Chapter 38: The Robbers
Saying that, a few people went up the trail near Yunshan, and after a while, they walked into a gloomy forest, presumably this is Heifenggang, everyone raised their vigilance, and quietly looked around, but they didn't find anything.
"The bandits went to sleep, it's so boring. Yoko said.
"I'm afraid that we have been quiet a little bit, and we haven't made any noise to the thieves' sleepiness. Zuo Dian began to say loudly, "Hey, senior brothers, hurry up, after here, we will almost arrive at the county seat, and there are delicious food and drinks waiting for us." ”
When they heard this, they all laughed and began to make noise, and the forest, which had been silent, suddenly became lively, and the birds were so frightened that they flew up from the forest.
After walking all the way, through the forest, and walking for a while, you can see the outline of the county town in the distance from the mountain, and everyone realizes that they have walked through the Black Wind Gang, how come there are no bandits robbing the road?
Zuo Dian said at this time: "Where are the bandits, I'm afraid that the store is cheating us, right?"
Tianci stood still, thought for a while, and said to everyone: "No, this road is indeed a lot closer, but there are no pedestrians along the way, which means that this road is really weird." ”
"Maybe the robbers are not interested in seeing that I and a few other young people don't look like rich people, and they don't have any big bags with them?"
"Senior sister is reasonable. Zuo Dian nodded yes.
"Well, then, let's go back and go through the Black Wind Gang again, this time we'll gather our luggage and bring two large and conspicuous baggage with us. Tianci suggested.
"Well, I've got to grab something from them. Ye Tianshi agreed.
Several people gathered their luggage and packed it into a big burden, and collected some leaves, weeds, mountain rocks and other cloths and wrapped them into a heavy burden, Yangzi and Chengshi walked behind one on their backs, Zuo Dian and Chixia walked in front empty-handed, and Tianci quietly hid in the forest and followed secretly.
After walking a little in the forest, everyone found that someone in the forest had followed them, and everyone was silent and continued to move forward.
When they were about to come to a bend, five masked men came out from both sides of the forest, all with steel knives in their hands, and stood in the middle of the path, blocking the path of several people.
Seeing this, Zuo Dian unhurriedly took out a paper fan from his sleeve and shook it and said, "Little ones, come forward and see what the situation is?"
Ye Chengshi answered, stepped forward, and shouted, "What do you want to do?"
The masked men let out a burst of laughter and didn't answer.
At this time, a big man on horseback flashed out of the forest, burly, wearing a black veil, revealing only a pair of big garden eyes. There was a big red horse in his crotch, and two large axes hung from the saddle.
The man put his hands on his chest, immediately behind the five people, and said with a smile: "Haha, don't do anything, just leave a few people's lives." ”
"Tie me up!" the man ordered, and the five masked men rushed forward with knives.
I saw Ye Chengshi raise his hand and point, and shouted: "Stop me!"
Before the voice fell, the two masked men who were running in front immediately stopped, only to see that the two of them shook their bodies for a moment, and then they both fell to the ground and did not move.
The three people behind them were so shocked that they immediately stopped, looking at each other at a loss, not daring to move forward.
It turned out that this was Ye Chengshi's self-made unique secret weapon-sleeve crossbow, and as soon as he raised his hand, he shot two short arrows from his sleeve, which went straight into the throats of the two people, killing them instantly.
Seeing this, the great man on horseback was annoyed and angry, and with a loud cry, he rode forward, and while he stooped forward, he took the two great axes from his saddle and raised them up.
But when he saw that the people on the opposite side were bent down and laughing, he couldn't stand up, and then the big man found that the two big axes in his hands had turned into two dead branches at some point.
The big man didn't know that Tianci had already taken the two axes behind him, and replaced them with two dead branches and stuck them there.
The big man stared at the dead branch in his hand in confusion, and was in doubt, and the big bag in his hand was thrown at the big man, while shouting: "You want to grab this!"
The huge burden wrapped in leaves and stones flew towards the big man on the horse with the sound of the wind, "Bang!", only to see that the big man had not yet come back to his senses, he was knocked off the horse by the sound, and was immediately smashed with a blue nose and swollen face, and his face was full of blood.
After the man rolled on the ground a few times, he didn't bother to wipe the blood from his face, so he got up and ran into the woods, and the three masked men with knives were so frightened that they threw their knives and ran into the depths of the woods.
Seeing the bandits hugging their heads and scurrying, several people couldn't help laughing.
