8. Escort salt merchants
Wang Xue suddenly saw Wang Xiaoli's half-sleeved, how not to be shocked, immediately used his hands to move his hands, grabbed the man's collar and roared loudly: "What happened to your mother, if my mother is hurt, I won't let you go, I promise!" The man was already as timid as a mouse, and at this time, Wang Xue grabbed his collar and roared, and he was even more frightened and almost fainted, where could he answer Wang Xue's question. Wang Xue saw that the man's face was as white as snow, but she didn't reply, she was so anxious that she left tears. Li Hao grabbed Wang Xue's arms and pulled her aside, saying, "Wang Xue, don't worry. Wang Xue wiped away a handful of tears and said, "That's my mother's sleeve." Liu Yue asked: "The place where we live is very remote and difficult to find, how do you Lihutang know that we live here?" The man said: "The villain followed Chief Wang to meet several adults of the Liangshan Gang this morning, but unexpectedly...... Unexpectedly, several uncles and aunts suddenly appeared, scared away several adults of the Liangshan Gang, and beat Manager Wang crazy. The villain told a few uncles and aunts because he had something important, so he followed a few people all the way to this ......"
Liu Yue glared at Bu Ziyi and the others fiercely, thinking that a few of you were being followed by a person who had no martial arts and was unconscious, it was really a pustuple, fortunately, the enemy was only followed by one person, if dozens of good hands followed here, we would not be able to escape death at this time. But I heard Zhang Guanhua say: "You Wang is the one who is crazy for us, so what? You followed us here, but you want to pass on Wang Liqiang's message? Although he is the hall master of Lihu Hall, we are not afraid of him!" Bu Ziyi's face changed slightly when he heard the word "Wang Liqiang". Zhang Guanhua was already tall and mighty, but in a hurry, he was even more like thunder, only to frighten the man's legs sore, and said repeatedly: "No, no, no...... Three days ago, the owner of the hall ordered the villain to go to the warehouse firewood room to take care of a female prisoner. The villain saw that the female prisoner was pitiful, and while no one was noticing, he gave her some dry food to eat, and when she saw that the little one was good at talking, she begged the little one to help find her daughter when she was free to go out, and in order to identify her daughter, she tore off half of her sleeve as proof. Wang Xue hurriedly asked about the female prisoner's physical appearance, and there was no doubt that it was her mother, Wang Xiaoli. Wang Xue asked about her mother's safety again, and when she learned that her mother was not in trouble, her heart was calm, and she asked softly: "You just said that you are here to pass on the message, and you want to pass on the message of my mother, not the message of other people in Lihutang, right?" Although the man saw that Wang Xue's face was slightly relaxed, his fear was still not reduced, and he hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, the villain heard that her daughter is called Wang Xue, and her body shape and appearance are similar to that of the eldest mother. Speaking of this, there was a slight smug look on his face. Wang Xue said: "Just call me Wang Xue, don't call me any more aunts, how ugly!" The man even claimed yes.
