Chapter 24: Jiayu Moonlight (II)
A cold moon hangs in the air of Jiayu Pass, and the snow-capped mountains outside the pass reflect the afterglow of the moonlight on the sparse streets of the city. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć infoUnlike the red tile walls of Luoyang, the cracks in the ash and soil of the streets at Jiayu Pass are fully visible in the cold ice solidified by the snow. The coarse cloth signboard outside the door of the only liquor store in the east of the city only shows the word "fly", and the rest of the part is wrapped in the wind on the flagpole.
In the night light, Ashina arrived at the main entrance of the inn with the support of four disciples, and the fires on both sides of the door flashed in the cold wind. The two broken planks of the main entrance are ajar. Zejun, who was dressed in a black velvet robe, stepped forward and pushed open half of the door, and a cold wind blew into the main hall of the entire inn.
"Who, close the door quickly. I don't know it's cold!" a hoarse voice came from inside the lobby. Seeing that a guest was coming, the shopkeeper stepped forward quickly and greeted him with a smile, "Are you staying in the hotel?"
Zejun, who pushed open the door of the "stay", looked at the sturdy boy with a smile on his face, and looked around the lobby in the inn. He deliberately lowered his voice, for fear that there would be an ambush here, and whispered, "Second brother, prepare two good guest rooms for us." ā
"Okay, a few objective follows me" The shopkeeper arched his body to lead the way, and the four of them tightly surrounded Ashina's side and followed behind the shopkeeper.
There were three or five tables of guests sitting scattered in the inn, and a man wearing a cloak near the door looked at Ashina and his group of five people through the black veil, and stopped his eyes on Ashina, who was supported by the two, his lips were bloodshot, and the corners of his mouth were purple in white.
"Are you from the West Sea?"
Ashina ignored the man with the cloak at the door, and walked towards the stairs next to the counter with the support of the four disciples, and whispered to the disciples beside him, "Don't pay attention to it, don't make any extraneous branches." The two black-clothed attendants helped Ashina up the stairs, and the other two followed closely behind.
To the right of the cloaked man, four men sat with their eyes fixed on Ashina, who was going up the stairs, and their right hands clenched the long sword beside him. The plain-clothed young man on the opposite side put down the teacup in his hand, looked up at Ashina, who had just walked up to the second floor, and then looked at the five people in the lobby, and said lightly, "Others invest in the store, what are you doing to get to the bottom of it?"
"Eat your wine, don't worry about Lao Tzu's business" The man in the cloak said angrily, then slapped the table and got up, flying to catch up with Ashina, the two men in black pulled out their long swords at their waists, and the blades of the swords pointed directly at the man in the cloak who rushed up.
"This brother, the five of us are just passing by here to borrow a night, and we hope to make it convenient. Ashina endured the pain and said softly, "In the coming day, there will be heavy thanks." ā
The man in the cloak sneered, "You just have to tell me if you're from the West Sea." Just now, the four men at the wooden table flew up to the second floor, quickly came to Ashina, and blocked the way of the five of them.
"Yes, no, what," Zejun, who was holding Ashina, looked at the four men blocking the way with his eyes constricted, and said sharply.
"You're looking for death!" the four men pulled out their sleeved daggers, their eyes revealing a fierce look.
"Shao Le, you protect Master", Zejun shouted to another black-robed man who was holding Ashina, and the two hurriedly protected Ashina. The other two black-robed men quickly retreated near the three of them, staring closely at the cloaked man and his accomplices.
The shopkeeper on the side hurriedly stepped forward to dissuade him, "Heroes, this store has a small business, don't smash the things in the store." ā
Ashina pushed away the two disciples who were supporting him, and whispered to the shopkeeper on the side, "Little second brother, you retreat." If there is any damage, we will compensate according to the price. ā
"Ben Gongzi, lonely in the middle of the night, just look at which of you should lose, and I will definitely compensate for the loss of the inn according to the price. The plain-clothed young man in the main hall of the inn said loudly. The plain-clothed young man looked at the people on the wooden ladder with a calm demeanor, and said in a flat tone, "Little Er, you sit next to me and carefully count the tables, chairs and benches they have broken." After speaking, he picked up the clay pot-colored teacup in his right hand and poured tea on the table, and his slender jade-like fingers gently flicked the teacup directly below the teacup.
