Volume 1 of the Witchbook Chapter 29: The Barbecue Idler
Liuhuang City, located in the south of the Middle Earth, is located in the east of Zhaoyao Mountain, covering an area of dozens of miles, is one of the larger cities in the south of China. When the famous "Flying Sword Sect" was established in Zhaoyao Mountain, the brilliance of Liuhuang City was enough to rank among the top two in Shenzhou. It was only later that due to the collapse of the "Flying Sword Sect" and the fact that Liuhuang City was located at the edge of the junction of good and evil forces, the immortal cultivation forces gradually retreated from Liuhuang City, and Liuhuang City also declined.
For hundreds of years, due to the frequent occurrence of wars between good and evil, Liuhuangcheng has long been abandoned by the official family, and it is basically in a state of no management. However, there are countless rivers and lakes in the jurisdiction of Liuhuang City, and the water and land transportation is extremely convenient, and there are many large and small car dealers, wharves, and boat households, all over the city. In addition, the wind and rain have always been smooth, which is very suitable for growing rice. Therefore, for hundreds of years, a large number of deserters, homeless people and merchants have slowly gathered here.
Liuhuang City is located on the edge of the junction of good and evil forces, and the order is somewhat chaotic, and even the city defense team is temporarily organized. Some people need order, and the management of order is often in the hands of powerful people. There are countless outlaws in Liuhuang City, and there are more than a dozen large and small gang forces, but after years of fighting and fire, the two largest gang forces were finally formed, controlled by two major families. One of them is a family with the surname Feng, and the other is a family with the surname Xin.
At this time, three poles on the sun, in an unnamed valley more than ten miles west of Liuhuang City, a team of chariots and horses composed of more than a dozen people was passing through quickly. The carriage in the middle of the procession was blackened and shiny with black paint, and it was made of two uncommon yellow horses. The driver was a thin man in his forties, this man was agile, obviously not weak, and seemed to be familiar with this place, driving the carriage straight to the direction of Liuhuangcheng.
On the frame of the carriage, there is a small triangular black flag with the word "Xin" rusted, with red edges in silver letters, which naturally reveals an indescribable mysterious color. The most eye-catching thing is that the door curtains and curtains of the carriage are pink, which obviously indicates that the owner of the carriage is the daughter of the Xin family.
"Listen, everyone, if you drive ten or so miles, you can reach Liuhuang City. However, the roads in this area are not very peaceful, and there are often people from the 'Evil Wolf Gang', so everyone must be cautious and strengthen their defense!" the man with the driver shouted to the crowd.
"Yes. A dozen or so guards replied in unison.
"Uncle Tiezhang, I heard that the people of the 'Evil Wolf Gang' do all kinds of evil, often burning, killing and looting in the nearby villages, Daddy has always been jealous and hateful, why didn't he exterminate these wicked people?" A delicate woman's voice came from inside the carriage.
The thin man said, "Miss Fei'er, you don't know anything. The people of the 'Evil Wolf Gang' hide in the mountains and rivers of the poor, and their whereabouts are uncertain, and it is difficult to find their stronghold. Moreover, they have always known how to measure, they only robbed nearby villages and passing merchants, and never extended their evil claws into Liuhuang City to cause evil. Besides, the Xin and Feng families have been facing each other for many years, and the Feng family has been eyeing our Xin family, and the Xin family has not been able to mobilize all the manpower to exterminate the 'Evil Wolf Gang'. Therefore, although Master Xin hated them, he was helpless against them for a while. ”
The woman in the car sighed and said, "It's a pity that the younger brother has been accepted as a disciple by the 'husband's door', but for some reason, he got this strange disease. Otherwise, the Xin family can get the support of the 'husband's door' one day, and then sweeping away the family and getting rid of the 'Evil Wolf Gang' will be just around the corner. ”
The thin man nodded and comforted: "Miss Fei'er, don't be sad, maybe Young Master Xin Yu is just infected with a minor illness for a while, this time we will take him back to recuperate for a period of time, and then find a famous doctor for him to diagnose and treat, maybe it won't be long before Young Master Xin Yu can be cured." ”
"I hope so......" The woman's voice in the carriage was gloomy, and she was about to continue talking, when she suddenly noticed that the carriage had stopped advancing, and she asked, "Uncle Tiezhang, why did the carriage stop?"
The thin man smiled bitterly and said, "Miss Fei'er, I'm afraid we've met someone from the 'Evil Wolf Gang'." ”
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Zhao Hong and the others have been shuttling through the boundless jungle for three days, but they still haven't found a market city where they can stay.
The reason why Zhao Hong wanted to find the city was because he promised Jiang Wei to take her to go shopping, so that this little Lori who was not familiar with the world could understand the world more. The second is that he has been wandering around for all these hours and deeply feels the importance of strength. He wanted to go into the city to see if he could buy some paper and pen for drawing talismans, and he could draw some talismans for self-defense according to the records in the "Witch Book". As for the amount of money that needs to be spent, the money he got from Wang Batian is quite a bit, and it should be enough.
The market city had not yet been found, but they had encountered many dangers, once with a wild leopard, more than 20 times with various poisonous snakes, and twice with a wild wolf. But it's not a problem for them.
If ordinary people were running directionlessly between these vast mountains, they might have been driven crazy a long time ago. However, the last thing Zhao Hong lacks is patience, he has now passed through the depths of the jungle, and it may not take long to get out of this jungle.
This is noon on the fourth day, and Zhao Hong is roasting a hare while laughing with Jiang Wei. Although he had eaten Bigu Dan, he had gained a lot of prey in the past few days, and it was a pity to lose it, he was not a wasteful person.
