Chapter 20: Alone in Longtan
Zhiming cleaned up the dirt on his face and body, bandaged his wounds briefly, and then pointed at the two and reprimanded: "You scum of society, you don't earn money on the right path, but you help the White Tiger Team to harm people, it's really shameless! Do you know how serious the consequences of doing this are?"
The two of them were ashamed of themselves. Zhiming told them about Yuanqing and said: "Although we were born in troubled times, we can't have the slightest intention of harming others, otherwise we will harm others and ourselves." If everyone harms others for the sake of selfish desires, what will become of the world? I believe that you still have a little conscience, don't do this kind of hurtful thing in the future, hurry away from Xuchang, and find a quiet place to live well. You must earn money through legitimate channels, otherwise the next time you are met by me, you will not be merciful...... Also, after leaving, you must use all the black money you earned before to do good deeds!"
The two nodded yes again and again, not daring to disobey.
"By the way, I came here last night to overhear your conversation, did you go to General Bai Mei this morning to get the goods? Where is this batch of goods?"
Shiqing hurriedly ran back to the village, brought a small bag of elixir and handed it to Zhiming, and said, "All the goods I got back this morning are here, and I will never keep them privately!"
Zhiming weighed the weight of the bag, and it was estimated that it also contained thirty or forty elixirs, and he didn't dare to lie to the other party, so he put it under his feet and smashed it with one foot.
"Let's go back tonight and pack our bags, and leave Xuchang early tomorrow morning! After this lesson, we will repent, please rest assured." "Master Daoren looked remorseful, he didn't want to be a sinner for the ages.
Seeing that Master had changed his mind and returned to righteousness, Shiqing was not far behind, and said, "In the future, we will not wash our hands and become new people." ”
Zhiming also wanted to give them a chance, so he said: "Okay, I hope you will do what you say and do it yourself." ”
Venerable Daoren and Shiqing fell to their knees and thanked them again and again.
Zhiming returned to the inn and slept steadily, although he was a little injured, it was worth it. The matter finally came to an end, and he decided to take Hushan tomorrow morning. He had a hunch that tomorrow would be a more brutal battle, and unlike before, the slightest mistake would kill him. Actually, he didn't have to take such a risk, but he was naturally adventurous. As a martial artist, the excitement in his heart at the moment was greater than his fear, because the real moment to test his years of martial arts training had finally arrived. With his current strength, he may not even be able to enter the other party's door, but before completing the mission, he can only continue to walk along the path he has chosen, even if he goes up the sword mountain and down the sea of fire, he will not move forward. In the face of the future of the Han Dynasty, personal life and death are insignificant.
The five brothers of the Snake Gang supported each other and limped forward. The boss was quite confident in his martial arts, but he didn't expect to lose to a young guy and get injured;
Seeing that the other people were all depressed, Lao Wu took out a small bag of things from his arms and said, "Brothers, don't be discouraged, look at what I have brought." ”
All four of them turned their tired gazes to him at the same time. Lao Wu shook the things in his hand, and only heard a sound similar to the collision of small beads.
"Elixir!" the second child was the first to react. Everyone's eyes lit up.
"That's right. When we came, didn't the mage say anything about the elixir, and that his apprentice had gone to pick up the goods again this morning, and I thought it must have been somewhere. I was the last one to come out, and after they came out, I sneaked into the inner room, and saw a small sachet on the table, which contained many pills, so I took five pills, which should be the elixir, maybe it can heal our wounds, and maybe even enhance our strength. Rest assured, there are not many of them, and they won't find out. The old five eyebrows fluttered and said.
The four of them were immediately happy, but they didn't expect that "Seong lost his horse", and he didn't make any money, but he had an unexpected gain. It's just that they didn't expect that the goods that Shiqing got back this time were the latest enhanced version of the effectiveness developed by General Bai Mei.
At noon the next day, Zhiming came to the foot of Wuhu Mountain again. He saw that there were still traces of last night's fight, and the blood stains on the ground were faintly visible. He went to the burial place of the ghost to take a look, but fortunately no one found him.