Li Hao thought for a moment and asked, "Since you came to pass on her mother's message to us, why are you so afraid when you see us?" The man's face changed slightly, and he trembled with a smile: "The villain often listens to the hall, and the hall master says that the people under the Haba sect kill people and set fire to eat people without spitting out bones...... It's all wicked, villains...... Although the villain's life is cheap, he doesn't want to be lived, and he eats ...... alive" Zhang Guanhua shouted: "Wang Liqiang is talking nonsense! Let me ask you, do you think we look like people who are careless about human life?" The man's eyes were so frightened that he muttered: "Yes, yes." "I don't know if he wants to say that you are indeed careless of human life, or if he wants to say that what you say is very true. Wang Xue sighed in a low voice and said, "We know, you go back, tell my mother, we must go and rescue her." Although you mistakenly think that Hablamon is a great traitor, you still keep your promise to preach for me, and I will repay it in the future. The man waved his hand and said, "No, no, no, the female prisoner wants me to tell the eldest mother, no, no, it's to tell you, you Wang Xue, let you go quickly, leave Bozi Town, go as far as possible, don't come back, if the mother and daughter are fateful, he will meet one day." Wang Xue's eyes were red, and she thought: "My mother told me this, I was afraid that I would save her regardless of my life." ”
The man fell to the ground and said, "The word has arrived, and the villain has withdrawn." Li Hao nodded and said, "You go." The man said, "Yes." Li Hao said: "Don't mention our residence to anyone after you go back." The man said yes again. Li Hao sent him out of the compound, and then he didn't send him off again. Wang Xue saw that the man was fat and walked bloated and ridiculous, thinking that he was sending dry food for his mother, all of which were disregarding his life, and his heart surged for a while, and asked loudly: "What's your name!" The man only said that Wang Xue still didn't believe in himself, so he wanted to ask his name, so he turned around and said: "The villain's name is - Xue Idiot." ”
Everyone waited for the school idiot to go away and returned to the hall to discuss countermeasures. Li Hao said: "That scholar is so timid, he is used to being obedient on weekdays, and he thinks that this person's status in Lihutang is not very high. Zhang Guanhua said: "Look at his appearance, he is even more stupid than Wu Tian, and the word "idiot" is worthy of his name." Wu Tian snorted, turned around and ignored him. Bu Ziyi said: "I see that the idiot's words don't look like nonsense, Lihutang only fought Li Hao and them once on the night of three days ago, if they really recognized Li Hao as a person under Haba's disciples, there will be a large number of murderers at this time, and it will never be a single idiot." Thinking about it, the opponent didn't know that our senior brothers and sisters lived in Bozi Town, and they wouldn't have thought that the idiot would report the news, so we could go and hit him by surprise, but that Wang Liqiang was not easy to deal with. ”
Although Wang Liqiang came to Habamen many years ago, he didn't know Habamen's martial arts, among the many Habamen's brothers, except for Xiao Yuansheng, Liu Yue, Bu Ziyi, he didn't know anyone else, although Yili Hutang had fought with Li Hao and others, but he didn't recognize Li Hao's sect and didn't know.
Liu Yue nodded and said: "Bu Ziyi's analysis is very reasonable, but any idea of a head-to-head confrontation with Wang Liqiang is not feasible, and we have to think of other countermeasures." Everyone discussed several countermeasures one after another, but they all felt that the feasibility was not high. Suddenly, Bu Ziyi screamed and said, "I forgot one thing." Li Hao Wu Tianqi said: "What's the matter?" Bu Ziyi said: "Do you think, what time is it today?" Li Hao patted his head and stood up and said, "The eighth day of the first month, I almost forgot." ”
It turned out that on the eighth day of every month, a group of salt merchants would enter the town to do business, and most of the salt eaten by the people in Bozi Town was purchased from this group of salt merchants. Last month, the salt team was robbed by the bandits of the Liangshan Gang, and all the salt and money were robbed, and the residents of Bozi Town did not have much surplus salt in their hands, so they were almost cut off for more than half a month. The Liangshan gang bandits have tasted the sweetness, this time they are bound to rob the salt team again, if the salt team does not dare to enter the town from now on, the people in the town will be miserable, how can Li Hao and others be chivalrous and ignore it, not to mention how much this matter has to do with it.
That night, the crowd quietly hid behind the bushes on the mountain road outside Bozi Town, waiting for the salt merchant to arrive so that they could be secretly escorted. Bozi Town is built on the mountain, it is not easy for the residents of the town to go down the mountain to purchase living necessities, the salt team enters the town on the eighth night of the first month of every month, and doing business on the ninth and tenth days of the first month is the top priority of Bozi Town. Li Hao and Wang Xue crouched in the grass on the left side of the mountain road, Bu Ziyi, Wu Tian and Zhang Guanhua hid behind the pine trees on the right side of the mountain road to echo; Liu Yue was not among them, he was a master of fame, and escorting the salt team was just a breeze for him, but it was a rare and good opportunity for Wang Xue and others to hone without danger, and it was not the same as Liu Yue.
