Chapter 485: Behind
The boat docked at dusk, did not dare to enter the port, and stopped on a desolate beach, Shangguan Fei and Long Chuanyun had to get off the boat in advance and wade through the water to complete the last part of the road.
The boatman pointed to the north, "Go straight ahead, there is a town." "Then swing the oar and go back immediately.
Shangguan Fei kept complaining, and after landing on the ground, he spent a lot of time rearranging his packages and clothes, and by the time he was ready, it was already dark.
After a few days of competition, Shangguan Fei became the winner, and finally decided to be the master, Long Chuanyun pretended to be a bodyguard, he refused to be a slave, and he was tall and bright-eyed, and he really didn't look like an ordinary entourage.
Long Chuyun's heavy sword was also left on the boat, the heavy sword is the symbol of the Great Snow Mountain, it is too conspicuous, and he only carries a scimitar common in the Western Regions.
Shangguan Fei didn't bring a sword, "I'm not very good at weapons, I've been a narrow knife since I was a child, but I haven't been enlightened, and besides, this time the task is not to kill, it's better to go smoothly, and you don't need to use force." Old Fan, your swordsmanship is so good, are you used to using scimitars?"
"Lao Fan" is the pseudonym of Long Chuanyun, he is a little used to Shangguan Fei's nagging and flattery, and has found a way to deal with it: unless necessary, he will not reply a word, and he will not hear it.
Shangguan Fei was more accustomed to it than him, and if he couldn't get an answer, he asked and answered himself, not discouraged at all, "Of course I'm used to it, I've heard people say that the sword technique of Daxue Mountain should actually be called the knife technique, which is mainly based on chopping, and you also have a long knife to protect the law, I heard that it is a treasure knife, given to you by the Dragon King on the battlefield, tsk, only a character like you is worthy of such a good knife, watching you fight, even I will be brave." ”
Long Chuanyun felt the temples on both sides jump suddenly, picked up the package, and strode forward.
Shangguan Fei followed, "Oh, Lao Fan, you have to walk slowly, my legs are not very good, I can't keep up with you." ”
Speaking of his legs, Shangguan Fei has no taboos, "This is many years ago, I was hit by a big stone underneath, crushed my legs, speaking of which, it was the Dragon King who saved my life, a miracle doctor treated my injury, and I recovered well, you usually can't see the problem, right? But I can't walk too fast, if in the past, I usually rode a horse to hurry, but it really can't work, and there are people who carry me." ”
After walking in the dark for a while, Long Chuyun stopped, it was pitch black in front of him, he couldn't see the light, and he didn't know where to go.
Shangguan Fei caught up and let out a sigh, "I'm really a little tired for a break, and I don't know where my internal skills have gone, or I'm not used to ......walking."
"Do you know the way?" was the only thing Long Chuanyun said after going ashore.
"Oh my God, I made a mistake. Shangguan Fei clapped his hands, "Neither of us is a native of Xiaoyaohai, I should ask the Dragon King for a guide, what can I do? ”
Long Chuanyun never thought that he could bear it so much, looked up at the stars in the sky, roughly found the north, and walked away.
Shangguan Fei was already a little limped, but he could barely keep up, "Old Fan, if you run into someone at this time, who can believe that you are my bodyguard? If you want me to say that there is no need to worry, just pass a word for the Dragon King, it's very simple, we still have three days." ”
Long Chuanyun didn't think so, he was in a hurry to return to Anguo to participate in the war, if he missed this battle, it would be a shame for him, and he couldn't even raise his head in front of his clansmen.
Shangguan Fei's legs are not good, his mouth is very fast, and the topics he talked about ranged from the stars to the weather, from swords to the well-known tailors in Biyu City, and there was no moment of peace, and finally forced out the second sentence from the mouth of Long Chuanyun:
"Are you really the son of King Dubu?"
"Of course, don't you look like me? Of course, I'm more like my mother, but if you look closely, you can see the characteristics of the Shangguan family, let me tell you, King Dubu ...... this kind of thing."
This was Shangguan Fei's only taboo topic, so he was quiet for a while.
It was almost midnight when the two of them finally found the town that the boatman had mentioned.
The town is not large, there are about 100 households, the war has had a significant impact on this place, many households have moved away, some Nandu followed the dragon king, some took refuge in the city, and the rest of the people also closed the gate early, and never went out when it was dark.
But there were a lot of people on the street.
An army of Jinpeng passed by, and the taverns at both ends of the town became the places where they lingered, and although the drinks did not differ much, many soldiers walked drunkenly from one end to the other, making loud noises all the way.
"At first glance, it looks like a swordsman hired in Biyu City. Shangguan Fei took a deep breath, "It's starting to smell of Nancheng here." ”
Long Chuanyun snorted disdainfully, so many soldiers, the war has not yet been decided, they drank wildly, there were many people on the street, but there were no soldiers standing guard outside the town, allowing two strangers to walk in in the middle of the night.
He was even more eager to go back to the war soon.
Whether it's asking for directions or buying mounts, there's only one place they can go to - a tavern, one on the east and one on the west side of town.
The shopkeepers of both taverns were in the same bad mood, the young men were all dragged into the army, and they had to hire hairy children, and sometimes they had to go into battle themselves, but these foreign soldiers were not easy to deal with, and fights and throwing things were commonplace, and what was even more infuriating was that there were often people who paid their bills.
When Shangguan Fei and Long Chuanyun walked into the tavern in the east of the town, they were arguing together.
