Chapter 26: Night Terrors
Just when the shopkeeper Xiao was frightened, he only heard a string sound of "boom", which made him open his eyes suddenly, only to see a streamer flashing, and the man holding the knife behind him leaned back in response, fell to the ground with a "poof", his body twitched violently a few times, and gradually stopped moving.
Before the shopkeeper could come back to his senses, the other two thieves had already let go of the sloppy two and rushed over.
The shopkeeper hurriedly got up and ran forward, and looked up to see a young man with a calm face, holding a crossbow and a bow, standing not far in front of him. He was panicking when there was another "boom" in his ears, and a crossbow arrow was driven into the chest of a bandit, who screamed and fell to the ground. The other bandit looked panicked, hesitated for a moment, turned around and ran.
The three bandits who besieged the sloppy two, seeing that the situation was not good, rushed into the woods with a whistle, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
It was just a few respites, and when they saw the catastrophe overturned, those vicious bandits actually dropped two corpses and fled.
The incident happened suddenly, and the situation took a sharp turn, which made people dizzy.
It was Lin Yi who rescued the shopkeeper and his party, and he had already discovered in his divine consciousness that someone was lurking dozens of zhang in front of him. Seeing the danger of the shopkeeper, he shot two bandits with crossbow arrows in time and repelled the bandits.
"Thank you little brother for coming to the rescue, Xiao is grateful!" The shopkeeper was shocked for a moment, and thanked Lin Yi with a sincere face.
Ma Huo and Wang Er carried each other and also came over to thank him. The boy in the mountains, who was suspicious before, unexpectedly became a life-saving benefactor in the end.
"I didn't expect the little brother to be strong. It was so dangerous just now! I didn't expect this gang of bandits to be so tough!" said Shopkeeper Xiao with palpitations. He looked at the crossbow * bow in the other party's hand, and said in his heart, where did this young man find the murderous weapon?
Seeing that the two thieves who were shot by himself died, Lin Yi's face turned a little pale. I didn't think so much about saving people, but I didn't expect to kill two people in a blink of an eye. Two living people died in his own hands like this, and he was terrified for a while.
What Lin Yiyi didn't know was that this was not the first time he had killed someone, that Qian Hu had died after leaving the Immortal Peak! But seeing people die in front of him, not to mention that he was only sixteen years old, it was difficult for ordinary adults to adapt.
Didn't the master say that? Just act with your heart! Isn't killing people also saving people! After making up his mind, Lin Yi said to the shopkeeper of Xiao: "I am just a man from the mountains, and I am used to using crossbows and bows for hunting on weekdays.
As for the curiosity in the other party's eyes, Lin Yiyi pretended not to know.
Ma Hu and Wang Er's injuries were not serious, Lin Yi circled around, found a few herbs, crushed them and helped the two of them to bind their wounds. The latter was grateful, exchanged glances with each other, and said secretly, this kid in the mountain knows a lot.
Lin Yi went to look at the dead bandit again, the bloody corpse was abnormal, which made him feel sick in his heart, endured the discomfort, frowned, retrieved his crossbow arrows, wiped them clean and put them in a crossbow bag made of deerskin.
Ma Huo and Wang Er searched in the arms of the thieves again, and in addition to the money bag of the shopkeeper Xiao, there were dozens of taels of broken silver. Then he dug a pit on the side and buried the body.
"I don't know the little brother's name!"
Several people experienced life and death, and they were also quite tired, so they sat aside to rest. Shopkeeper Xiao came to Lin Yi and sat down.
"My name is Lin Yi. Lin replied, he looked at the panting appearance of the shopkeeper Xiao, and said in his heart, this person is weak and short of breath, I really don't know how to survive the bumps along the way.
"Brother Lin, I won't say much about the grace of saving my life, this is in the next little heart, please accept it." Shopkeeper Xiao said, holding a package in his hand, and when he opened it, what appeared in front of Lin Yi was a pile of silver and a money bag.
Lin Yi waved his hand again and again and said, "Shopkeeper Xiao! What is this, there is no need to do this." ”
Seeing that the other party didn't accept it, Shopkeeper Xiao hurriedly said: "Brother Lin, don't shirk yet, listen to me." Most of them are stolen goods from bandits, and it would be a pity to abandon them. Since you killed people, you should own these things. In addition, although the money bag is mine, it was also snatched back by Brother Lin. After speaking, he looked at Lin Yi with a sincere expression.
Seeing that the other party was moved, he said again: "Brother Ruolin accepted these silver taels, which can be regarded as my slight gratitude!"
Lin Yi didn't have much silver on his body, and it made sense to listen to what Shopkeeper Xiao said. After thinking about it, he stopped being hypocritical, reached out to take the package, took out the money bag and handed it to the shopkeeper Xiao, and said: "Shopkeeper Xiao's kindness is difficult, so I accepted it, but this money bag should be returned to the original owner." ”
"Brother Lin, aren't you tormenting Xiao? The money bag should belong to you. Shopkeeper Xiao hurriedly stuffed the money bag into Lin Yi's arms.
Lin Yi stretched out his hand and said lightly, "Those two eldest brothers have done their duty to ensure that people and goods are not lost. Shopkeeper Xiao deserves to give a pension!"
"This is not what the Lao Lin brothers are worried about!" After Xiao finished speaking, he took out a piece of golden things from his money bag, and said without refusal: "How much should Xiao show his heart, don't shirk!"
Looking down at his hand, there was a piece of gold no less than ten taels or so. Lin Yixin said, this shopkeeper Xiao is really a rich man, and he has a generous hand. For him, gold was the first time he had ever encountered it, and it was worth more than silver. When he looked up and saw the other party's resolute face, he took the gold and silver into his arms.