On the top of the moon, the mountain road was illuminated by the moonlight, and the jungle was indeed pitch black, although Li Hao and Wang Xue were close at hand, they could only vaguely see each other's figures. Li Hao grew up in the mountains since he was a child, and the night in the mountains is no different from the day to him. Wang Xue was a little afraid of the dark, listening to the owl's chirping, she only felt the gusting wind, and her body didn't feel a little cold, she didn't want to be looked down upon by Li Hao, so she couldn't bear it. Suddenly, his right hand was held, and the tentacles only felt warm and soft, and when he turned around, he saw Li Hao's left hand naturally held on his right hand, and a pair of bright eyes were still quietly staring at the mountain road.
In the middle of the night, the sound of horses' hooves suddenly sounded on the silent mountain road, Wang Xue was in good spirits and whispered, "They are coming." The sound of horses' hooves was getting closer and closer, and in a short time a group of salt merchants appeared in the distance in the mountain road. Wang Xue saw more than a dozen men of different ages and appearances driving four mule carts, each loaded with more than a dozen bulging bags of marijuana, and what he thought was that it contained a large amount of table salt. Li Hao whispered in Wang Xue's ear: "Look at the salt team, they can enter the town in three minutes at most, if the people of the Liangshan Gang want to rob, it is almost time to do it at this time." "Li Hao and the others have fought dozens of times with the Liangshan gang of thieves, and they know their actions well. Sure enough, before Li Hao's words fell, he saw two sturdy men appear in the middle of the mountain road, blocking the way of the salt team, it was the spiders and worms of the Liangshan Gang. When the salt team saw that someone was in the way, they knew that something was wrong, so they hurriedly reined in the mule and stopped their way. Wang Xue thought of what Liu Yue said this morning, if he could learn the Earth Tiger style in the Haba technique, he would be able to defeat the worm, and he couldn't wait, so he had to jump up the mountain road to compete with the worm to see if his skills had beaten his opponent. Li Hao pressed Wang Xue's shoulder and said softly, "Don't worry, wait a little longer." I saw that three more bandits of the Liangshan Gang appeared behind the salt team, apparently in order to prevent the salt team from escaping backwards.
A middle-aged man in a cloak stood out in a trembling voice in the salt team, only to hear him tremble and say, "What? It's you again! You're coming to rob me again?" The spider sneered: "Since you are our old customer, I will give you a discount, as long as you transport these mule carts to our cottage, I promise not to hurt you." The man asked, "How many...... A few big brothers, everything has been given to you, not to mention that we will starve to death, even the thousands of townspeople in Bozi Town cannot live without salt, the salt you robbed last month is enough for you to eat until next month, I see ......" The worm interrupted him and said: "How long we have enough salt to eat, this is our own business, I don't bother you." As for these mule carts and the money on you, do you want to say it happily, to give it or not to give it?" The man knew that the Liangshan bandits were extremely cruel, and since it was useless to ask for each other, he could only give up his wealth to save his life, so he sighed fiercely at the moment and said, "You can take the things." The spider laughed, "That's very good, please send a few people to help transport the car back to the cottage." ”
There are few pedestrians in the mountains at night, and the mountain road is even more silent, although these few lines of dialogue are not very loud, Wang Xue and others still hear them clearly. Wang Xue thought to herself: "You blocked the road and robbed, regardless of the life and death of the salt team and the townspeople, and even let the salt team send the salt to your cottage by themselves, the Liangshan Gang is brazen and evil, and it really deserves its reputation!"