Zuo Dian took the horse and said, "Yes, I even got a horse." ”
Tianci said loudly: "I'm afraid it's not enough, the thief went to move the rescuers, and someone will come to honor us." ”
The rest of the people were very excited when they heard this, and they all said that they would wait here to see if there was anything else they could grab.
A few people waited in place for a while, and finally heard a group of people rushing here.
After a while, less than twenty people appeared, masked with knives, guns and clubs, at the end of the path, and then another person led a large white horse to follow, and immediately sat a person, wrapped in green veils, wearing a purple scarf, dressed in a crane, and with a long sword at his waist. The person leading the horse was the big man who rode the jujube red horse just now.
When Dahan saw a few people, he couldn't help but scold: "Your mother, you are still waiting here to die, so we still chase out and turn back, don't hurry up and come to die!"
Tianci and the others smiled and stood still. Yoko took a few steps forward and said, "When you have waited so hard and finally come, let Ye try his skills here!" As he spoke, he looked around for a moment, and said, "This place is too small to be used." ”
Before the words fell, Yoko bent down and picked up a long knife that the bandit had lost just now from the ground, and flashed to the woods on the side of the road, only to see a cold light flashing, and before everyone could see the situation clearly, Yoko had already returned to the place in a circle, and thrust the knife into the ground, but saw that the knife went straight into the ground several feet deep, and it was inserted there without shaking.
Yoko clapped her hands, and before she could speak, she heard a bang, and a dozen or so trees on the side of the road around her fell to both sides in unison, revealing a clearing.
"Alright, now you can go up together, come on!" Yoko stood there and shouted.
When the bandits saw the battle just now, their legs were already trembling, and they were terrified, thinking to themselves, I'm afraid that the dozen or so of us are not enough for him to stab.
The person on the horse couldn't help but be shocked, and thought in his heart that he had met a master. Immediately turned over and dismounted, took off his mask, stepped forward and said: "A few brothers misunderstood, misunderstood, I just heard the report of the younger brother, and I specially came to visit a few brothers." If you need any help, you will definitely die. ”
When several people heard him say this, they also returned the salute. Tianci stepped forward and said, "That's excellent, so please ask this eldest brother to lend us his mount." After a pause, he added, "It would be better if there was still some silver to be entangled." ”
When the thief heard this, he immediately asked his big white horse to be brought over, and he personally took the reins and handed them to heaven, and then took a package from the horse, and after opening it, he gave all the seven or eight taels of silver inside.
"I'm just making a little fuss here, eating together, and I haven't robbed much money, these small money is used as road fare, and I also ask my brother to laugh at it. ”
Seeing that this person was so righteous, Tianci did not shirk it, and took it all. "Haven't you asked my brother Taigao's name yet, why do you make a living here?"
"The small one is surnamed Zhang, and the single name is a force. and my brother Lei Fengsheng, originally in their hometown farming for a living, because of the rich man's bullying, he was angry for a while, he accidentally killed the rich man's family, was pursued and arrested by the officers and soldiers, and had to flee here, gathered a group of brothers, and made a living of blocking the road and robbing, it was really forced to do it. ”
"Seeing that although you are so down, you are also a little bold and courageous, so it is better to join the army. Tianci said.
"Then how can we make it, the officers and soldiers are still arresting us everywhere, and we will not be caught in the net when we go to join the army. ”
"Hehe, it's not that you are going to vote for the imperial court, the current imperial court is unkind, and the evil officials are in charge, which makes the people's lives miserable and wars are raging. Since you are in reverse, you must make great achievements, make a living for the world, overthrow the dynasty, and set up a new monarch. Tianci said eloquently.
"This goes less than 200 miles to the west, there is a county called Tongyuan County, the general Chu Wei Xianchu General stationed here has taken refuge in the king of Zhenxi, raised the anti-flag against the imperial court, and has repelled the imperial court 100,000 troops, it is the time when morale is high, and when you want to make great achievements, it is also the time to employ people. I have a good relationship with his little daughter, and I have also assisted her in retreating from the enemy to win, and I will wait for you to repair a book as a sponsor, and I will take it in. ”
Zhang Zhang and the others couldn't help but be overjoyed when they heard this, and immediately led the crowd to worship and thank Tianci and others.
Tianci immediately wrote a letter of recommendation and handed it to Zhang Li, and returned the silver taels to him, and the two sides shirked for a while, and Tianci had to leave some scattered silver.
After Zhang Zhang waited for a thousand thanks, he said goodbye to Tianci and the others and went to the west. Here, Tianci and a few others rearranged their luggage, put it on the back of the jujube red horse, and asked the senior sister Chixia to get on the big white horse, and the group went on the road happily again.