Chapter 2 The Quicksand Gang
A whistling of horses, a commotion.
A group of big men break into the tavern.
They were covered in sand and dust, as if a gust of yellow wind was blowing in.
"Master Niu, how is the business!" a bearded man in the lead shouted at the old man behind the counter.
The old man, who was called "Master Niu", hurriedly stood up, bent down and bowed his hand to the horse leader, and hurriedly shouted inside: "Shepherd! Shepherd......!
The bartender, who always dragged one leg while walking, hurriedly ran out, saw the Ma gang leader and his party, hurriedly clasped his fists and saluted, grabbed the rag on his shoulder, wiped a large table in the middle of the tavern a few times, respectfully invited the horse gang master to sit on the top, and beckoned a few big men to sit down. Muttering indistinctly, he had already lifted a large copper kettle to make tea for everyone.
"Master Niu, what's the matter!" A black-faced man sitting next to the bearded man shouted at Master Niu, and then turned back to the gang leader and said respectfully: "Big brother, good luck today......!
"Haha! Don't talk about three horses - just the boundary of the Two Realms Mountain, three horses? Hmph! Everything is from our quicksand gang, what we want, what we like! Haha......
"Hahahaha......" A group of big men looked up and laughed wildly, almost knocking the roof over.
The shepherd held a jar of wine, probed his head and walked out of the back kitchen, and met the eyes of the black-faced man who inadvertently shot at him, his hands trembled, and he almost fell into the wine jar.
Looking at it again, a room of drinking guests who sat and drank disappeared from the early run.
Including the old man with the whip.
Except for the teenager.
The young man still sat firmly on the wooden bench, not in a hurry or slow, drinking bowl after bowl of wine.
As if deaf to everything that happens in the tavern.
He never even looked back.
He faces the earthen wall, leaving only a back for the public.
Emaciated figure, coarse cloth clothes.
Live like a wolf.
A wolf walking alone in the wilderness......
The gang leader laughed a few times, and suddenly found that this young man seemed to be a little unusual, and was about to speak, when he suddenly heard a voice sound:
"Martha Gang Leader! I picked up a good horse for nothing, and I didn't invite my brother to a drink?"
The voice, though slight, sounded to the ears of the caravan leader, as if it had come from hell, piercing through the flesh and reaching to the bone.
The gang leader was shocked, but he still calmly clenched his fist outside the door, and said loudly: "I don't know if it's a friend on that road?
"Hahahaha!" There were a few loud laughs outside the door, and the laughing horse gang leader was chilled in his bones, he subconsciously clenched the hilt of the knife, and still shouted without moving: "Friend, please show up!
Before the helper could speak, the black-faced man sitting next to him pulled out his knife with a "swish", his body changed, and the whole person had already jumped out of the tavern and was already standing on the dirt road in front of the door.
Outside the door, the north wind hunts, the mountains and rivers are yellow, and the world is vast.
Nothing.
Holding his breath, he held his breath and looked around with a knife, but there was still nothing.
"Haha! the second master, don't look for it......" The chilling voice sounded again, and the black-faced man fled over, and a black shadow jumped in from under the eaves like an arrow, leaving only the cotton curtain shaking.
The black-faced man was shocked and hurriedly chased in, and was immediately stunned.
More than a dozen big men trembled, sitting on the wooden bench with fear, and they didn't dare to come out. On the big table in the middle, the top seat was empty, and the head of the horse gang leader, who was still talking eloquently, was placed in the middle of the table, and his frozen face was full of horror and puzzle.
A man covered in black, with a dark and thin face, cheekbones on his cheeks protruding as high as fists, and a pair of deep-set eyes, like two ghost fires. With a scimitar in hand, he stood leisurely in front of the table.
The black-faced man was stunned, and subconsciously clenched the hilt of the knife, and suddenly felt a cold air coming towards him.
"Who said that luck is coming......" The man in black turned around slowly, and said slowly, that figure and voice were simply soul seducers coming from the underworld.
"Are you ......" As soon as the black-faced man spoke, he was silent, the man in black flicked his wrist, and the knife flashed, and the huge head of the second master suddenly flew up, and spun like a spinning top......
"Quicksand Gang! Quicksand Gang! The first gang in the desert? You are the first way to steal chickens and touch dogs......" The man in black carried a scimitar, and his ghostly gaze swept over everyone, and the group of big men of the quicksand gang squatted on the wooden bench one by one as if walking on thin ice, and that one dared to raise his head!
The young man sitting in the corner of the wall was still as still as still as a mountain, drinking bowl after bowl of wine.
On the wooden table in front of him, a plate of peanuts was untouched, but several wine jars were almost empty.
