Chapter 24: Kill the Messenger
Early the next morning, Bai Cheng woke up Cui Boyuan and took the Gao brothers downstairs for dinner.
These people took a bath and changed their clothes, and they went out today very differently.
Cui Boyuan was dressed in a white robe, with beautiful jade hanging on his waist, and holding a folding fan, like a son of a family.
Bai Cheng was dressed in a cyan suit, with multi-eared hemp shoes on his feet and a cooked copper stick in his hand, which was the dress of a ranger in the rivers and lakes.
The Gao brothers were wearing blue robes, green belts around their waists, thin-soled fast boots, and a few baggage devices in their hands.
A few people came downstairs, took the black horse, and went north.
The shopkeeper sent the group out, regretting it in his heart, I don't know what game the son is playing in the white dragon fish suit, but unfortunately he didn't see it yesterday, otherwise as long as he serves carefully, there will be a reward.
The group left the inn and walked north, the Gao brothers led the way, Cui Boyuan sat on a horse, and Bai Cheng followed Cui Boyuan with a copper stick.
Cui Boyuan asked Bai Cheng in a low voice on the horse: "Eleven Lang, this horse is really walking too slowly, you and I might as well walk, go faster." ”
Bai Cheng said with a smile: "Second Brother Cui will take office today, if he goes on foot, he will not lose his dignity." ”
Cui Boyuan smiled bitterly on the horse and said: "Eleven Lang, although you have a perfect plan, but the second brother and I thought about it before and after, you and I are alone, how can we recapture Gaojiazhai? I think this is just Eleven Lang's words of comfort, today let's go through the motions, even if they are driven back, there is an explanation in front of the master." ”
After hearing this, Bai Cheng raised his head and looked at Cui Boyuan slightly, and said in his heart that although this person was rude by nature, he was not a person who was faint in his mind, so he thought about it in his heart, but said in his mouth: "The second brother Ji is a natural person, maybe the top and bottom of Gaojiazhai will change their minds overnight, and they want to serve the second brother as the master of the altar and return to the door." ”
Cui Boyuan knew that Bai Cheng was free and easy and joking, but at this time, he was in a complicated mood and had no intention of laughing, so he had to smile bitterly in response.
Bai Cheng and the others left the inn and walked for most of the hour before coming to Gaojiazhai.
Cui Boyuan looked far away on the horse, saw the Gaojia Zhai Gate towering, the stone walls on both sides of the Zhai Gate are more than one zhang high, all of them are made of bluestone with a grinding plate, a circle of trenches outside the wall, wide and deep, even the horses are difficult to jump over, there are a few Taishi chairs outside the Zhai Gate, there are several pampered old men sitting on it, and there are dozens of big men standing behind them, wearing soft armor, hanging steel knives from their waists, and they are waiting outside the Zhai Gate.
Cui Boyuan was secretly surprised when he saw this scene, if he didn't deal with it well today, dozens of big men would rush up, I was afraid that he would be chopped into meat puree, thinking of this, he retreated in his heart, but he had come to Gaojiazhai in front of him, like an arrow on the string, and had to send it, even if he turned around and left, it was inevitable that he would be caught up, so he tried his best to move forward.
A moment later, he had come to the front of the walled gate, Cui Boyuan was still thinking nonsense, and several old men in front of him, Huo Ran, stood up and said respectfully: "Is the new altar master of the Xuangui Turtle? ”
Bai Cheng stepped out and arched his hand and said: "Yes, my son-in-law is the new altar master, and he is not only a deputy altar master, but I don't know what you call him?"
Several old men glanced at each other, one of the old men walked out of the crowd, and said loudly: "The old decay Sun Dianshan, temporarily the position of the head of Gaojiazhai, the ancestor of Xuanguitang, but after the death of the prince, and the door was cut off, I got the news yesterday, I heard that the hall sent the new altar master over, my heart was infinitely happy, I waited here early in the morning, the banquet has already been prepared, and the altar owner was invited to rest in the village. ”
Cui Boyuan sat on the horse, but thought that he was still in a dream, listening to the report of the Gao family brothers, the Gao family village had switched to Tianlongmen, he was here today, and he was ready to eat the closed door, but they were so respectful, and looked down at the Gao family brothers, only to see that the Gao family brothers were also surprised, even more than themselves.
Cui Boyuan felt that things were weird, and said in his heart that as long as you admit that I am the owner of the altar, even if I go back, I will have an explanation, and there will be no need to eat.
Thinking of this, Cui Boyuan was about to excuse himself, when he suddenly heard Bai Cheng's voice ringing in his ears, "Since it is your intention, then we will be disrespectful." ”
After speaking, Bai Cheng looked up at Cui Boyuan and said, "What does Childe think?"
