Chapter 21: Darts
The late autumn morning reveals a hint of coolness, but it can make people more sober, Bai Yilan understands that what he will face next is a character who still survives after decades of crawling on the rivers and lakes, whether it is strength or wisdom, it is not comparable to a group of "ordinary people" in Shangjiang Water Village. This also made him realize the true appearance of the rivers and lakes he will face in the future.
The two of them stood at the gate, and they didn't reply for a long time, but in a cautious manner, plus Zhou Ying'er behind them. Bai Yilan couldn't act rashly, so she thought about it wildly, and her thoughts gradually drifted away.
"Big Brother Bai, how long do we have to wait?"
Bai Yilan came back to her senses and looked at Zhou Ying'er, who was frozen and hugged behind her, a little unbearable, "Don't worry, there will definitely be a good horse." ”
After that, Bai Yilan stopped "pretentiously", and slowly approached the remaining guard, his expression was no longer relaxed, and said, "When can you let me in?"
The guard didn't notice the change in Bai Yilan's tone, and replied angrily with the fatigue and irritability of standing all night: "Didn't someone report it, don't bother Lao Tzu!"
"You're telling me to stand and wait for him to come out?"
"Otherwise, if it weren't for the fact that you were still two little children with no hair, Lao Tzu would have cut you two off a long time ago. After that, he also made a threatening gesture of drawing a knife. However, seeing that Bai Yilan didn't react, this undoubtedly aroused the fire in his heart, he pulled out a knife and pointed at Bai Yilan, and scolded: "Stinky boy, don't you be embarrassed?"
Seeing this situation, Bai Yilan sneered: "This is your first move, I am a literati who advocates literature." ”
"It's Lao Tzu's hand, how about it? You still want to write a poem to attack me?" The guard made a big speech in front of Bai Yilan, and patted Bai Yilan's right hand with the back of the knife from time to time, which was very provocative.
[Heart is like stopping water], now that he has just entered the rivers and lakes, Bai Yilan will certainly not be confused by this dazzling world. These four words have supported Bai Yilan to the present, and they will also support him to go on. Therefore, hearing the provocation of the guards, although even Zhou Ying'er couldn't listen to it behind her back and wanted to rush forward, Bai Yilan never wavered at all.
Bai Yilan smiled, and his tone returned to calm, as if he was jumping back and forth between the martial artist and the scholar, "How can it, since this is asking for help from the Gui Dart Bureau, we definitely can't do it first." ”
"What do you mean, do you want me to strike first? I'm afraid I don't want the other arm anymore?"
"No, I didn't say that. Bai Yilan was embarrassed for a while, and then changed his words, raised his left hand, and said, "But I think it's better to let me see the dart head, after all, you don't deserve this arm of mine." ”
The guards were annoyed by these three or two sentences, and they didn't care about the rules of the dart game, so they slashed at the opponent's head with a steel knife. And Bai Yilan was also about to try how much power she had gained in this dream, when she stretched out her left hand to Zhou Ying'er and took the sword. Throwing an arc at random to meet it, it stubbornly stopped the fall of the steel knife. The guard tried his best, but the steel knife still didn't move, and the guard was a little lucky, and said in his heart: It must be the other party's luck. Then he took a big breath, puffed up his strength and slashed with a knife, Bai Yilan didn't take him seriously at all, but because he was here to ask for help, it was not easy to kill him. So he condensed his qi with one hand, covered the sword body, aimed at the weak position of the knife, and took advantage of the sword.
The guards didn't feel anything, neither the other man's sword stabbing him, nor the slashing of his sword. Just when he wanted to breathe a sigh of relief first, the steel knife he sharpened for half an hour every day broke in two. glanced at Bai Yilan, who was not hurt at all, and gradually sobered up. Then came the fear. Bai Yilan held the sword in one hand, and waved his right hand at the other party with the palm that could only move. The corners of his mouth rose slightly, and he said, "Do you want to think about it and let me in?"
The guards were immersed in the neat cut of the blade, and did not dare to face the reality again, let alone look directly at the young man in front of them. Bai Yilan also breathed a sigh of relief, and it didn't leave a bad impression on the owner here, at least now he can walk in without causing a commotion, and he has the basis for a harmonious conversation......
"Ying'er, you just wait here, I'll go and come. ”
Zhou Ying'er nodded obediently and squatted aside. Bai Yilan patted the stunned guard, pointed at Zhou Ying'er, and said coldly: "I'll go in and take care of her." ”
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Walking into the courtyard, before he had time to enjoy the scenery in the courtyard, he was held by three or four knives around his neck, and the guards who had just entered the pass came over, slightly puzzled, and asked, "Why haven't you left yet, and how did you get in?"
