Chapter 10: The Twin Staffs Volley
The sky is full of yellow clouds, and the western glow is remnant.
The twilight of Pingyang City has a different taste, but the people of Dongchang are not in the mood to watch.
"Are you saying that something may have gone wrong with the fourth child, and the Pingyang Medical Center, which was supposed to be in charge of him, is now in the hands of an unidentified person, and that person's martial arts are still above yours?"
The third-grade head Mao Zongxian sat at the table, with a full forehead, fleshy cheeks, an angular jaw, and a mighty face, but always with a bit of evil.
"Obviously, our Dongchang is a hunter, but I didn't expect to enter this city, and the situation became unclear."
The pedantic-looking middle-aged man was also sitting here, rubbing his wrist bones with medicinal oil, and said, "If these traitors didn't have such ability, they wouldn't have to make a big move to set up such a game." ”
"In my opinion, the people who attacked the governor's tent, scattered the horses, and robbed the children of the Yu family, as well as the people of the Pingyang Medical Center now, may even be three groups of people, and they may not know each other, but the same thing is that they all have to fight against our Dongchang in this matter, and they are all traitors."
As soon as he finished speaking, Cao Tian, the head of the fifth gear, slapped the table.
"In that case, let's concentrate our men first and destroy one of them!"
These words were fierce, but they made the pedant shake his head.
"The details of the people over there in Pingyang Medical Center are very unclear, and it is difficult to figure out how many people there are, but if they can deal with Xiaochuan and them, they should not be underestimated. And the group of people who robbed the children of the Yu family have fought with the two of you more than once along the way, and they are also fierce enemies. ”
"We are not completely sure that we are going to destroy one of them, and we may be taken advantage of by another group."
Mao Zongxian also nodded and said: "We don't need to fight with them, as long as we drag them in the city, and wait for the overseer's large force to arrive, so that they can still turn the sky." ”
The pedant asked, "How's your doing?" ”
Mao Zongxian said: "My subordinates have marked all the shops in the city that can sell a large amount of dry food and clean water, found out the camel sellers, and drugged those camels. ”
The pedant nodded and said, "Okay, then even if they want to leave, they can't easily change cars, and they have to let their horses have enough strength, which is enough to drag them for a while." ”
"When they are ready to leave, let's raid them again, not to hurt people, but only to hurt the horses, and as soon as we succeed, we will withdraw and fight with them."
Cao Tian said: "It's forced them to be in a hurry, can't they carry food and water by themselves?" ”
The pedant smiled: "So let's do things in moderation, step by step, and we can't push them too quickly." As long as it is not a last resort, no one is willing to go into the desert with their own foot strength alone. ”
Mao Zongxian hesitated: "I am still a little unsteady in my heart, someone can hold back the pace of the governor, and someone can go to Pingyang City in advance to occupy the medical hall, these are all things we can't think of." ”
"Then the people in the city now, will there be any means that we don't expect?"
The pedant hissed, stroked his beard in contemplation, and remained silent for a long time.
Cao Tian was a little unhappy, and deliberately found fault: "You have to follow us along the way, act as a backhand, don't make any effort, wear a mask, forget it, now everyone will be together, why is this mask still worn?" ”
The pedant was not angry, reached out and rubbed the side of his face, and after a while, a layer of human skin mask was removed from his face, revealing a face that was more than a decade older and thinner.
This person is the second gear head of the East Factory, Jia Ting, if he used this face in the infirmary at that time, Dora would have recognized it at a glance.
"It's time to be more guarded."
Jia Ting made a decision, "Let's take out all the money on our bodies, use it as a deposit, and ask a group of people to help." ”
Mao Zongxian was puzzled: "Is there any other person available around here?" ”
"Hehe, you're a little younger, and some things aren't so clear."
Jia Ting was quite complacent, "I was leading people to follow you for a while, but I didn't just wait to watch the show every day, and I also had a heavy responsibility on my body, and I had to be aware of the movements in all directions, and I was ready to answer you at any time." ”
"That's why I found an acquaintance."
More than ten years ago, there was a killer organization known as the number one in the world, called "Black Stone", with many ears and eyes, hands and eyes, and great power, all over the north and south of the river.
At that time, even the ministers of the DPRK and the Central People's Republic of China had an unclear relationship with "Heishi" and often sent money to "Heishi".
However, those people do things in the north, and when the Son of Heaven is at his feet, they often still restrain themselves, and they hide with their faces when they act, while the people in charge of Jiangnan business are more arrogant.
The number one master assigned by "Black Stone" in the south, known as the flying dragon, has extremely fast knife skills, never masks when killing, and is a fast horse galloping, and rushes through the streets.
Later, the headquarters of "Blackstone" in the capital collapsed, and the old leader died.
