At noon, the sparse convoy of pedestrians walked on the official road, and a few shouts were heard from time to time.

One of the most eye-catching teams was the team.

Two carriages walked in the middle, surrounded by a dozen men in short clothes and strong clothes.

The middle-aged man at the head was wearing an ink-colored shirt, carrying two long cloth bags behind his back, and an iron knife hanging from his waist, and was talking to a young man who looked to be no more than seventeen or eighteen years old next to him. The young man was tall, a head taller than the man, and he was listening to the man's admonition with his head down, his face full of shame.

"Mr. Chen, there are still twenty miles to Xingyang City, there is a tea shop in front, the brothers have been on the road for a long time, let's drink tea and rest in front." ”

Just as the middle-aged man was foaming at the mouth and talking energetically, a short, sleek man quickly rushed back from the front and came to him and whispered to him.

Mr. Chen, who was carrying a cloth bag, stopped his head, turned his head and shouted loudly: "Brothers, there is a tea shop in front, everyone go drink some tea and rest before hurrying." Group vigilance, pay attention to the goods. ”

In the applause, everyone quickened their pace and went to the tea shop.

After walking for about half a mile, the tea shop sitting on the side of the official road came into view.

The simple two-story bamboo house, the dull and gray bamboo, looks like it has been very old, and the windows on the second floor are open, and you can vaguely see a woman dressing inside. There are seven or eight square bamboo tables scattered in the open space at the door, four benches are placed next to each table, there is a bamboo pole about two zhang long on the side of the bamboo building inserted in the mud ground, the bamboo pole is tied with a flag, and a pitch-black and huge "tea" word is written in block letters.

When everyone arrived, there were already several tables of guests sitting down to drink tea. A group of more than a dozen people each picked a table and sat down, beckoning the store to bring tea.

Mr. Chen sat around a table with a woman in white, a scholar in a green shirt, and a young man in black who was reprimanded on the road just now. After the tea was served, the young man took the lead in getting up and helped the three of them pour the tea before sitting down. The whole process looked respectful and acted thoughtfully. always seems to be satisfied with his children's upbringing, and a smile also floats on his dark face.

"Miss Jin, Chen Gongzi, about twenty miles ahead is Xingyang City. These days are tiring to travel and car, and you can only eat some dry food and game on the road, and when you enter the city, Chen is the east, and invite the two to go to the best restaurant and have a good meal. ”

He always took a sip of coarse tea, smacked his lips, and said to a man and a woman.

The man dressed as a scholar in green clothes hurriedly spoke: "Chen is polite, thanks to your care all the way, the two of us are grateful, after entering the city, it is still from the bottom to the east, it is regarded as a thank you for the care of the dart bureau along the way." ”

"Hahaha, Chen Gongzi doesn't have to be polite. Our sons and daughters walk the rivers and lakes, and it is convenient for us to be convenient with others. It is fate to be able to meet Chen Gongzi and Jin Girl Pingshui, and if you don't care about it, it will be a part. I, Chen Zhen, am a big old man, except for dancing knives and guns, the big characters in the book, I don't recognize him, and he doesn't recognize me. Mr. Sun, who is also the second master in our dart game, has also read a few books, and the others are all big words, not a basket. Along the way, Chen Gongzi explained the knowledge to Xiao'er, and Chen was grateful to you from the bottom of his heart, so Gongzi is not polite, and when he turned back into the city, he must let me set a table of wine and pay tribute to Gongzi. ”

The scholar surnamed Chen bowed when he heard this, and said kind words such as not daring to be. Raising his hand, his eyes hurriedly glanced at the woman in white on his left, and shook his head imperceptibly.

The woman in white, known as the Golden Girl, received the scholar's gaze, bowed her head slightly, and raised the tea bowl to her mouth and took a sip. The black-clothed young man sitting on one side had been peeking at him with his peripheral vision, although his movements were secretive, and even his strict father had never noticed it, but the girl was still watching the fire. Of course, the scholar in Tsing Yi naturally noticed it a long time ago, and along the way, he told the young man a lot of Confucian truths such as disrespectful disregard and gentleman's frankness. It's just that the young man listened to it, and his attitude towards Chen Gongzi was also respectful, but he still kept secretly setting his eyes on himself along the way. The woman didn't break it, just drank tea calmly, and focused on the pair of ancestors and grandchildren who were snuggling up to each other from the official road.

The lame old man limped down the official road with a wooden cane. The little girl of six or seven years old wore pigtails, and her shabby clothes did not fit, and her sleeves were dragged long. The little girl helped the old man to the outskirts of the table, where he stretched out the broken bowl in his hand and begged from the three tea guests at the table.

One of the men was extremely impatient, and after driving the old man several times and still not leaving, he stretched out his arm irritably and directly pushed the grandfather and grandson to the ground.

"The stinky one wants to eat, and he swept away Lao Tzu's prosperity. Don't want to live?"

Still not satisfied, the man stood up, raised his foot and stepped on the little girl's head.

"Stop!"

With a loud shout, the black-clothed young man flew up, jumped over the three tables, and kicked the big man in mid-air. After landing on the ground, he reached out and picked up the frightened little girl and held her in his arms.

"You are so domineering, people beg you and ignore it, and you even want to hurt people. A disabled old man, an immature girl, you can also do it? ”

Before the young man could finish speaking, his eyes suddenly widened, and he looked at the girl in his arms incredulously.

The girl with pigtails and a tattered and dirty girl was looking at him with a smile at this time, the girl pinched Chen Lin's throat with her left hand, and the five fingers of her right hand were put together in the shape of a knife, and a section of fingers had been inserted into his chest. Seeing the boy's face full of consternation, the blood at the corner of his mouth couldn't stop flowing until it dripped onto his chest, merged with the blood stains on the wound on his chest, and then flowed all the way down the girl's arm.

At the same time, the tea guests who were drinking tea and chatting at each table got up and killed the people of the dart team with lightning speed.

In the flash of light, except for the table where Chen Zhen was sitting, more than a dozen other people in the dart team were attacked. Caught off guard, several dart masters died directly on the spot, and the rest all retreated to Chen Zhen's side.

The killers in different costumes did not pursue, but gathered around the pair of grandchildren.

Mr. Chen tilted his head and tilted his head for a long time. I heard that this kid is the single heirloom of your Chen family, do you want the blood and blood of your Chen family, or do you want that account book?"

The lame old man threw away the wooden cane, got up and sat on a bench, patted the dust on his body, looked at Chen Zhen who was still sitting at the table, and said with a smile.

"Presumably Your Excellency is Yamanaka. I have always heard of the name of the mountain for a long time, killed countless people, and never failed to make a shot, but today I dressed up for my small Zhennan Dart Bureau, and spent all these thoughts, Chen felt very honored. The dog is young, the rivers and lakes are inexperienced, and he deserves it. The signboard of my Zhennan Dart Bureau for 70 years naturally can't be destroyed on him, a hairy boy. Shanzhongsuo, let's do it, someone Chen will kill you all, and avenge him. ”

Chen Zhen put down the tea bowl, took off the two cloth bags behind him, and put them on the table. Slowly unraveling the strips of cloth on the cloth bag, revealing two silver and iron spears that had been broken into two sections.