Bai Yilan couldn't move, and replied, "The brothers outside let me in." ”
He looked at Bai Yilan again, noticed the sword in his left hand, and found that something was wrong, so he hurriedly ran out to check on his companion without caring about Bai Yilan, and the others naturally pressed Bai Yilan in front of the dart head and entered the inner courtyard. gives people a strong deterrent, and Bai Yilan is also glad that she didn't let Zhou Ying'er see this person. They escorted Bai Yilan aside and did not disturb the dart. And Bai Yilan also witnessed the daily routine of the Weide Dart Bureau every morning, and he found that every task ordered by the dart head was told to the person in charge in detail, and he also had to care about his subordinates from time to time, and he won the respect and love of his disciples' subordinates. To say that he has been able to gain a foothold in Muyang for so many years, this is definitely one of the reasons.
When everything was arranged and all the personnel dispersed, they escorted Bai Yilan in front of the darthead, "Hu Darthead, this person trespassed into the dart game, how to deal with it?"
"Eh, I didn't trespass, my brother from outside let me in. After Bai Yilan saw the appearance of the dart head when he was doing things, he felt that the other party was not a person who was easy to kill, so he tried to have a good talk with the other party calmly.
But the dart head naturally didn't show such concern for a stranger, but he naturally just wanted to figure out Bai Yilan's intentions, and asked, "Let you in?" My guard shouldn't be so incompetent, right?"
"Hudart, huh? You really wronged me, I started to let people in to report, but I waited outside for a long time to see people come out, so I had to discuss with another brother to let me in. ”
"Then tell me what it's called, what it's for. The dart head looked at Bai Yilan when he spoke. Even this time he deliberately hid the back of his right hand, and the sword was also in the other party's hand at this time. But in the eyes of the dart head, this son is by no means a good stubble.
"What, I'm cowardly, do you want to remove all these big blades first......
The dart head nodded in acquiescence, and everyone let go of Bai Yilan. After letting go, Bai Yilan twisted his neck well, and saluted politely: "Senior Bai Yilan, mainly because I want to come to ask Hu Dart for a trivial matter. ”
Dart Head found a step and sat down, a little curious, "Oh? We have never met, so why don't you think you can ask me for it?"
Bai Yilan also squatted down at the position of the dart head, and the person next to him wanted to step forward to stop but was stopped by the dart head. Bai Yilan saw the opportunity, and replied with a smile: "That's the case, I and my little sister have traveled a long way from the capital to return to their hometown, and the road is far away, and I really don't want my little sister to suffer anymore, so I asked here how many good horses there are in the Weide Dart Bureau, and I want to borrow one." Half a month to return. ”
"Borrow a horse?" Darthead's face suddenly soothed a lot, and he said to himself, "It's still a child, and it gave me a strange feeling at first......
Then he raised his head, "Okay, wait." ”
Then he told the others to lead the horses. And the dart head was full of interest in this young man who had not yet reached the age of crowning, so he asked casually: "Look at your dress, should you be a scholar, do you want to ride a horse back?"
Bai Yilan saw that the other party was not hostile, so she replied as if she were a homely: "Learn a little, it should be okay to take my little sister home." ”
"You walked here from the capital, and you weren't afraid of running into bad guys?"
"Now that the world is peaceful, and we are two children, there shouldn't be any danger......
After a while, the man who had just gone down to lead the horse came back and said something in the ear of the dart head, and the dart head immediately got up and widened his eyes, "Are you sure? There are not many tasks today, how can it be that all the horses are occupied?"
The man said aggrievedly: "The darts have been relatively big in the past few days, and the people and horses have not come back from the last few trips." ”
The dart head had nothing to say, walked back and forth several times, and then looked at Bai Yilan with expectations written in his eyes, and then the dart head was a little embarrassed. The most important thing in the dart game is integrity, maybe it was a small break this time, but it touched his heart slightly. The dart head pointed at Bai Yilan, and said embarrassedly: "This is also a special situation, I didn't expect it, otherwise, you live here for a few days, and when there is a horse one day, you will leave?"
Bai Yilan was stunned when she heard this, "This * meeting, it won't be so good to me." ”
"We, the Swift Dart Bureau, have never broken our promises, and the moment I promise to help you, I will not break my word. ”
Bai Yilan thought about it, and also felt that the darthead's proposal was very good, and thought that she would wait here, but suddenly thought: In this way, I will not break my promise to Ying'er.
At this time, a dart leader came over, "Dart head, this trip is ready, just wait for your order, and we will leave immediately." ”
Dart nodded, "Okay, stay safe." ”
Bai Yilan had an idea and said, "If you don't want to lose your trust, I think of a way." ”
"Oh, let's talk about it. ”
"You guys don't have a lot of darts yet, right?"
The dart head didn't understand for a while, "What does it matter?"
"Did any of the darts you go to Cangzhou this time?"
"Yes, too. ”
Bai Yilan chuckled in her heart, but she didn't show much, and said softly: "I'll take this dart." ”