At this time, an old man walked over. Zhiming asked, "Uncle, may I ask if the headquarters of the White Tigers is on the top of this mountain?"
The old man looked at him in surprise and said, "Why are you asking this?"
"I want to go up. ”
"Where are you going, going to the walled city?"
"Yes, I'm going to go in and investigate, and ask the old man to show me the way. Zhiming clenched his fists and said.
The old man looked at him with strange eyes, thinking that this was a foreign tourist who did not know the height of the sky.
Zhiming thought for a while and said, "Don't worry, uncle, in fact, I'm just curious, I want to take a look around, I won't go in, and besides, I can't get in!"
The old man hesitated, pointed in one direction and said, "You go all the way up in this direction......"
The old man showed him the route in great detail. Zhi thanked him: "Thank you, uncle, I'm leaving." ”
The old man advised: "Remember, don't get too close, or the people inside will mistake you for an enemy and shoot you with arrows!"
Zhiming patted his chest: "Don't worry, uncle, I have measure." ”
After the old man left, Zhiming took a deep breath, carried his sword, and walked up the mountain forest step by step.
Soon, he met a woodcutter on the way, and Zhiming asked casually: "Uncle, is Baihu Village going in this direction?"
The woodcutter put down his axe, looked at him suspiciously, and asked, "What do you want, young man?"
"I want to go to the village. Zhiming said bluntly.
"Are you crazy, are you joking or drunk?" the woodcutter thought he was talking nonsense.
"Don't hide it from my uncle, I am from Jingzhou, I am a soldier of Liu Bei of Xinye County, and I came to Xuchang to investigate the White Tigers on the orders of the Lord. ”
"Liu Bei!" the woodcutter's eyes lit up, "It turns out that you are Uncle Liu's person!"
"Exactly. ”
"Uncle Liu Huang is a hero in the eyes of our people. Did he send you?"
"That's right. ”
"I can't go, I can't go!" the woodcutter suddenly looked terrified, "It's not an ordinary walled city, it's a place where there are many masters, I heard it's very dangerous!"
"I know, but it's my duty, the lord asked me to go deep into the White Tiger base for a military investigation, and I must complete the mission before I can go back to my life. Zhiming was resolute.
"So you're a spy, you're alone, I'm afraid you'll never return!"
"Don't worry, uncle, I know it. Zhiming said that he wanted to leave.
The woodcutter hurriedly tugged at the corner of his clothes and begged: "Little brother, once again kind words, please stay, I don't want to watch you die!"
Zhiming patted the back of his hand and said, "Uncle, I have already realized something, you really don't need to worry. Actually, my martial arts are not weak, and I will be fine. ”
The woodcutter refused to let go, saying, "On your own, no matter how high your martial arts are, it is in vain, and you have no idea what you are going to face." You'd better listen to me and stop!"
Zhiming smiled and insisted on going up. The woodcutter sighed and let go of his hand. Chi thanked him and moved on.
After walking along the rugged mountain road for a while, Zhiming looked back and saw that the kind woodcutter had long since disappeared into the sea of trees. As he walked, he recalled the words of the old man at the foot of the mountain: "When the time comes, you will see a red line and a warning sign, which the White Tigers use to warn outsiders not to cross the line, otherwise they will be killed." ”
Finally saw the red line and the warning sign. Zhiming hesitated for a moment and strode across the red line.
Zhiming, who bravely crossed the thunder pool, walked slowly step by step, for fear of hitting the mechanism. He held his breath, and his features began to become highly vigilant. He could feel that the atmosphere here was noticeably different from what it had been before, the trees seemed to move, and there were occasional strange noises in between.
A lifeless cold wind suddenly hit, Zhiming shivered, and his right hand subconsciously clenched the hilt of the sword. He clearly felt the murderous aura in front of him.
There were several pairs of black eyes around him staring at this uninvited guest. Zhiming's intrusion attracted the attention of these covert sentinels, and they wanted to know who was so bold as to dare to cross the cordon! Judging by his attire, this person was by no means a weak scholar.