The man stepped forward unhurriedly, standing in front of the spider with a smile on his face. The spider and the worm glanced at each other, and thought in their hearts: "Look at this person's graceful and undisturbed spirits, he must be a superior martial artist, could it be that there is a martial arts expert hidden in the salt team?" The spider reached into his waist, held the dagger he carried with him, and asked, "What do you want to do?" The man raised his eyebrows and smiled: "The ignorant thief has the guts to rob me? Let me ask you, do you know who I am?" Seeing that he was so arrogant and knew that he must have a means, the worm did not dare to be as vicious as before, and said respectfully at the moment: "Dare to ask who you are?" The man squinted at the worm, snorted, and said word by word: "My surname is Song, and the word is Dabei." The spider worm looked at each other and was surprised, both of them were veterans of the rivers and lakes, and they knew that "it is better to be illiterate than to be illiterate" on the rivers and lakes, but the name "Song Dabei" is indeed the first time I have heard it tonight. The spider arched his hand and said: "Forgive us for our ignorance, Bozi Town is a small place, we have indeed heard of your name for the first time, I don't know what kind of kung fu you practice?" Song Dabei's face changed, and he shouted: "Brother, I don't practice southern boxing or northern legs, I practice my head! Ignorant villain, let you see my brother's kung fu today!"
Hearing his unkind tone, the spider and the worm knew that he was about to make a move immediately, but they were afraid that he would be a very powerful killing move as soon as he made a move, so they immediately jumped back a few steps, and put their fists in front of their chests to protect themselves. I saw Song Dabei suddenly raise his fat big hand and slap it on his head, shouting: "This trick is called 'villain kowtow'!" and lowered his head and hit the void forward, shouting: "This trick is 'monk hitting the bell'!" suddenly turned around, raised his head and slammed it back, and said loudly: "This trick 'upside down willow' is my life-saving master, it's amazing." "Worm and spider saw him before and was not afraid of himself, he really thought he was a good player, and then saw that his moves were not only disorganized, but also messy and full of flaws, not to mention what kind of martial arts master, I am afraid that he has not even practiced martial arts for a day, thinking that this person has a fever when he was a child and lost his brain, or he has done too much kung fu dreams since he was a child and has become an idiot. The spider took a step forward and said coldly: "I'll teach you another trick, this trick is called 'Outstanding Spirit'!" said and raised his leg and swept forward. Song Dabei wanted to speak, he didn't want to just open his mouth, his left leg had been swept in, and he fell to the ground with a bang, and shouted loudly in shame and anger: "You will regret hitting me this time!" The worm said: "This move is called 'shouting heaven and earth'!" Raising his leg and kicking him in the stomach, Song Dabei howled miserably, and said: "There is this one!" The spider made a move on the left 'striking east', and the worm made a move on the right "the sky is dark", and Song Dabei, who only hit, collapsed on the ground and held his head with both hands and cried for mercy. Seeing that Song Dabei was beaten so badly, everyone in the salt team thought in their hearts that this young man who only came to find work last month always said that his magic skills were invincible in the world, why was he so poor at this time, could it be that he really only practiced head techniques and never practiced fists and feet? This practice method is not only unheard of, but it is not like the form in front of him.
Wang Xue couldn't bear it anymore, her legs glared at the ground, jumped high above the spider's head, and kicked the spider and the worm with her legs. The spider suddenly saw the figure in front of him, and hurriedly raised his arms to protect his chest, blocking Wang Xue's move. The worm rose up, completely defenseless, and was kicked to the ground by Wang Xue. Li Hao saw that Wang Xue was fighting with the enemy, and hurriedly walked out of the grass to stand beside Wang Xue. Bu Ziyi, Wu Tian, and Zhang Guanhua also came over and confronted the three bandits behind the salt team. The worm stood up, and saw that it was the little girl who kicked him down last time, and he was furious, but he only said viciously at the moment: "It's you again, what are you going to do?" Li Hao smiled: "What you come to do, we will do too!" He means that if you come out in the middle of the night to use force, we will also come to make moves. When the salt team heard this, they only said that there were robbers again, and their hearts were also tight. The spider shouted, "Okay, I'll take care of you today!" said and punched Li Hao in front of the door. Li Hao used the strength of the grappling method and wanted to remove the opponent's wrist, but although the spider was thin, the punch was fast and powerful, although Li Hao was not restrained, it was not easy to hold the opponent. The worm stood aside, just watching coldly, but not coming to help.