The soldier with a flushed face and unsteady standing tugged at the collar of the shopkeeper, "Lao Tzu came all the way to help you fight the Dragon King, and you asked me for money? In a few days, Lao Tzu will even throw his life in the water, and you ask me for money? Lao Tzu drinks with you eight times a day, and he keeps an account once, and you ask me for money?"
Most of the onlookers were soldiers, turning a blind eye to such a scene, and the shopkeeper knew that he couldn't afford to provoke him, so he apologized repeatedly, and finally sent away the evil spirits, and whispered to blame the newly hired teenager for his lack of eyesight.
The shopkeeper was very happy to see the guests other than the soldiers, but these were two strangers, which made him a little confused, "Are the two guest officers drinking? I'll make room for you." ”
Long Chuanyun didn't want to enter the town, but Shangguan Fei, who was usually cowardly, became bold at this time, "Go in and ask for directions, and at this time, bumping into Jin Pengjun in the tavern is even less noticeable than outside." ”
Entering the town, Long Chuanyun had to pretend to be more like a bodyguard, so he walked behind Shangguan Fei, and the "master" spoke.
"No, just stand and drink two drinks. "Shangguan Fei has never been into this kind of tavern, when he was in Biyu City, he hid in Beicheng and Stone Fort most of the time, but I don't know why, this time he went deep into the rear of the enemy army, he was not afraid at all, but was very calm, even he felt strange.
With the wine money paid in advance, coupled with his gentle appearance, Shangguan Fei immediately won the favor of the shopkeeper, and he told everything in a few words.
The capital of Huiguo is not far from the northwest, and it is a little more than half a day's journey to ride a horse, "but it is difficult to buy a horse, they are all requisitioned, and it is very fast to hire two donkeys after dawn." ”
A soldier slammed into the counter and held out a finger, "One more altar." ”
The shopkeeper didn't dare to say anything, and hurriedly asked the young man to bring out a jar of wine.
The soldier turned his head and slanted at Shangguan Fei, "You two, why didn't you become a soldier?"
The middle-aged man in Xiaoyaohai either joined the Dragon Army, or was pulled by Jinpeng Fort to be a laborer, and the rest of the people also hid and did not dare to show their faces.
"I'll do things for Meng. Shangguan Fei replied casually, for the swordsmen of Biyu City, except for Jinpeng Castle, only the Meng clan has a deterrent power.
The soldier hugged the wine jar on the counter, still staring at Shangguan Fei, and asked coldly, "Do I know you?"
"Who knows, if you're from Biyu City, we might have met. ”
The soldier felt that this explanation was quite reasonable, snorted, glared at Long Chuanyun, looked at it carefully for a while, and returned to his seat with the wine jar in his arms.
Long Chuanyun never spoke, but he no longer regarded Shangguan Fei as a pure embroidered pillow in his heart.
The shopkeeper probably had a good impression of Shangguan Fei, and he was also afraid of getting into trouble, so while the soldiers in the store were not paying attention, he said in a very low voice: "That person is pretending to be drunk." ”
The shopkeeper knew best who had drunk as much as the people in the shop, and the soldier had only been here for a long time, and he had been drinking well, never to the point of staggering.
Shangguan Fei smiled, pushed a piece of silver to the shopkeeper, and drank the wine in the cup.
There was no horse, the two could only walk, and what comforted Long Chuanyun a little was that Shangguan Fei no longer complained about the leg pain, "That guy recognized me, it's really strange, I rarely show up in Biyu City, how could he know me?" ”
"He may not recognize you, he is probably just suspicious, even if he does, it doesn't matter, I block them, you just have to run. ”
"Really?" Shangguan Fei was moved, "Actually, I can also make two moves." ”
Long Chuanyun didn't answer, and didn't expect anything from Shangguan Fei's two moves.
The two were afraid of deviating from the direction, so they had to take the risk of walking on the main road, but the night was very peaceful, and the soldier seemed to really believe Shangguan Fei's words and took them for Meng's merchants.
It wasn't until the sky was about to be released that Shangguan Fei showed the intention of playing tricks again, complaining that his muscles were sore all over his body and he couldn't walk anymore, when the chasing soldiers caught up.
Shangguan Fei was surprised again, he wasn't so scared, he just involuntarily hid behind Long Chuanyun, looked up at the broad shoulders, and felt more steady.
A total of twenty cavalrymen, the two men were surrounded.
Among the few people directly opposite, there was the soldier who pretended to be drunk last night, and he whispered a word to the leader next to him.
The leader is different, not wearing armor, but dressed in black, with a Jinpeng pattern embroidered on his shoulder, indicating his identity.
"The dragon turns over the clouds. The man in black said.
It turned out that the soldiers recognized not Shangguan Fei, but the captain of the Dragon King's guard.
Long Chuyun pulled out his scimitar, "Exactly." "He doesn't lie to his enemies.
The man in black dismounted, drew his sword, and attacked, as if his feet did not touch the ground.
Long Chuyun greeted him almost at the same time.
Frontal attack in an open and upright manner, this is not the style of Jinpeng Castle, Shangguan Fei was just about to exit to remind, the two soldiers behind him suddenly jumped up, their skills were vigorous and their cooperation was mature, they were by no means ordinary soldiers or swordsmen.
Shangguan Fei suddenly burst out with bravery, he stood behind Long Chuanyun, he should bear the responsibility of protection, but he had no weapons, so he could only meet the enemy with his bare hands.
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