A stream of tea, slowly falling into the teacup, just right, not much in a drop, not a lot in a drop.
"Childe can testify to the little one. The shopkeeper crept down the stairs and came to the young man in plain clothes.
"Are you looking for trouble?" the cloaked man drew his sword and turned around and rushed towards the plain-clothed boy. Unexpectedly, more than a dozen men in white got up from the wooden table behind the plain-clothed young man and suddenly floated in front of the plain-clothed young man.
A man in white looked coldly at the man in the cloak, and the two fingers of his right hand gently clamped the rushing blade. The corners of the man in white's mouth moved slightly, he sneered, his body floated towards the man in the cloak like the wind, the long sword that had just been unsheathed was forced to bend by a force, the cold light of the sword body flashed through the black veil on the cloak, and the eyes of the man in the cloak were terrified. The man in white opened his fingers with ease, and the long sword was forced back into the wooden sheath.
"Let them do it, and you don't interfere. The plain-clothed young man smiled, his eyes looked up the stairs, "If you want to do it, hurry up, my son is still waiting for you to divide the winner." ā
More than a dozen men in white retreated to the sides, and the man in the cloak took a deep breath, his tone was extremely respectful, and he apologized, "Dare to ask the son's surname, our Mobei vulture is also a well-known figure on the road, and today is also a mixed meal, and I hope that this one will appreciate a thin face, don't embarrass our five brothers." ā
"Mobei vulture..."Ashina's hands tightened, and he looked at the four people in front of him carefully, and couldn't help but gasp in his heart. I didn't expect that I would escape from the pursuit of Wang Cheng and the gold-clothed armor soldiers, but I didn't expect that Tuoba Xingqiong had already colluded with Mongolia and actually sent Mobei vultures to intercept him at Jiayuguan.
"Mobei vulture... What is it?" the plain-clothed young man picked up the teacup on the wooden table, took a sip, and waved his left hand lightly to signal more than a dozen men in white to step back. He picked up the teacup, walked to the man in the cloak step by step, looked at the man under the cloak with a cold and arrogant expression, and coughed lightly, "If you want to do it, hurry up, this son is still waiting to see a good show." ā
The four black-clothed men upstairs saw that the plain-clothed young man was disrespectful, and flew down One of the burly, tall and fat rough men's face changed greatly, and he said angrily, "In this land of the West Sea and the north of the desert, no one knows the prestige of the Mobei vulture, you stinky boy who has not dried up dares to speak wildly." Let you know how great Grandpa is. After speaking, the tall and fat man threw out a short sword and stabbed the plain-clothed young man away.
"Lin'er, be careful," a middle-aged man in a silver coat behind the plain-clothed boy shouted urgently. The Mobei vultures have been rampant in the Mobei area of the West Sea for more than ten years, and the methods are extremely cruel, killing people and goods, and the caravans of the West Sea and the Ming Dynasty are all terrified when they hear its name.
"Uncle Liu, rest assured" The plain-clothed young man stood quietly in place, leaning back slightly with his upper body, easily dodging the short sword that the tall and fat man rushed into.
"Hmph" The tall fat man's hand puffed up, and he sucked the flying short sword back from behind the plain-clothed young man. The plain-clothed boy flew and stepped on the short sword that rushed back, and a cold light flashed, and the plain-clothed young man and the short sword rushed towards the tall and fat man together.
"I can actually avoid the dragon sword shadow of the eldest brother" The long-haired man on the side of the tall fat man joined the battle formation, and raised his strength to form a true qi barrier in front of the tall fat man. The plain-clothed young man smiled casually, stretched out his right index finger to easily break through the barrier, and poured the tea in his hand on the head of the tall and fat man. It's just flowing down from the forehead.
"Ah!!h
"You... You..."The tall fat man's eyes were full of fierce light, his face turned blue, and he shouted angrily, "Let's go up together!" The Mobei vultures rushed towards the plain-clothed boy together.