The man in black's gaze naturally fell on the young man's back.
The boy tilted his head, drank a bowl of wine, and gently placed the bowl on the table.
"Brothers......
The man in black called out politely and walked over with a scimitar.
The boy sat quietly at the table, as safe as a rock.
"Strong!"
Niu Ye, who was sitting behind the counter, suddenly stood up and clenched his fist at the man in black.
"Hmmm......"
The man in black was stunned, stopped, and stared at Niu Ye with gloomy eyes.
"Strongman, forgive the old man's clumsiness, if you guess correctly, Your Excellency is the famous 'ghost hand' Shi Xiaosi on the rivers and lakes?"
"Ha! the shopkeeper's good eyesight!" Shi Xiaosi smiled, looking particularly gloomy.
"Shame and shame! The old man is dazzled, Shi Daxia is coming, the old man has missed the distance, forgive the sins!" Niu Ye said, and hugged his fists at Shi Xiaosi.
"The old shopkeeper should be polite......" Shi Xiaosi said, and the corner of his eye glanced at the young man sitting in the corner of the wall again.
"Shi Daxia, please take a seat! Shepherd, quickly make tea for Shi Daxia!" and serve wine, ...... Niu Ye said, shouting at the back kitchen.
"Come on......" The shepherd, who had been hiding in the back kitchen, replied, and walked out with a copper kettle, a hand like a chicken paw couldn't help but tremble slightly.
"No need......" Shi Xiaosi waved his hand, and suddenly saw a fierce light like an old wolf inadvertently revealed in Niu Ye's cloudy old eyes, and his heart suddenly felt cold and stood in place.
"Shi Daxia! look--look, the old man's small shop, this small profit, can't withstand the big wind and waves, you-you don't remember the villain's mistakes, already-already made a move, don't get along with these brothers! According to the old man, this-this, just let them go......
"Well......" Shi Xiaosi hesitated for a moment, looked at the young man, and then looked at Niu Ye, suddenly turned around, and shouted at the group of big men who had already been frightened and lost their human form: "For the sake of the old shopkeeper's face, I will let you go today! Damn, I ate the bear's heart and leopard gall! I actually stole from my Shi Xiaosi......
Before he finished speaking, a group of people ran out as if they had been amnesty, crawling and embarrassed, as if they had dispersed a group of stray dogs.
"Thank you Shi Daxia for appreciating the light!Please take a seat!" Niu Ye said, pressing Shi Xiaosi on a wooden bench, turning his head and shouting inside: "Shepherd, serve wine!"
The shepherd answered, and walked out with food and drink, and placed them on the table.
It's still a plate of mutton, a plate of peanuts, a plate of dried tofu, and I don't know what it is.
And, of course, alcohol.
"Shi Daxia, poor country, there is nothing to entertain! A glass of thin wine is not a tribute! Shi Daxia, please ......" Niu Ye said, personally picked up the wine jug, poured a glass, and sent it to Shi Xiaosi with both hands.
Shi Xiaosi took it, brought it to his mouth, and turned his head to look at the young man sitting in the corner.
"Heh! it's so lively......" With the voice, two men walked in one after the other. Looking at the corpse on the ground, the red-faced man who walked in front pulled a few mouse beards and said coldly.
"Oh, two, how can you have time to come to the old man's small shop today? What a rare guest! What a rare guest! Please sit down! Please take a seat!" Niu Ye looked at the two men, hurriedly dropped Shi Xiaosi, and hugged his fists to greet him.
"Master Niu, you are short of meat in this store today!" A bearded man walking behind saw Master Niu, waved his hand, pointed to the corpse on the ground and said to Master Niu.
"Sit down first!" Niu Ye stretched out his hand, made a "please" gesture, turned around and shouted inside: "Shepherd, Second Sister-in-law You, clean up the house first!"
Hearing the shout, the shepherd who was preparing wine and food inside hurriedly walked out with the stupid woman, and the second sister-in-law You caught up with her in a few steps, and lifted the feet of the horse gang leader wearing cowhide boots, and the sheep herd dragged her legs and walked a few steps, and also caught up and raised a pair of arms.
Over there, the shepherd and the second sister-in-law You were busy "tidying up" the house, and the cow master walked into the back kitchen by himself, brought a large jar of wine, and brought a few plates of appetizers, put them on the table, and personally poured the wine for the two men.
The shepherd who returned to carry the corpse of the second head of the quicksand gang saw this scene, and asked the second sister-in-law You in a low voice with some puzzlement: "Why is this old shopkeeper so enthusiastic today......?"