Cui Boyuan said in his heart, you have agreed, why do you have to ask me again, I had to suppress the doubts in my heart, and nodded slightly and said yes.
When Director Sun saw Cui Boyuan agree, he immediately smiled, and worked tirelessly to personally lead the way in front and lead everyone into the village.
A group of people came to the village, went straight to the main hall, between the roads, Gao Boss pointed to a tall courtyard on the side of the road, and whispered to Baicheng: "This was originally a mountain temple, after Gao Taigong became the altar master, it was changed to a fragrant hall for preaching, and now it is occupied by the preaching messenger from Tianlongmen." ”
When Bai Cheng heard this, he stopped and asked Sun Dianshan, "I heard that there is a Tianlongmen evangelist living in the courtyard, I don't know if that's the case?"
Sun Dianshan groaned slightly, and said: "It's true, a few days ago, Tianlongmen sent someone here to ask us to change the courtyard and be a disciple of Tianlongmen, but our Gaojiazhai has already worshiped under the Xuangui Hall, how can we go back on our word, so we have made a false deal with him, leaving him here, waiting for the new altar master to arrive, and then go down." ”
Bai Cheng said with a smile: "Wealth can't be lewd, mighty can't be bent, you are worthy of being my Xuangui Hall, but today our altar master has arrived, so I will expel them, and the province is here to be an eyesore." ”
After speaking, Bai Cheng didn't wait for him to answer, with a wave of his right hand, the Gao family brothers behind him flew forward, kicked open the door, and shouted: "The miscellaneous hair of Tianlongmen has not come out to die!"
Cui Boyuan sat on the horse, frowned slightly, and said in his heart that this sentence could even be scolded by our Xuanguitang.
Seeing the gate open, Bai Cheng entered the courtyard alone, closed the gate with his backhand, but let the Gao brothers stay outside the courtyard and listen to Cui Boyuan's orders.
In this compound, there is indeed a Tianlongmen evangel, this person's surname is Niu Mingda, is the only son of Niu Botong, the owner of Niu Tou Zhai, who is rough and thin, the favor of Niu Botong, is nine feet tall, blue eyes and yellow hair, but because his biological mother is a northern Hu girl, some Hu people's blood, always has a vicious expression on weekdays, if not wearing a blue robe, it looks like a good man who fell into the grass.
Early this morning, Niu Da was suspicious in the house, since he opened the incense hall in Gaojiazhai, people came here early every day to visit, and today I don't say that the people who visit us are not even the ones who deliver the meals.
Niu Da seems to be rude, but in fact he is thoughtful, seeing that today's wind is not right, he knows that things have changed, and he has already gathered the guards to be on guard here, and suddenly heard someone scolding at the door, but the voice was the Xuanguitang door who drove away the day before yesterday, and his heart suddenly understood, and he lifted the iron snowflake knife and rushed out of the house with a few guards.
Niu Da stepped out of the door and saw a young man standing in the courtyard, seven feet tall, with a thin figure, sword eyebrows and starry eyes, long hair scattered and draped, wearing a green cloth suit, stepping on multi-eared hemp shoes, and a cooked copper rod obliquely resisting on his shoulder, straight into the sky.
Although Niu Da saw that Baicheng was alone, he did not dare to slack off, he was nearly thirty years old, and he had been walking the rivers and lakes for a long time, and he knew that he would dare to come to the door to provoke alone, either ignorant and reckless, or he had extremely high martial arts.
Thinking of this, Niu Da already had an idea in his heart, waved his hand, and rushed out of several guards behind him, holding iron guns, stepping on the five elements, standing in five directions, forming a plum blossom gun formation, and surrounding Baicheng in it.
Niutou Village is not far from Hongni Pass, many generals in the pass have an industry in Niutou Village, after retiring from the army, they settled in Niutou Village, some of them are skilled in martial arts, and Niu Botong, the owner of the village, is favored by the owner of the village, and is hired as a guard with a lot of money.
This time, Niu Da came to preach, Niu Botong felt sorry for his son, and just in case, he selected several masters from the guards and sent them to protect Niu Da.
Connoisseurs shoot, you know the high and low, these people spears as soon as they shoot, they are like thunder and lightning, fast as the wind, Xu is like a forest, sweeping like fire, fixed like a mountain, marksmanship is coordinated, the hierarchy is clear, between advance and retreat, there is a law.
When Bai Cheng saw these guards shoot with spears, he knew that it was not an ordinary style, and he used the marksmanship in the army.
After Bai Cheng came to this world, although he had heard that the tactics in the army were very different from the kung fu in the martial arts, he had not yet tried it, and when he saw the gun array today, he couldn't help but see the joy of hunting, so he was not in a hurry to break the formation, only defended and did not attack, and watched the changes in the gun array.