Feilong had too many feuds, and without the support of the relationship behind the organization, he was wanted and killed by the government and the underworld in Jiangnan, so he had to disappear and flee to the northwest frontier and become a horse bandit.
Their gang was supposed to be haunting near Gaohe County, after all, there was still a bit of oil and water over there, and further west, they couldn't grab anything if they wanted to.
But recently, the approach of the Dongchang Brigade aroused their vigilance and took the initiative to flee westward.
"Before I joined you, I found traces of that gang of horse bandits several times."
Jia Ting said, "They are hiding in the valley not far southeast of Pingyang City now, as long as they bring enough silver, plus the identity of our Dongchang, it shouldn't be difficult for Feilong to help." ”
Cao Tian had also heard of the reputation of Feilong when he was young, and he had no opinion on this, so he only said: "It's just a deposit, there is no need to empty our own pockets, let the people under us get together, and when the matter is done, he can be allowed to receive the reward from the imperial court." ”
That's it.
Jia Ting let his three henchmen, with silver, go out of the city before dark.
They roughly knew that Yu Qian's old department was entrenched near the north city gate, so they deliberately let these three people go out of the south city gate.
The number of people in Yu Qian's old department, after all, is not as large as the people in Dongchang, and they have been fighting hard for days and trekking, so they must not be able to take care of the whole city.
And that's exactly what happened.
Yu Qian's old ministry was unaware of this matter.
At night, they collected firewood and made a fire, hung a few pots in the abandoned backyard of the General's Temple, boiled some hot water, and roasted a few bunches of dry food by the fire.
One of the smaller pots, with some salt and chopped wild herbs, boiled and threw a few cakes into it to make a wild vegetable paste.
"Come on."
The young man in the hat handed Yu Mian a bowl of paste and asked him to feed his little brother.
Yu Qian has two sons and one daughter, the eldest son Yu Mian has long been an adult, the second daughter Yu Xin is thirteen years old, and the youngest son Yu Kang is only ten years old.
The young man in the hat also took a bowl of paste himself and walked to Yu Xin's side.
Supporting Yu Xin was a thin middle-aged man named Tie Zhu, whose eyes were full of worry: "Our Jinchuang medicine is running out, you haven't brought it back, what should we do with this girl's injury in the future?" ”
When they were fighting Dongchang Fanzi, there was a sleeve arrow that almost hit Yu Kang.
At a young age, Yu Xin was so quick that he knocked his younger brother away, but he was hit by the arrow in his left shoulder.
She was still young, but the arrow pierced deeply, and the young man in the hat did not dare to draw the arrow rashly, so he had to break the shaft of the arrow, apply medicine to her, and fix it with a bandage, hoping to deal with it after finding a doctor.
The young man looked at the little girl with chapped lips and eyes that seemed to be difficult to open, sighed, and fed her the wild vegetable paste with a wooden spoon.
"Although the person in the medical hall is weird, I think about it afterwards, he shouldn't be from Dongchang either."
The young man said, "At that time, the situation was complicated, we were shocked by his skills, and we retreated too quickly, so I will go and have a look tomorrow." ”
The short-bearded man named Zhu Ji, who grew up in the army since he was a child, has a rough temperament, and shouted: "It's a big deal, I'll hold them back, you go get medicine." ”
"Nope! Brother, don't go tomorrow. ”
The young man with a hat is named Zhu Hui, although he is young, he is already the backbone of this group, and he cannot refuse, "You have a brave temperament, it is better to stay here and take care of each other with everyone." ”
"I'll go alone, and if something goes wrong, I'll be better at running away than you."
Suddenly, the two men who were on guard at the courtyard wall turned around and shook their knives at them.
Everyone fell silent, and their palms touched their weapons.
The night is four, and there are not a few stars in the sky, but there is a cold moon shining.
There were no people living near the deserted temple, and there was not even the sound of insects.
These old parts of Yu Qian could only hear the sound of the nearby firewood cracking and the sound of water boiling in the pot.
But soon, the people with the best ears heard the sound of the wooden staff hitting the ground.
Zhu Huiyi was bold, his left hand crossed the sword, his right hand touched the dart bag on his waist, and he went up to the courtyard wall with a soft voice, but he was startled by what she saw.
Two people came down the street behind the temple.
One of them carried a sack of hemp, bulging and heavy, but his steps were very brisk, and that's it.
The most striking was another man, who seemed to sit cross-legged in mid-air, with the hem of his clothes hanging down to cover his legs, and walking on the ground with only two crutches.
It's really "pointed".
The crutches, about four feet long, fluttered on the ground with a "point", a stroke, and the whole person moved out a foot away.
The rhythm of the clouds and water makes people feel that the person is not moving on land, but as if he is sitting in a boat, rocking the oars leisurely.
This skill is so stable that it makes people's hearts tremble.