Volume 1: The Youth's Edge Chapter 121: The Way of Life
"Get out of the way! Get out of the way, do you untouchables want to die?"
As the city gate opened, dozens of soldiers rushed out, they were neatly equipped, wearing armor, and the pace of action was uniform, and at a glance they knew that they were the elite of the city.
"Commander Wu, Commander Wu, Boss Hu fainted, it was the kid in front of him who beat him. ”
When the ancestor was upright, his armor fit well, and it was not as funny as when the fat man was wearing it, he waved his big hand, and the brothers behind him surrounded Mu Qing and Wang Xiuwei, and even the frail pregnant woman couldn't escape.
The people sent by Hu Fatzi to ask for help said that Mu Qing was a thief and was gathering people to make trouble, at this time the city was initially decided, and Ubu, the commander of the army of Shule City, did not dare to be careless at all, and personally ordered dozens of the most elite brothers under his command to rush over.
He himself already has the strength of the fifth grade, and these brothers under him have also practiced the strength of moving mountains with iron bones, and the momentum of the encirclement has been completed at this moment, even if the other party is a third-grade cultivator, he may not be able to escape.
Ubu saw that the situation had been mastered by himself, so he slowly walked to Hu Fatzi's side, looked at the other party's injuries with disgust, and asked with sharp eyes: "Tell me the truth, what's going on?"
Mu Qing asked Xiao Wuling to help the woman who failed to run out of the encirclement to his side, and shook his head to Sun Ren and the others who were already ready to draw their swords and fight, "Don't move lightly for the time being. ”
There were still uncleaned blood stains on the swords of those soldiers, obviously veterans who had experienced battles, and understood the truth that the thief captured the king first, and most of the strength was placed on Mu Qing's side, and the position was quite particular when surrounding.
Mu Qing looked to both sides, those refugees were scattered far away, and only Wang Xiuwei and others were standing beside him, his eyes were calm and comforting: "Sister Xiuwei, you are optimistic about them, it will be fine to stand next to me." ”
Wang Xiuwei looked at the luxurious carriage that seemed to have been forgotten by everyone, and his red lips always smiled: "Brother don't worry, in fact, my sister will also have some self-defense skills." ”
Sun Ren was separated from Mu Qing by more than a zhang on this side, seeing that Mu Qing had been surrounded by a group, he understood that if Mu Qing had an accident today, the dozen or so of them would not end well, the fear in his heart and the ruthlessness in his chest surged up to his throat together, and he led people to approach Mu Qing's side while waving his weapon, and reminded loudly with a nervous expression: "Childe, you have to be careful, they should be in a combined formation." ”
Sun Ren is an old man in the Iron Bone Village, and when their village owner Lin Pan usually shows his hands to the brothers, he will always inadvertently mention the exercises practiced by the two mouths, and occasionally twice he has also pulled a few masters to demonstrate the momentum of the formation, Sun Ren remembered for a while, and he was no stranger to the formation in the field.
Others know the truth that the thief wants to capture the king, can Mu Qing not know?
Ubu's palm trembled as if it had been pricked by a needle, trembling and quickly retracting from Hu Fatzi's chest, and before the horror in his heart could ferment and become bigger, he felt that the same scorching sword intent had locked onto him, and he quickly stood up and looked at the place where the line of sight that had crossed the layers of encirclement and shot straight at him.
The burning pain in his hand that wanted to pierce into the depths of his soul was still there, Ubu squinted his eyes to hide the jealousy in his eyes, his thin lips seemed to be glued together, and he moved for a long time before he said with difficulty: "Your Excellency is a superb cultivator, I don't know how this fat man behind me offended you?"
"Commander, Boss Hu is the boss of the city lord, why are you ......" Ubu begged for mercy as soon as he opened his mouth, and the schadenfreude on the faces of those under Hu Fatzi had not disappeared, and they all looked at Ubu with a look of surprise.
Ubu raised his eyebrows, his eyes looked around and quieted down, these ants didn't know the horror of that sword intent, but he felt the residual power of his fingertips, not to mention that there was a new scorching sword intent hanging above his head, how could he dare to fight rashly?
Mu Qing looked at the soldiers who were still hostile around him and didn't say anything, Wang Xiuwei smiled and smiled at the side with wide eyes and was not afraid at all: "It seems that this person knows the strength of Mu Qing's younger brother, and we will be fine." ”
Ubu had been paying attention to Mu Qing's movements, and saw Mu Qing gently leaning his palm against the long sword at his waist, his slightly dark cheeks were raised, and his big hand waved under his hand: "You guys retreat first." ”
His cheeks were slightly hot, and he walked up to Mu Qing step by step, and asked in a low voice, "Didn't ask your name?"
