Volume 1: The Hidden Dragon in the Abyss Chapter 40: The Heavenly Mountains Shine Far Away
According to the usual rules, the number of dart heads and dart masters accompanying the escort when the Aquila Dart Bureau is walking is based on the value of the goods.
The more valuable the goods, the more dart masters will naturally accompany the escort.
This trip to the Aquila Dart Bureau is so exciting, in the eyes of others, it is obvious that the goods transported are worth a lot of money.
In order to hide people's eyes, Tang Yu discussed with Wang Dadaotou, but still bought some relatively low-priced porcelain and silk, and used black lacquered wooden boxes to fully load five carts, and then rode out of the city.
The frost in the northwest is freezing and the sky is freezing, and the daughters of the rich families are all dressed in brocade hats and mink furs. But Tang Yu wore a purple and red robe, covered with a mountain chain mail, and the fragrant green silk was pulled into a fallen bun, riding a jujube red horse.
The conspicuous scar on Tang Yu's fair cheek not only does not hide the flaws, but sets off a bit of the heroic posture of "women do not let the eyebrows be shaved".
This "Shanwen chain mail" is Tang Wenze's treasure, and it has the highest defense among the various chain mail. "Shanwen chain mail", the shape of the armor of this chain mail is like the word "mountain", the armor piece method is very unique, and the blacksmith of the Northern Zhou Dynasty called it "wrong method".
If it is forged by a skilled blacksmith, it can be made into a whole armor without a nail nail or a strand of silk thread.
This "Shanwen chain mail" has saved Tang Wenze's life several times, this time, Tang Wenze gave it to his daughter Tang Yu, hoping that this treasure armor can help Tang Yu at a critical moment.
Although Tang Yu gritted his teeth and took over the business for his old father Tang Wenze, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that this dart was strange.
The "third son" of the gold lord fell asleep after getting into the car, and the snoring could be heard through the two carriages, where was it like a frightened bird being chased and killed by the enemy all the way? The two attendants who drove for him were old and withered, and they could not feel the qi between their breaths, and it was very likely that they were deliberately concealing their martial arts.
Because judging from the words and deeds of this "third son", he doesn't look like a young man who has just entered the rivers and lakes, if he only takes two skinny old servants who add up to less than two hundred pounds and dares to show yellow and white things, then he will not say that he has traveled thousands of miles to the Youyan Dynasty, and he will have to be robbed of nothing left if he can't even get out of Yongzhou.
Tang Yu frowned, could it be that this "third prince" is the king and grandson of the Youyan Dynasty, and he escaped from Xiliang Pass under the guise of a dart game?
Although the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the Youyan Dynasty were like fire and water, and there were often small fights of two or three hundred people on the border, they could not ignore the existence of each other in trade.
The Northern Zhou Dynasty needed Youyan's furs, medicinal herbs, and livestock, and Youyan also needed Northern Zhou porcelain, tea, silk, and handicrafts. Therefore, there are always caravans and dart bureaus for the sake of profit, bringing several truckloads of goods to and from the dangerous side, although the risk is high, the profit is very large.
From time to time, there are caravans and dart bureaus offering heavy silver taels, and the border cavalry of the Northern Zhou and Youyan countries are turning a blind eye to this, but the caravan and the dart bureau must have customs clearance documents.
Thinking of this, Tang Yu felt more and more that the difficulty of this dart was how to get out of Xiliangguan smoothly, and the difficulty was not inferior to that of the Xiangma Qiangren who blocked the road and cut the path.
Tang Yu suppressed the thousands of thoughts in his heart, raised his hand to cover the wind and sand in the sky, and said to a young dart master with a bow and a knife beside him: "Little Miaozi, go and report to Wang Da Dart, ten miles ahead is the Wild Wolf Valley, let everyone cheer up!"
Tang Yukou's "Little Miaozi" was originally named Miao Fei, a native of Sichuan and Shu, in fact, he was two years older than Tang Yu, and was nicknamed "Little Miaozi" by the dart masters of the Tianying Dart Bureau because of his short stature.
Miao Fei left home as a teenager, and when he was only fourteen years old, he came to the Sky Eagle Dart Bureau as an executioner, and did not say a word about his family in his hometown of Sichuan and Shu. No one in the Sky Eagle Dart Bureau knew why Miao Fei left home, and no one knew if he still had a home.
Miao Fei has an active mind, sharp legs and feet, and has worked hard to practice martial arts, so he was favored by Wang Da Dart, accepted as a disciple, and learned a good knife technique.
After four or five years of polishing, Miao Fei followed Wang Yangbo back and forth for more than 20 darts, and also changed from an executioner to a dart master.
Among the young dart masters of the Sky Eagle Dart Bureau, Miao Fei is the most up-and-coming, with strong melee knife skills and excellent long-range attack archery skills. Miao Fei has always had a soft spot for Tang Yu, the daughter of the Tang family, but he didn't dare to show his heart to Miss Tang because of his low status.
This time, Miao Fei also knew that it was dangerous, so from the moment he stepped out of the gate of the Sky Eagle Dart Bureau, he planned to follow Tang Yu without leaving an inch.
After hearing Tang Yu's words, Miao Fei smiled slightly, and replied with a strong Sichuan and Shu accent: "I want it!" After speaking, he lifted the reins and ran towards Wang Yangbo, the master at the front of the team.
Wang Dadao was nearly fifty years old, his eyebrows were white but his eyes were shining, and he had a broad-bladed ring-headed knife on his back without a scabbard, flashing in the wind and sand.