The second sister-in-law You, who was walking in front, snorted and panted, without saying a word, for a long time, she popped out of a sentence: "You manage so much......
The weather was a little hot.
After a few bowls of wine, the bearded man was probably a little hot, so he tore off his shirt and put it on the bench casually.
Shi Xiaosi, who was sitting here, took a look, and his two deep-set eyes suddenly emitted a strange light!
The man's bare arm was pierced with a blue horse's head.
He jumped to the table and bowed his head.
The two men drank leisurely and seemed to ignore Shi Xiaosi.
Shi Xiaosi, who was kneeling on the ground, could take care of this! After making a big salute, he hugged his fists at the two men and asked respectfully: "Little brother is bold! Dare to ask the two of you who are the eldest brother of the backing gang?"
"Hmm......" The bearded man took a sip of wine, glanced at Shi Xiaosi with slanted eyes, and agreed vaguely.
"The two eldest brothers are on top! Bow down to the younger brother!" After Shi Xiaosi finished speaking, he bowed again, and said loudly: "In Xiaguan, Shi Xiaosi, known as the 'Stone Ghost Hand' by the people of the rivers and lakes, has long admired the prestige of the mountain gang, and he has come to meet each other!"
"Shi Xiaosi?Shi Ghost Hand?Mo isn't it—isn't it the famous thief Shi Xiaosi in Guanzhong?" the red-faced man pondered, holding a few of his mouse whiskers.
"Exactly! exactly!"
"You-" The beard poured another bowl of wine, stretched out the empty wine bowl, and glanced at Shi Xiaosi with slanted eyes.
"Exactly—the little brother came this time, and there was nothing else but three good horses!
There are three white horses outside the door, tall and magnificent, and handsome.
"Horse?" the red-faced man looked at the situation and thought again.
"Yes! Three good horses! BMWs! Don't hide it from the two eldest brothers, these horses have some origins! They were originally the mounts of the 'white-faced Langjun' Bai Xuanyi and his two retinues, the younger brother knows that Bai Xuanyi, this kid, has stolen the horses of your gang......" Shi Xiaosi was eager to show his merit, and poured out all the thoughts in his heart.
"Then how did Bai Xuanyi's mount get into your hands?"
"The eldest brother is on top! The younger brother does not dare to conceal it! The younger brother has always admired your gang! I have long had the intention of paying a visit, but unfortunately I am shy in my pocket, and I have no gift of meeting! Ten days ago, the younger brother accidentally learned that Bai Xuanyi, the 'white-faced Langjun', wanted to go to the realm of your gang, so he followed him all the way here. This horse thief has average skills, and his crotch mount is a good horse that is hard to buy! How can you miss such a good opportunity? The horse thief's horse is also coming from the wrong way, and the younger brother will have no harm in taking it......
"'White-faced Langjun' Bai Xuanyi! This bastard boy stole 200 horses from Lao Tzu at one time!" said angrily, chewing on the meat.
"What about ......," the red-faced man asked, pointing to the blood on the ground.
"Big brother! I also blame the younger brother for being negligent for a while, the BMW got it, and he greedily ate two mouthfuls of yellow soup, and Ma let the quicksand help the rabble steal ......"
"And then you kill someone?"
"It's really a last resort! Killing people is definitely not the intention of the younger brother, just to get back to the BMW, how can this quicksand gang deceive people too much......" Shi Xiaosi said, looking at the red-faced man, his heart couldn't help but tremble a little.
"A few splashes, kill them!"
"Yes!
"It's just-'white-faced Langjun' Bai Xuanyi, this is the son of the famous 'Shadowless Thief King' Bai Diao, killing him will inevitably offend this old scoundrel, staring at you every day, noisy and entangled every day, how is it good?"
"This is okay! Big brother, please rest assured!" Shi Xiaosi said, turned around and took over a package, and offered it with both hands: "The carved head is here during the day!"
"Haha!" The beard took the package, didn't open it, threw it on the ground casually, and said loudly: "In the future, Lao Tzu's horse circle will be quiet for a while......
Seeing that the fire had arrived, Shi Xiaosi fell to the ground again, and said loudly: "The younger brother has admired your gang for a long time......!
"Good!" the red-faced man stroked his beard and said softly.
Shi Xiaosi was overjoyed, and clasped his fists with both hands: "Thank you two big brothers!
"Bang!" There was a muffled sound, and Shi Xiaosi was kicked hard.
"Little thief, I want to join the backer gang too!" the red-faced man said as he picked up the wine bowl and said to himself.
"What's ......," the beard muttered, grabbing another piece of mutton, disdainfully.
The black, thin figure had already flown out of the door, lying on his back on the dirt road.