Seeing this, Shopkeeper Xiao breathed a sigh of relief. He said with a smile: "Seeing that the little brother was born in the mountains, but his eyebrows are handsome, his bearing is extraordinary, and his martial arts should not be bad, I don't know why I went to Taiping Town?"
Although this shopkeeper Xiao has a shrewd face, he is also kind and approachable, and he should be a businessman.
"I'm a kid in the mountains, where is there any martial arts. Lin Yi chuckled and shook his head. He thought for a moment, and then asked, "Shopkeeper Xiao is from Tianping Town, I don't know if you have heard of this place in Xiaotianao?"
"Oh, Xiao Tianao?" shopkeeper Xiao pondered for a while, nodded and said, "I remember, there seems to be such a place more than ten miles north of Taiping Town." I don't know ......?"
"Looking for relatives!" Lin Yi said in a flat tone.
"Just by the way, I'll tell Brother Lin when I get to the place. Shopkeeper Xiao said briskly.
"Then thank you Shopkeeper Xiao first!" Lin Yi smiled on his face.
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"Brother Lin, you and I are friends of life and death, don't be too outside!" Shopkeeper Xiao became much more familiar.
"Shopkeeper Xiao is from Taiping Town, where did this come from?" Lin Yi asked casually.
Just when he met a mountain child who had never seen the world, after the shopkeeper Xiao palpitated, he regained his true colors as a businessman and became talkative.
Originally, it went to the north and led to the country of Hoda.
The country of Haotian is not big, it is mountainous, but it is famous for producing jade, and it is famous all over the world. Therefore, jade and jewelry merchants from all over the world are mostly purchased from the country of Haotian. This Xiao shopkeeper also opened a jade shop in Tianping Town, because Tianping Town is very close to Haotian Country, by virtue of the geographical advantage, the processed jade is sold to all parts of the Shang country, and the business is not bad.
This time, Shopkeeper Xiao personally went to Haotian, selected a few pieces of high-quality jade essence, and shipped them back to Shangguo. Just ask the jade craftsman to carve and chisel and sell it, and there should be a lot of income. Unexpectedly, when he crossed the field and entered the Shang country, he encountered robbers. Fortunately, Lin Yi came to his aid and saved him from this imperative disaster.
After listening to what the other party said, Lin Yi was secretly surprised. I was just running away in the mountains, but I came to the junction of the two countries. It's still 200 miles away from Taiping Town. That is, he ran over the top.
A moment later, the carriage was on the road again, and Lin Yi no longer stayed away from the carriage, but followed closely behind.
Dozens of miles passed, the sky darkened, and the terrain on both sides of the mountain road gradually became clearer.
The carriage drove out of the woods, and in front of it was a clearing with several large rocks scattered on the side.
Shopkeeper Xiao jumped out of the carriage, looking tired, but said to Lin Yi kindly: "Out of this mountain and forest trail is the main road." This place is more than 100 miles away from the balance, and it is only a day's journey, if it is late today, it is better to rest, and it is better to hurry tomorrow morning. ”
The old man was busy settling the carriage. Although Ma Hu and Wang Er were injured, they were fine, so they also found some dry grass and firewood, lit a bonfire, and lay on the ground. The night in the mountains is wet, and there is a bonfire to ward off mosquitoes. Several people looked tired, gathered together, eating dry food.
Lin Yi went to find a dry place by himself, leaned back against the boulder, and sat cross-legged. The old man who drove the cart tended to the cattle and brought him a few pieces of dried meat and a bag of water.
Shopkeeper Xiao lay down early and snored. The old man was dozing beside the carriage, and the horses not far away were still silently chewing on grass. Ma Hu and Wang Er, one person made a bunch of dogs, and one person sat by the fire, holding a knife in his arms, with the appearance of a policeman. The vigil is the duty of the two of them, and they can only take turns to rest.
Lin Yi's eyes were slightly closed, and he sat cross-legged in silence, his consciousness spreading out to the surroundings intentionally or unintentionally.
For two or three years, he got used to meditating, but he rarely lay down to sleep again. After entering the meditation, the spiritual platform is clear, and after the meridian aura runs on its own for a night, the feeling of being refreshed and a hundred times stronger is very good.
However, here, Lin Yi didn't dare to be careless, and after the aura worked twice in his body, he sat alone as if he was not sleeping.
The twilight is four, and the night is dark.
The insects in the mountains and fields are undulating, but the clearing is quiet, only the bonfire burns from time to time with a "crackling" sound.
When Lin Yizheng closed his eyes to recuperate, his brows suddenly moved.
There was a faint tremor in the earth, and after a while, a fading "boom" sound came.
I don't know if it was sloppy or Wang Er, who was holding the knife in his arms, he turned his head as if listening to something, and after a while, his face changed abruptly, and he hurriedly woke up his companion who was lying on the side.
"Sloppy, get up quickly!" It turned out that he slept sloppily, and the person who guarded the watch should be Wang Er. Ma snorted, as if he hadn't woken up, the whole person was stunned for a moment, and suddenly got up with a bone, and grabbed the knife in his hand.
At this time, the ground trembled more and more, and the old man who was driving the car also rubbed his eyes and looked around blankly.
A few neighing of horses, and a sharp clatter of horses' hooves, rushed through the night, bringing up a cloud of dust and mist, sweeping in.
Shopkeeper Xiao was finally awakened by this sudden movement, but he didn't have time to get up, he lay on the ground, his face panicked......
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