long time.
In the end, he was annoyed and angry, rolled up his sleeves and was about to teach the scholar a lesson, the scholar saw that his son was about to call him with a folding fan in his hand, where did he dare to stop, and hurriedly got up from the ground, hugged his head and ran into the distance. Ah Fa frantically escaped in front, and Childe chased after him, leaving only a stunned man in the end.
After running out for a hundred meters, seeing that the man was still stunned, the scholar named Ah Fa showed a smile on his face, where was there still half a desolate appearance, and said: "Young master, it turned out to be a stupid thief, so easy to deceive!" ”
The son-in-law surnamed Li, his face sank, and he said to the scholar: "You still say! Before he came to his senses, run quickly! ”
Hearing the young master's words, thinking of the big axe in the thief's hand, where did the scholar named Ah Fa dare to stay, the two of them ran desperately towards the distance one after the other, just hoping to run farther before the thief came to his senses.
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"Brother Zhou, Brother Wang, ten miles ahead should be the official road leading to the state city, if we are lucky tonight, we don't have to live in the deep mountains and old forests anymore."
Wang Wen looked at the map and said to Wang Ye and Zhou Xingyu, his face was full of joy, after starting from Qingtan City, in order to catch up with the planned itinerary, the three of them took shortcuts all the way, so they missed a lot of populated villages, and they slept in the open along the way, and the mountain roads were bumpy, which can be described as miserable.
Because it is a sparsely populated barren mountain range, fierce beasts come and go, and at the most dangerous time, the three of them even encountered a group of wild wolves foraging in the forest, if it weren't for Zhou Xingyu and Wang Ye's strong force, several people would definitely be eaten by those wolves to the point that there were no bones left, although they finally repelled the wolves, but there were also a lot of losses.
Fortunately, everything went smoothly after that, and the three of them hurried all the way, and finally arrived at their destination, seeing that the state city was not far away, how could Wang Wen not be happy.
Wang Ye stretched, pulled the reins in one hand, and said, "It's finally time to leave this damn forest." I'm tired of this journey, so I'll have to find a better inn to stay in later. I also have a full meal, I am tired of eating this wolf meat, and it smells like a commotion. ”
Hearing Wang Ye's words, both Wang Wen and Zhou Xingyu showed expressions of deep understanding.
Wolf meat, at the beginning, I ate it fresh, and eating too much is actually no different from ordinary beef and mutton, and even the taste is not as good as beef and mutton.
When they encountered wolves before, although everyone repelled the wolves, the horses also changed from six to three, after all, they are different from people, Wang Wen is naturally fine because of the care of two people, but the two horses can't take care of it, two of them were directly scared away, and the other was bitten to death by the wolves.
"Brother Ye, Brother Wang, let's continue to walk and strive to leave the woods as soon as possible." Zhou Xingyu said with the reins in his hand.
The mountain road is difficult, and although there are horses to walk, it is better to return to the official road as soon as possible.
Just as the three of them were about to move forward, there were shouts in the distance.
"Help! Who's going to save me! The bandits are going to kill! Help ......"
Hearing the cry for help, Wang Ye and Zhou Xingyu glanced at each other, and finally Wang Ye said: "Ah Xing, I don't want to move, I'm here to take care of Brother Wang, you go over and see what's going on, if you can't deal with it, just say it, don't hold on." ”
Zhou Xingyu nodded, handed the reins to Wang Ye, and then walked in the direction of calling for help.
With a light tap on his toes, he jumped three or five meters slightly, and his body walked quickly through the forest, and the surrounding trees swept backwards at a very fast speed, and his figure was light, like a leopard hunting.
"According to the direction of the cry for help, it should be the front, I'll take a look at the situation first."
Thinking of this in his heart, Zhou Xingyu's body lifted slightly, and the whole person pulled up, and jumped onto a tall tree.
Holding the trunk of the tree with one hand and standing on the branch with his feet, Zhou Xingyu's gaze looked forward.
As far as the eye could see, in a clearing not far away, a burly man in a short shirt held two giant axes in both hands, walked forward slowly, and said to himself: "Ge Laozi, you scholars are just bad-hearted, you dare to lie to your grandfather and me, and hand over all the money and property to each other, and the uncle is in a good mood, maybe he will let you live." Otherwise, the uncle does not recommend taking you back to the cottage, looking at the two of you with fine skin and tender meat, you are more girls than the girls, maybe you can survive by relying on your appearance. ”
There was a long scar on the big man's face, and the corners of his mouth twitched as he spoke, making him even more vicious.
In front of him, a middle-aged man dressed as a scholar stepped back in horror, followed by a small scholar with a frightened look in his eyes, and the sleeve of his arm turned scarlet, presumably because he had been cut by a big man's axe.
Looking at the axe-wielding man who was swaggering towards the two of them, the scholar said in a trembling voice: "Thief, this is outside the state city, only thirty miles away from the state city, if you kill us, the adults in the state city will definitely not let you go!" ”
As he spoke, his eyes couldn't help but look around, hoping for something, and his heart was sad.