Zhao Hong was happily roasting the food, and suddenly a few crisp weapons symphony came from not far away. As soon as Zhao Hong raised his head, he saw a thin man in his forties staggering over, followed by a girl and a boy.
The man was covered with wounds almost all over his body, and his clothes were torn and tattered. However, in Zhao Hong's opinion, the most serious wound on his body was still on his waist, which was obviously smashed by some heavy blow weapon. Although the wound was a little close, the blood had stained his long-term unsightly clothes.
The girl's appearance is extremely beautiful, and her eyes are charming and charming, which makes people reverie infinitely, but her clothes are soaked with a lot of blood, and she looks very embarrassed. The boy was expressionless and glazed, as if he had some kind of illness.
At the same time that Zhao Hong saw the thin man, the big man also saw Zhao Hong, and he was stunned for a moment, the big man may not have thought that in this jungle of barren mountains and mountains, there are still people leisurely roasting hares to eat. So even though Dahan was still on the run, he was still stunned and stopped.
Just when Zhao Hong was thinking that the three of them didn't know who was being chased so panicked, hurried footsteps sounded behind him again, and soon six or seven fierce men with knives and sticks in their hands appeared in front of Zhao Hong's eyes.
The thin, heavily injured man glanced at Zhao Hong and the others apologetically, but did not speak.
Seeing that the wounded thin man did not continue to escape, the fierce men who had caught up with several men stopped and stood in a circle in a circle.
The leader was a big man with a hideous and fierce face, he put the mace in his hand on his shoulder, and looked at Zhao Hong who was roasting the hare, and he was also a little surprised.
After all, roasting a hare in such a big mountain jungle is not something that anyone can do, this jungle is not safe, even if you want to roast something, you will choose a secluded place, not a place where there is nowhere to hide on all sides.
More than a dozen people at the scene did not speak, and the atmosphere was in a stalemate for a while, and there was only the sound of roasting hares and the smell of rabbit meat wafting in the air.
The seven people who were chasing and killing each other glanced at each other, nodded, and the fierce man at the head said: "These two friends, there is nothing to do with you here, you two get out of the way first, we just want to catch the three people who escaped just now." ”
Zhao Hong stared at the talking guy a little inexplicably, and was about to say that this place is not your home, why should I let it, one of the big men with a scar on his face let out a light "huh", and stopped his gaze on Jiang Wei, "This little girl is also good-looking, she is a beautiful embryo, big brother, look, are our brothers lucky today?"
Another tall man wiped the corners of his mouth and said to the leading man: "Yes, big brother, you asked me to go over and solve that kid and bring that little girl back together." ”
The leader of the fierce man was stunned, looked at Jiang Wei carefully, and did not speak for a while, as if he was in a hesitation.
Zhao Hong laughed secretly in his heart, it's just a matter of provoking me, provoking Jiang Wei, this girl is more than ten times more popular than herself.
Zhao Hong leisurely divided the hare in his hand into two, handed half of it to Jiang Wei, and glanced at her meaningfully.
"Little man, your craftsmanship is really getting better and better......" Jiang Wei praised while eating. She ate to herself, as if oblivious to what was happening around her. She talked a lot less along the way, but every time she ate food, she returned to her previous innocent and splendid appearance.
The corners of the eyes of the leading murderer jumped slightly, and a trace of shock flashed in his eyes. He pondered for a while, decided to ignore the two barbecue idlers for a while, turned his head to look at the thin man, and said in a low voice: "Who doesn't know Zhang Tieshan's prestige of 'swaggering under the mountain, invincible with iron palm', my black wolf has always admired Brother Zhang's iron palm kung fu." Today, the target of my 'Evil Wolf Gang' is only the Xin family, and I have no intention of offending Brother Zhang, so why should you be obsessed and lose your life for the sake of the Xin family. As long as Brother Zhang is willing to stop, my brothers can naturally let Brother Zhang leave. ”
The thin man Zhang Tieshan smiled coldly and shouted: "'Black wolf', for many years, you and your brothers have been doing evil everywhere, and in the fish and meat township, our Xin family has long been unable to look at it. Why do you bother to talk about it, today my 'Iron Palm' will fight you to the death and remove a harm for Liuhuang City. ”
"What's the matter? Isn't the Xin family great? To tell you the truth, we are rushing at you people from the Xin family today, and then Lao Tzu will cut you with a knife. The scar man raised the knife in his hand and scolded him arrogantly.
The remaining fierce men laughed "haha", and raised their big knives and shook them in their hands.
The leader of the fierce man, "Black Wolf", snorted coldly, "In this way, you and I will not die today." ”
Zhang Tieshan's face was gloomy, and he stared at the black wolf and said: "Although your evil wolf gang has done countless evils, but you have always been with our Xin family's well water, I am very curious, why did you suddenly attack my Xin family today?"
The black wolf smiled, slowly walked towards Zhang Tieshan, and said slowly: "It is worthy of Brother Zhang, who is still so calm when he dies." Originally, with your prestige, I told you that it would not hurt for you to be a ghost. But now ......"
Before the words fell, the black wolf took a quick step forward, and the mace in his hand slashed towards Zhang Tieshan. The other six fierce men seemed to understand, and they all waved their bloody knives and rushed over, blocking Zhang Tieshan's retreat.
"Shame on you, Miss Phil, run away and leave me alone. Zhang Tieshan shouted angrily.
With a soft sound, the mace slashed into the air, and was blocked by an iron palm on the handle of the rod, making a sound like metal colliding, and there was no way to continue chopping.
Zhang Tieshan secretly complained in his heart, although he used his right palm to resist the mace's sneak attack, but at this time, there was already a mixture of white light and gray light around him, and he had no possibility of evading.