Chapter 20: The fight at the roadside tea stand
After the shopkeeper finished speaking, Rong Yunxiao slowly put down the chopsticks in his hand, took out the silver and put it on the corner of the table, and said softly: "Prepare four fast horses before tomorrow, and reward you with the remaining silver." ”
From the moment the silver was placed on the corner of the table, the shopkeeper never looked away. Now when he heard the man in gray say this, he immediately stepped forward and quickly put the silver into his arms, nodded busily and said: "Certainly, definitely, thank you to the guest officer, thank you to the guest officer......"
After the shopkeeper thanked him repeatedly, Rong Yunxiao raised his hand and waved him back. The shopkeeper got the benefit and immediately left the private room with interest.
Rong Yunxiao has heard a lot of rumors about Princess Wushuang over the years, but when Xiao Er mentioned it, he didn't say anything unpleasant about Princess Wushuang's treason. A few days ago, he received a ruthless message from his dead man about Princess Wushuang, which made him feel very good.
Originally, the things that paid for the reward were all done by Rosewood, but now Rong Yunxiao felt that it was quite interesting to do it himself.
Early the next morning, the four of them rode their horses away from Wanzhu City and headed for Yacheng, and immediately there were dry food prepared for them by the shopkeeper.
After leaving Wanzhu City, the four people on the official road galloped on horseback, and the different scenery on the road continued to fall backwards, and the galloping horses' hooves raised puffs of dust.
At sunset, the four of them, who had been hurrying all the time, finally saw a thatched tea stall in front of them. In this place where there is no shop in front of the village and behind the village, the four of them don't care about it, and unanimously decided to rest for a while at the tea stall in front of them.
At this time, the four of them were riding their horses to the tea stall in the distance, although the place was not presentable, but it was better than finding a random shade tree on the side of the road. What's more, after driving for most of the day, the water in their water bladders has been drunk.
Seeing this desolate place, there was a tea stall, and the four of them couldn't help but be secretly happy. But they didn't know about this tea stand, because because of their imminent arrival, there was a vicious fight, and it changed hands twice.
More than an hour ago, the tea stand.
The owner of the tea stall is a middle-aged man in his forties and fifties, leisurely shaking a fan woven of cattailgrass in his hand. His tea stall has been supporting for more than 20 years, and although the business is bleak, it does not affect him to come and guard it every day at dawn.
He also didn't live off the tea money and tips from the tea guests who passed by, and he stayed here for a long time every day, not to run this tea stall, but to sell information.
This business has been in business for more than 20 years, from a young and handsome young man to a middle-aged uncle whose wrinkles have quietly crept up the corners of his eyes. The title has also changed from being called Brother Li to Uncle Li.
Uncle Li never thought that today would be the last day he would guard this tea stall.
When Uncle Li leaned on the bamboo chair and closed his eyes and took a nap with his pucao fan in his hands, he suddenly felt that someone was approaching, his steps were steady, and his breath was long. Uncle Li has been in the rivers and lakes for many years, and he doesn't need to open his eyes to know that the people who are gradually approaching are not low, and the people who come are not good.
Just as the long sword of the man in black was about to pierce into Uncle Li's chest, Uncle Li's eyes suddenly opened, and his left hand pulled out a long knife from under the bamboo chair, and in the blink of an eye, he blocked the blade of the long sword.
The man in black saw that he missed the blow, and the tea stall owner who had just closed his eyes and took a nap had completely lost Fang Cai's laziness and leisure at this time, and his eyes showed undisguised killing intent.
The man in black stood on tiptoe, jumped up lightly, and slashed at the tea stall owner with the long sword in his hand. Between the lightning and flint, Uncle Li jumped up with a carp, and his legs swept the bamboo chair and instantly shattered into a pile of broken bamboo debris and scattered on the ground.
At the moment when the long sword of the man in black fell, after a lower waist dodged, Uncle Li's long knife swept across the lower plate of the man in black. The man in black didn't dare to hold it up, took two steps back, held a sword in one hand, grabbed the square table next to him with the other, and smashed it into the face of the tea stall owner.
Uncle Li jumped up, with the long knife in his hand, and with a "click", he split the table flying towards him in half. Then the castration of the long knife soared, braving the cold, and only the man in black was captured.
After a dozen rounds of back and forth, the man in black could no longer care about attacking, so he could only barely parry. He didn't expect that an inconspicuous roadside tea stall owner would have such superb martial arts.
With a cracking sound, the arm of the man in black was cut by a long knife, and blood continued to flow out. Seeing that the situation was wrong, the man in black abandoned the long sword in his hand, covered the wound on his arm and was about to withdraw.
When Uncle Li saw that the man in black abandoned his long sword and wanted to flee, he did not doubt him and pursued him with victory. But just after chasing out a few steps, a burst of white powder was sprinkled above his head, and while Uncle Li covered his mouth and nose, he turned around and saw another man in black flying from the thatched roof in the white powder sprinkled with white powder.
When he tried to dodge, he was shocked by the weakness of his limbs, and then he felt a sharp pain in his chest, and his body seemed to be hollowed out......
The smoke raised by the white powder dissipated, and I saw Uncle Li open his eyes angrily, and the coarse cloth clothes on his body were stained red with blood, and he had already lost his breath.
"Big brother, how are you?" The man in black who flew down from the thatched roof tore the hem of his clothes casually, and wrapped the wound on the arm of the injured man in black in three or two clicks.
"Can't die, a small tea stall has been delayed for so long, you go and deal with it, they will be here in a while." The injured man in black couldn't care about his own injuries, and the two dragged the body of the tea stall owner to the back mountain and discarded it. Abandoning the corpse, the two were busy cleaning up the mess left by the fight.
"Big brother, what kind of medicine is this? It's colorless and tasteless, and I don't know what the effect is. After tidying up, the young man in black asked as he poured a packet of powder into the teapot that was boiling on the stove.
"Don't ask what we shouldn't know. I'm injured and find a place to hide first, you quickly change your clothes. ”
The man in black, who had an injured arm, had a deep headache in the face of his brother's curiosity, and in their line of work, he pinned his head to the waistband of his trousers every day. No one knows yet tomorrow, and many times, knowing too much is not necessarily a good thing.
Watching the younger brother in front of him change into coarse cloth clothes and come out, his face was specially smeared with some ashes, and he smiled, like a shopkeeper in a teahouse. Only then did the man in black feel relieved, walked over and patted his brother on the shoulder, leaned into his ear and whispered a few words.
"The life of His Royal Highness the Dust King is also worthy of discussion by people like you?"
Just when the two black clothes whispered in a low voice, an extremely nice voice sounded, if it weren't for the content of that sentence was too terrifying, just like the sound of the wind passing through the bell ringing, anyone would be in a happy mood.
The two men in black were shocked when they heard this, and they were tasked with occupying this tea stall and poisoning the tea of the group when His Royal Highness the Dust King arrived.
The two men in black followed the prestige, only to see a tall, thin person in an aqua blue robe suddenly appear. The man was wearing a hat, which was also covered with a light aqua blue veil, and only a handsome young man was faintly visible.
The man in black, whose arm was injured, looked at the young man who was slowly approaching and scoffed. is such a person, and he has this empty skin, and at first glance he is a waste who can't lift his hands and can't resist his shoulders, and he even dares to come to the door to meddle in things.
"It seems that the owner of this tea stall died a good death today, and a handsome boy has come to him as a companion. ”
The man in black, whose arm was injured, picked up the long sword on the ground with his uninjured hand, and a wicked smile appeared on his face. This evil smile appeared on his face full of murderous intent, and it was indescribably weird.