The range of thirty miles is definitely not small, not to mention whether the government can find each other after he and the others are killed, but whether they are willing to find it is a matter worth considering.
After all, generally speaking, in addition to paying taxes, the government basically does not hold the people accountable for everything.
And even if you find it, what can you do, but you and others are all dusty and dusty, and you can't survive if you kill the other party.
Zhou Xingyu could see that although the scholar spoke loudly, he didn't have much confidence.
The scholar was obviously panicked, and cried loudly behind the scholar.
"Young master, I don't want to die! Who can come and save me! ”
Hearing the scholar's cry, the man became even more impatient, and he said fiercely: "Why do you say so much? Do you want to hand over the money or not? Do you want me to take it from your corpse or do you want to be honest with me? ”
Seeing the scholar behind him who was already weak and couldn't walk half a step, knowing that there was no way out, the scholar's tone softened, and he pleaded: "This strong man, I will give you money, I just ask you to go around our master and servant to have a way to live." ”
After speaking, the scholar ripped off the package on his shoulder and threw it towards the big man.
Reaching out to take the package thrown by the scholar, Dahan said with a look of disdain: "If you cooperate early, it will be fine!" I've been chasing my uncle for so long! I really don't shed tears when I don't see the coffin! You people are cheap! ”
He opened the package, which was a change of clothes for some scholars, as well as pen, ink, paper, inkstone and other items, and rummaged for a while before finding a money bag, after opening it, looking at a few taels of silver and copper coins, the big man couldn't help but say angrily: "Why is there only this bit of silver!" Say! Are you hiding? ”
Looking at the man who looked like a hungry wolf, the scholar struck a spirit, and hurriedly said: "Strong man, this is already all our money, this way, it has cost a lot, we really don't have more silver." ”
The big man was annoyed and angry, and he was angry with evil, and he held a huge axe and said to the master and servant: "Poor ghost! Waste your uncle's time, what's the use of leaving you! ”
After saying that, the man raised his axe and slashed at the two.
"Spare your life!"
Looking at the cold light and the axe that slashed at himself and the scholar, the scholar subconsciously closed his eyes, held his head in his hands, and shouted in his mouth.
Seeing the gangsters, Zhou Xingyu also knew that he couldn't wait any longer, so he took out a silver ingot from his arms and hit the big man's axe directly.
Boom!
The silver ingots and the big axe struck, and the sound of metal hitting resounded throughout the forest, and the big man's body was also deflected by the huge force, and he fell to the side.
He stepped out in three or two steps, each step was no less than three or four meters, and in a moment he came between the three of them.
Zhou Xingyu was dressed in a lilac brocade robe fluttering in the wind, and he was carrying a giant sword almost as high as him, and the whole person looked extraordinary.
Looking at the young man with the sword on his back who suddenly appeared in front of him, the scholar instantly breathed a sigh of relief.
The big man looked at the other party with a vigilant face, and he said with a solemn face: "Boy, I advise you not to meddle in your affairs, get out of the way if you know each other, and the uncle will treat you as if you haven't been here." ”
Hearing the man's words, the scholar was obviously afraid that Zhou Xingyu would leave, and hurriedly begged: "This young man, this person blocked the road and robbed, not to mention, and finally wanted to hurt people's lives, which is really a great crime!" If Gongzi can save the life of my master and servant, after entering the state city, my master and servant will be rewarded. ”
Zhou Xingyu smiled at the scholar, signaled the other party not to be nervous, and then turned to the big man and said, "I will also give you a piece of advice, either obediently leave the money on your body and cut off your arm, and I will spare your life." Either just fight me, and if you can beat me, I'll naturally leave. ”
Hearing Zhou Xingyu's words, Dahan's expression instantly froze, and then said, "In this way, this matter can't be good?" ”
Zhou Xingyu didn't answer, but silently took off the giant sword on his back, and said to the scholars and scholars behind him: "You should be farther away, so as not to be affected." ”
Although he spoke in a good tone, Zhou Xingyu knew that the other party's realm was not bad, and if he didn't deal with it carefully, it was unknown who would win and who would lose.
Hearing Zhou Xingyu's words, the scholar and the scholar nodded hurriedly, not daring to stay longer, and ran behind each other with each other.
Seeing the two of them walking away, Zhou Xingyu said: "Referring to Xuanmen, Zhou Xingyu, please advise!" ”
Dahan also had a straight face, and said heavily: "Dark Dragon, Crazy Axe!" ”
After that, Zhou Xingyu was holding a giant sword in his hand, and the crazy axe was holding a double axe and rushing towards the other party.
Almost instantly, the giant sword and the big axe collided together, and the two sides exchanged dozens of moves in a few breaths.
A loud crash resounded throughout the jungle!
Not far away, Wang Ye and Wang Wen stayed in the distance, listening to the sound of weapons clashing, and couldn't help frowning slightly.
Wang Wen asked with a worried face: "Brother Wang, Brother Zhou will be fine, right?" ”
Hearing Wang Wen's words, Wang Ye pondered for a moment and said to Wang Wen: "I'll go over and take a look, you find a place to hide first." ”