"Mu Qing. ”
"I don't know where that fat man offended Your Excellency, and he was beaten to death by a sword qi. ”
Why? When you can win, you fight, and if you can't win, you want to convince people with reason?
The evil meaning in Mu Qingxing's eyes flashed, and he looked at the unconscious culprit over there and said: "We want to enter the city, he wants to collect money, ten taels per person, and we also gave it, but this person said that we came in the wrong way, and put a hat on us as a thief." ”
Ubu looked at the meat ball on the ground not far away with disgust, he couldn't mess around at this time, in order to stabilize his image, he looked up at Mu Qing and said: "Please forgive me, the rebellion in the city has been decided, and it is a good thing to investigate it strictly." ”
Is it a strict investigation, or is it a personal gain with orders? Mu Qing thought of these pickled things in the fly camp and dogs, and shook his head with a chuckle, not interested in dealing with these people again,
Xiao Wuling saw that Mu Qing didn't want to say more, so he stood next to Mu Qing and continued: "Then you can't just collect money when you see that we have money, from ten taels per person, to one person and one gold, and even ask us to take off our clothes and search our bodies, especially the fat man looked at Miss Xiuwei with a look at him, and asked Miss Xiuwei to take it off too!"
Ubu saw that the other party's younger brother came out to talk to him, his eyes narrowed, his chest was irritable, he wanted to snort coldly and get angry, but when he looked down, he saw Mu Qing's fingers on the hilt of the sword, he quickly sobered up, and when he heard it, he finally felt that he understood what was going on, he exhaled lightly, hugged his fist to Wang Xiuwei and said: "Hu Fatzi was disrespectful to his wife, and he deserved to be punished by Your Excellency." I apologized to my wife on his behalf. ”
"Huh?" Wang Xiu raised his eyebrows slightly, never thinking that the other party regarded herself as Mu Qing's wife, her red lips opened, and she asked with a rare explanation: "This general, can we enter the city?"
"Yes. Ubu waved his hand to signal his subordinates to withdraw, looked at Sun Ren's hands, hesitated and said, "It's just that they have to stay with these weapons, and you have to give you a guide to go to other states." ”
Sun Ren also came over at this time, and when he saw that everyone was safe, his face was becoming more and more happy, and when he heard that he was going to collect his weapons, he couldn't help but look at Mu Qing with a bitter face.
"You go and bring the path guide that Li Si gave you. Liu Weirui had mentioned that Li Si should bring a road to Sun Ren and them, and after Mu Qing finished speaking, he looked at Wubu and nodded: "This commander, you may not know, these people are the guards of the caravan, if they don't have weapons at any time, the next road to Youyan Prefecture is not easy to walk." We entered the city this time, just passing by, and we had no ill intentions. ”
Ubu hesitated in his heart and didn't want to agree, and when he saw the road guide handed over by Sun Ren, and saw the words of the Liu family in Jinguancheng on the paperwork, he hurriedly put it away and gave it to Sun Ren, looked at Mu Qing and hugged his fists and said: "Why didn't Your Excellency say it earlier, it was really a big oolong, since you are the caravan of the Liu family in Jinguancheng, how can you be a thief who gathers a crowd to make trouble." ”
Sun Ren didn't expect the Liu family's Lu Yin in Jinguancheng to be so useful, so he was overjoyed and asked, "What about our weapons?"
Ubu hurriedly waved his hand, and said with a look of familiarity that he had known for a long time: "Since it is a reasonable situation, then I will not confiscate it." ”
He asked his men to open the city gate, stretched out his hand and said: "I only heard his name but did not see his person, I have always heard the name of the Liu family in Jinguancheng, and I have to see your Excellency today, I don't know if I can give me a chance to prepare a banquet to entertain you, and let me apologize to each of you on behalf of Hu Fatzi." ”
The situation in the field changed so quickly that even Mu Qing, the person concerned, couldn't accept it, originally his worst plan was to take advantage of the chaos and leave after killing the person in front of him, it was nothing more than to cross Shule City and make more detours, and turn over a few more barren mountains and mountains.
Mu Qing was a little strange and asked Sun Ren, "When you first started, why didn't you take out the road?"