The two sides have been fighting for more than 20 years, and Bai Cheng has seen the changes in the gun array, only to feel that although this gun array is simple, it is very tight, and between advance and retreat, no half of the flaws are missed, and the person who can create this gun array is already a great master in martial arts.
It's just that although the gun array is strong, the people who set up the formation are just ordinary sergeants, although they can be regarded as strong soldiers in the army, but after all, they have not practiced superior martial arts, and their martial arts cultivation is vulnerable in Bai Cheng's eyes.
Now that he saw the changes, Bai Cheng did not delay any longer, and suddenly, with a sweep of the stick, shook the heads of several people's guns, and then his body became short, jumped forward, flashed into the circle of guns, and then his long body rose violently, and he had rushed to the front of several guards.
Although the spear is strong, but afraid of getting close, several guards were shocked, and it was too late to retreat, and then looked at Bai Cheng, the stick was handed over to the left hand, the right hand shook, and a Ugin dagger had slipped into his hand, this dagger was obtained by Bai Cheng who killed the yellow-faced Taoist priest that day, not only was it nitpicked, and the iron was sharpened like mud, but also faintly with a cold air, Bai Cheng liked it very much since he got it, and often carried it on his body.
With the blade in his hand, Bai Cheng gently folded his waist back, with his waist and hips as his heart and his spine as his diameter, he shook his hand and drew a circle, and a black light crossed it, only hearing a few "snorts", blood splashed everywhere, and a circle of guards around him had been cut off.
Niu Da watched his guards and Bai Cheng move on the side, seeing that there were mutual advances and retreats between the two sides, he had already put a heart into his stomach, and the iron snowflake knife in his hand was secretly unsheathed, just waiting for Bai Cheng to leak a little flaw, he would take the opportunity to sneak attack.
Unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, the situation changed greatly, a black light crossed, and several guards were already staggering, bleeding all over the ground.
Seeing this scene, Niu Da didn't know how Bai Cheng deliberately concealed his skills, and was suddenly shocked and angry, in a hurry, he didn't have time to think about it, he roared, and slashed head-on with a move of "splitting Huashan", this knife was powerful and heavy, but it was as fast as lightning, obviously there was a famous master's guidance, and it had to be taught by a master.
Bai Cheng hadn't really made a move with anyone since he broke through the Mind Movement Realm a few days ago, and he fought with the blue-faced man the day before yesterday, but he was just playing with him, and he killed a few guards just now, and he didn't use his real skills.
Niu Da slashed with a knife, and Bai Cheng only heard the sound of the golden blade breaking through the sky, and knew that this person's martial arts were not weak, although he was not easy to achieve, but it was not far behind.
Bai Cheng has the heart to try martial arts to enter the realm today, a knife to chop, do not dodge or dodge, turn the right wrist to put away the dagger, and then pick up the cooked copper stick, both hands to raise the stick, a horizontal stick, a move "raise fire to burn the sky", the Niu Da knife road blocked.
The knives and sticks intersected, only listening to the sound of "hum", Niu Da felt that his hands were in severe pain, his bones were soft, and the treasure knife in his hand almost flew away, so he knew that Bai Cheng's strength was far beyond his own, and he didn't dare to touch it at the moment, and retreated again and again.
Seeing Niu Da retreating, Baicheng was unforgiving, a move to "sweep thousands of troops", the copper stick swept to Niu Da's waist and eyes, Niu Da wanted to dodge it was too late, so he had to hold the knife with both hands, and a move boy worshiped the Buddha, to block this stick.
It's just that Bai Cheng blocked his knife just now, but he used seven successful forces, and this time he used ten successful husbands.
The knives and sticks intersected, Niu Da only felt a strong attack, like a mountain torrent erupting, like a heavenly river hanging upside down, he couldn't resist it anymore, his arms were numb, and the iron knife in his hand flew away.
There were only two moves, and the iron knife had been knocked down, and Niu Da was terrified, and he didn't dare to fight again, so he turned around and fled.
Seeing that he was leaving, Bai Cheng raised his light skills, jumped up, ran the "eight steps to catch the cicada" method, took three steps in the air, rushed behind Niu Da, and made a move "Qinglong out of the sea", the copper stick in his hand was fast, and Niu Da was in the neck.
Niu Da only heard a "click", a mouthful of blood spurted out, fell to the ground, and tried to open his mouth to speak, but he couldn't speak.
Bai Cheng knocked him down, turned around and picked up the iron knife, threw the flying knife, and the cold light flashed, passing through Niu Da's chest.
However, with three moves and two styles, Niu Da was killed on the spot.