Wang Yangbo has been walking darts for more than 30 years, he is the most senior veteran of the Tianying Dart Bureau, he has walked more bridges than Tang Yu has walked, and he can touch Xiliang from Shuofang with his eyes closed, where can he still need Tang Yu to remind him that there is a wild wolf in front of him?
Wild Wolf Valley is the only way for Shuofang County to go to Xiliang, and it is also the place where Xiangma strongmen gather.
Ordinary people generally choose to take a detour, even if they walk dozens of miles more on the rugged mountain road to avoid this thief's den, but the dart bureau and the caravan do not have this time.
Before taking this dart, Wang Da Dart had already found out the news, Wild Wolf Yu recently rose a group of fifty or sixty horse thieves, the big boss "a handful of hair" like a soldier from the army, the knife skills are almost useless, and the first time to come to the deep foundation of the "backing mountain" and "sitting on the ground" two groups of horse thieves to fire.
After absorbing the old department of "backing the mountain flying" and "sitting on the ground cannon", "a handful of hair" pulled up a team of more than 100 horse thieves, it is said that there are more than 40 horses, and this person is ruthless and does not pay attention to the rules of the rivers and lakes.
But the Aquila Dart Board is not a soft persimmon to be trampled on, and the broad-bladed ring knife on the back of Wang Dadart's head is not a vegetarian.
Then again, even if you don't take this dart, the 100 or so people in the Sky Eagle Dart Bureau will have to eat this bowl of dart in Shuofang County in the future, and sooner or later they will still meet the group of "a handful of hairs".
Knowing that the strong enemy is in front, Wang Yangbo brought out almost all the dart masters who have won the table in the Tianying Dart Bureau this time, plus more than 20 strong and strong executioners, the group is mighty, as long as the "handful of hair" in front of the wild wolf valley in front of him, the road to Yongzhou will definitely be smooth sailing, and those small cottages with chickens and dogs do not dare to show their heads in front of the Tianying Dart Bureau.
And at the level of Wild Wolf Valley, Wang Yangbo is ready to fight a tough battle with the Malaysian Golden Knife.
On the rivers and lakes, darts naturally seek stability and peace, but people don't give face, and they have to rely on fists and swords to speak.
Before the young dart master Miao Fei galloped to the front of the dart team, Wang Da Dart leaned over and whispered a few words to the executioner who led the horse for him, and the stout and burly executioner waved the purple silk dart flag and shouted: "The sky is high and the mountains are far away, and the eagles of the four seas are raised!
The high-pitched voice of the executioner carried a unique roughness and vastness of the Northwest Wilderness, and the dart flag embroidered with the goshawk pattern flew in the wind, and more than 60 people from the Sky Eagle Dart Bureau entered the Wild Wolf Valley in the loud opening sound of the executioner.
Wild Wolf Valley is a big canyon with a width of 50 or 60 zhang, the valley is overgrown with wild grass, the woods are dense, and it is named because there are wolves in the canyon.
In the middle of Wolf Valley has been trampled by darts and horse thieves a dirt road two feet wide, which has been completely covered with snow due to a heavy snowfall this morning. Walking in the canyon, you can only see a long gray sky that is still hazy after a long snowfall.
In the eyes of soldiers, this kind of terrain is a fierce land of death, which is very suitable for ambushes.
Tang Yu has been walking darts for more than five years, and she has been through Wild Wolf Valley many times, almost every time she will see blood, and today she has reached this ghost gate again, she still can't help but murmur in a low voice: "What a good place for dead people!"
Suddenly, Wang Da Dart, who was walking in the forefront, made a gesture that only the disciples of the Aquila Dart Bureau could understand, and the dart team immediately stopped advancing, and the hands of all the dart masters reached out to the blades.
Tang Yu, who was behind the palace of the dart team with Miao Fei, instantly tightened, and her left hand had already taken out three flying knives from her waist, and then she relaxed again, it turned out that this was not a gesture indicating danger or an ambush, but a slight abnormality ahead.
Tang Yu gave the "little seedling" a look, and the two of them clamped the horse's belly and ran towards the front of the convoy.
Tang Yu and Miao galloped to the front of the dart team and turned over and dismounted, while Wang Yangbo and the other two darts were pointing to the snow on the ground.
Seeing Tang Yu coming to him, Wang Yangbo bowed slightly, pointed to the two long footprints on the snow, and said with a puzzled face: "Second Miss, this wild wolf is full of dangers, and the famous reputation has spread to Xiliang. Except for the dart team, horse thieves, and wolves and beasts, how have we ever met ordinary people once? Lao Wang, I have been walking for more than 30 years, and it is the first time I dare to break into the wild wolf valley when I see two people. These two people who don't know the height of the sky, if they can come in standing up, I'm afraid they have to go out sideways!"
Next to him, a burly black dart head like a bear grinned, carrying two Xuanhua board axes and said: "Wang Da Darthead, you can't do what you say! These two cubs stand and walk in, and they can't get out horizontally! The wolves in the Wild Wolf Valley have grown up eating human flesh, and there is no difference between the dead and the living in the eyes of the animals!"
Miao Fei helped the longbow on his back, squatted down and looked at the two strings of footprints.
A moment later. Miao Fei said: "These footprints are big and small, the small ones are very similar to the ones stepped on by a woman's embroidered shoes, and it looks like they should be a man and a woman." The two of them walked unhurriedly, and every step was very steady!"