Sun Ren blamed himself for causing trouble to everyone, and regretted: "It's not that fat man who only cares about slaughtering us when he sees so many of us, I forget about it." ”
Ubu also laughed dumbly when he heard this, that Hu fat man didn't do anything good by relying on his daughter being the favorite concubine of the city lord, and he didn't know how much oil and water that should have belonged to him, the crisis passed, and when he saw that the other party was unlucky today, he was actually a lot happier in his heart, and said with a big smile: "This fat man Hu is famous for collecting money, since he is unconscious and doesn't believe it, then they will do his job, and today the son enters the city, and he doesn't have to hand in a penny." ”
Ubu was quite complacent in his heart, feeling that he had been with the city lord all day long, and he had done enough to be thoughtful enough about the etiquette of these dealing scenes, and waved his big hand forward with great momentum, "The untouchables here are crowded, lest they stain their eyes, it is not a good place to talk, and I also ask Your Excellency and you to go into the city with Ubu to eat and drink." ”
Mu Qing originally wanted to stretch out his hand not to hit the smiling man, and was already ready to agree to enter the city together, but he didn't expect to hear the other party say this, he raised his eyebrows, and glanced at Wang Xiuwei quietly.
Wang Xiuwei grew up in Huanchang since she was a child, and when she was circling among everyone, she had already habitually and quietly observed the expressions and movements of everyone who spoke, and when she saw Mu Qing looking at her, she instantly understood his intentions, she leaned closer to Mu Qing, and her red lips opened lightly and pretended to whisper: "The head of the family has instructed us to escort our lady back in a low-key manner, how dare you eat and drink at will." After speaking, he glanced at the carriage where Wang Yeqing was staying.
Mu Qingxing's eyes lit up, and he smiled lightly at Wang Xiuwei, then looked at Wu Bu and shook his head and said: "Commander Wu, we should have acted in secret on this trip, but we didn't expect this stubble, we can't stay long after entering the city, let alone drink, we can do your kindness." Thank you for your understanding. ”
Ubu also heard Wang Xiuwei's whisper, and only then did he find that the luxurious carriage that was parked a little far away and quietly, the carriage was made of light veil, and he could faintly see the figure, thinking of what kind of lady, Ubu had a trace of the stimulation of spying on the private affairs of the big family, and his eyes were a little obscene, and his voice was much lower: "That's really not a coincidence, but I can understand." Then please stop for a while in Shule when you return in the future, and don't forget that there are still a few tables of fine wine waiting for you. ”
Mu Qing nodded with a smile, and walked out of the city gate under the personal leadership of Ubu, Ubu looked at the three refugee beggars who followed Wang Xiuwei, frowned slightly, Wang Xiuwei explained softly with a smile in his eyes: "They are with me, Mrs. feels that the road is lonely and boring, seeing that they are pitiful, I want to stay and let them talk with them in the future." ”
Ubu looked at the carriages that were slowly moving behind him, and said with a faint smile: "This lady is a living bodhisattva, and we reckless soldiers can only protect ourselves in this troubled era." ”
Mu Qing walked towards the city gate, looked at the refugees who had surrounded him again, and asked Ubu, "Is there always a rule that people can only enter at this city gate?"
Ubu's footsteps were slightly, and he smiled a little embarrassed: "It's not, it's just that Hu Fatzi's move did make a small amount of money for the city lord." ”
Mu Qing nodded, and motioned for Wang Xiuwei to hand the silver he had prepared earlier to Ubu.
Ubu hurriedly shook his head and said, "What does this mean?
Mu Qing shook his head and said, "Since this is indeed a rule that the city lord knows, we naturally can't make it difficult for the Wu Commander." ”
Ubu still refused, he still had a clear distinction between short-term and long-term benefits in his heart, Mu Qing's eyes flashed, and he nodded: "Then this is not our capital to enter the city, how about counting these people?"
Mu Qing pointed at the people who were numb on both sides, their eyes were cloudy and yellow, and only when Wang Xiu slightly exposed the silver, there was a faint light exposed.
Ubu looked at the people Mu Qing was referring to, he naturally knew what was going on with these people, shook his head lightly and frowned and sighed: "Your Excellency, why bother? These people have no light in their eyes, they have long been lifeless, and there is no doubt that they are the living dead, you can save them for a while, let them pass this city, what about the next city? Can they really follow you to Youyan Prefecture to settle down?"
"It's just a wasted effort. ”
Wang Xiu glanced at Ubu slightly, and then looked at Mu Qing, who seemed unusually silent at this time, and said bluntly with red lips: "The Lord Commander is telling the truth. ”
Mu Qing looked at the woman who was cowering beside Wang Xiuwei, with her back bent, vigilantly holding the swaddling woman in her arms, and nodded, "Then be it." ”