Wang Xue quietly walked around to the worm's side, wanting to take advantage of his distraction to sneak attack with the Earth Tiger style he had learned this morning. She took a slight step towards the worm, her ankle shook slightly, and she was about to use the trick of the tiger, when she heard a salt merchant behind her shout, "Bandits, run!" Wang Xue and the worm saw that the mule cart was menacing, and if it was crushed, it would be seriously injured and disabled, so they hurriedly dodged to the left. Wang Xue shouted: "Hey, we are not bandits!" The salt team only cares about fleeing for their lives at the moment when they escape from danger, who cares if you are robbers or not? Several mule carts disappeared into the night in a blink of an eye, leaving only the sound of mule hooves echoing in the mountain road. The worm's face sank, and he shouted: "You blocked my financial path, I will compensate you today!" waved his hand and wanted Wang Xue to grab it on his shoulder. When Wang Xue saw that the worm was caught, she bent her knees, rolled forward, and grabbed the worm's ankle with a tiger backhand. The worm was startled and wanted to leap backwards, but it didn't know that it couldn't see the mountain road clearly in the night, and it was about to fall under its feet. Finally, he was able to lighten his body, and after taking two steps forward, he finally stood still, but his body only shook, and when he looked down, his feet had slipped away from Wang Xue's hands. It turns out that when ordinary people are subject to the Earth Tiger style, the instinctive way is to jump backwards, but the easiest and most effective way to dismantle this move is actually to take a step forward. The worm inadvertently dismantled Wang Xue's move, and was unhappy and shocked: "It was all up to luck that I dodged this girl's sharp blow, otherwise, I would have lost in her hands with this move." This girl's skills have improved greatly in a few days, but she can't be underestimated. Wang Xue was also shocked when he saw that the worm had dismantled his moves, and saw that the opponent did not immediately pursue, so he hurriedly stood up and raised his left arm to protect himself.
The worm looked at the form in front of him, he and the spider fought against Li Hao and Wang Xue, and he was afraid that he would not be able to distinguish between the superior and inferior in an hour, even if he passed an hour, his own side might not have the upper hand, as for the other three people who accompanied him, his martial arts were only mediocre, and he was afraid that he could not go through three moves in a single fight with Bu Wu Zhang. It was calculated that his side had little chance of winning, not to mention that the salt team had already entered the town, and there was no goods to rob, so he immediately rubbed his lips and whistled, and headed towards the forest path. The three people who confronted Bu Ziyi and the others heard the whistle and turned around and left. The spider was fighting with Li Hao, although he heard the whistle, he couldn't get out for a while, squinted his eyes, and saw that the worm and others were far away, surrounded by opponents, and sighed in a low voice: "These friends are really righteous!" Both fists punched forward to force Li Hao to take a step back, and said loudly: "Let you go for the time being, next time see how I can control you!" said and turned around and left. If Li Hao gathers Wang Xue and others to help him at this time, it is not difficult to deal with spiders, but he is upright and unwilling to bully more and less, so he stops fighting at the moment, just looks at the back of the spider and sneers.
When the spider walked away, he suddenly heard a hoarse voice behind him shouting: "You unseen villain thieves have the ability to don't escape, look at how I beat you, you cry and shout!" Li Hao and Wang Xue were shocked, turned around and looked, only to see that Song Dabei, who had just been beaten to the ground, had already gotten up, and yelled at the back of the fleeing spider: "This time you know how powerful I am, next time you see me, remember to take a detour, otherwise I will beat you once when I see you, my name is Song Dabei......"