The sentinels thought: "If it is Prime Minister Cao Cheng's person, he will definitely show his token after crossing the line to show his identity; ”
Zhiming also felt that he had been targeted, but he couldn't see the other party through the bushes. The enemy is dark and I am clear, he does not dare to act rashly, he is cautious, and constantly looks around.
The wind suddenly accelerated, turning into a strong air current, constantly swirling around Zhiming. It was too late, it was fast, two flying arrows hit through the air like shadows with the wind, and Zhiming flashed his head sideways, although it flashed, but his heart was a little more uneasy. If it were an ordinary person, he would have been shot down by an arrow at this moment, and there would be no chance to be interrogated.
Then, several arrows struck at the same time. Zhiming drew his sword, swung it freely, and blocked all the arrows. After a while, the wind stopped, and he felt safe, so he put his sword back into its sheath and continued on his way.
Suddenly, two bald men came out of the dirt not far ahead, one with blue twill on his face and the other red. They were armed with sharp axes, and the front of the axes had blood stains.
Blue Stripe stepped forward and asked in a strange manner, "Who are you who dare to break into our territory?"
Zhiming replied unhurriedly: "I am a foreigner and want to pass by here. ”
"You're a spy from out of town?"
"What do you mean? I'm a normal person. ”
"If it weren't for the spies, how would they dare to trespass into this place and eat the gall of a leopard?" asked Hongwen.
"I just want to pass by, and it's better for you two to get out of the way so you don't get hurt. Zhiming stared into the other party's eyes and said.
Blue Moon shouted: "Boy, don't be too arrogant! This is our territory, where are you going?"
"Where am I going, what does it matter to you? This whole mountain is yours?" Zhiming asked rhetorically.
"Boy, your mouth is quite hard! Look at me killing you!" said Bluevein, swinging his axe and slashing at him.
Zhiming flashed easily, flew up with a kick, and kicked him out of the way.
The blue stripe crawled up, patted the dust, and slashed again. Zhiming flashed again, punching him in the wrist and knocking the axe flying.
Blue Streak was annoyed and angry, and swung a punch. Zhiming rose into the air, stepped on his head with one foot, landed behind him, and then kicked him more than ten meters away with a beautiful back kick.
Bluevein picked up the axe, and a flying axe slashed at it. Zhiming flashed quickly, and at the same time slapped his palm on his side waist. The blue veins flew out again.
Bluevein struggled to his feet and said to Redvein, "Quick, let's attack him back and forth!"
Redvein pulled out his axe, and the two rushed forward one after the other.
Zhiming saw the shadow of the beast in his eyes. He decided not to be soft anymore, and came with a mid-air split, knocking the two to the ground. He drew his saber and stabbed it into the abdomen of the blue stripes.
Blue Stripe screamed, grabbed the sword tightly with both hands, and shouted at Red Stripe: "Quick, come and kill him!"
Redstreaks rushed over. Zhiming couldn't draw his sword, so he had to rush towards the red vein with his bare hands, and when he raised his axe, he kicked him in the jaw with a backflip.
The red stripe fell on his back with his face facing the sky, his expression extremely painful. Zhiming jumped to his feet and slammed his knees into his heart.
Hongwen spat out a mouthful of blood, grabbed his neck tightly with both hands, and said angrily, "I'm going to strangle you!"
The other party's strength is infinite, and Zhiming feels out of breath. He grabbed his wrist tightly and tried to break the other's hand away, but the other's wrist was too thick to exert his strength.
At this time, the blue stripe struggled to get up, and the sword was still stuck in his abdomen. He dragged his heavy axe and staggered this way.
Zhiming was anxious, struggled to lift his legs, clasped the red-striped arms from the outside in, and pressed with all his strength. Red's hand finally let go.
Zhiming kicked him in the face a few times, and after confirming that the opponent was incapacitated, he stood up with a backflip.
The blue veins slashed with an axe. Zhi Ming flashed and slashed at his neck with a fierce palm. Blue Streaks vomited blood and collapsed, unable to get up again this time.