Chapter 66: The Road Encounter
Although it was close to Baozhen, but when they arrived in Baozhen, it was already dark, the carriage stopped in front of a carriage and horse dealership, and the guards jumped out of the car first, when the two Zhang Xiaohua brothers didn't understand what was going on, the other people in the car also got off, and the young scholar saw that the two stayed in the car and couldn't get down, and said with a smile: "If you don't get out of the car and stay in the store, will you want to spend the night in the car?"
Zhang Xiaohua was stunned and asked, "Aren't you going all the way to Pingyang City?"
The scholar smiled: "Even if we don't want to rest, the horses that pull us also have to rest, otherwise they haven't run to Pingyang City, the horses will be tired to death, and it's very dangerous to rush at night, unless there is an emergency, no one will rush to the night road, this 'galloping' carriage and horse shop has branches in various towns, the route taken, and the time used are fixed, today is to rest here, come down quickly." ”
Zhang Xiaohua brothers and the two brothers understood, and secretly blamed Mr. Liu and Liu Kai in their hearts, how they didn't explain it, let people see jokes in vain, and when the two got out of the car and walked to the store, the others had already found a good place and asked Xiao Er to prepare a meal, Zhang Xiaohua and the two brothers were about to find a place to sit, but they saw the scholar waving to them in a corner, the two glanced at each other, and walked over, and when the two sat down, the scholar helped pour two glasses of water for them, and said: "Thank you little brother for giving me a seat in the afternoon, and I will be the east in the evening, how about inviting the two of you to dinner?" ”
Zhang Xiaohua waved her hand and said, "No, just give up a seat, don't be polite, everyone eats their own." ”
Seeing that the two disagreed, the scholar didn't insist anymore, so he called Xiao Er to order his own meal.
Zhang Xiaohua and others had not entered the restaurant, but Mr. Liu had already instructed him in advance, and he probably knew it, so he simply ordered a little staple food and looked at the price, although it was not very expensive, he was also a little distressed about his silver.
While waiting for dinner, the scholar and Zhang Xiaohua brothers chatted briefly for a while, knowing that the scholar's name was Li Jinfeng, a student of a certain academy in Pingyang City, and he was going to study, Zhang Xiaohua asked about the Ethereal faction, Li Jinfeng had heard of it, and also knew that the Ethereal faction was very shili in Pingyang City, but where it was, it was not too clear, looking at Zhang Xiaohua's disappointed appearance, Li Jinfeng patted his chest and assured that when he arrived in Pingyang City, he would help them find out the news of the Ethereal faction, Zhang Xiaohua was happy.
After eating, there are ready-made guest rooms and shops behind the carriage and horse shop, the price is different, Zhang Xiaohua and Zhang Xiaohu are naturally the cheapest shops, and several other people have not seen it, it is estimated that they are looking for a clean guest room.
The bedding and other things in the shop are not very clean, and the smell is also very bad, there are already a lot of people snoring inside, but these are not things that Zhang Xiaohua can find fault with, he is indeed tired, and fell asleep on the bed, leaving only Zhang Xiaohu to carefully pack up the package before lying down to sleep.
Pingyang City, in the council hall of the ethereal faction.
A large candle like a child's arm illuminated the hall like daylight.
Ou Peng sat majestically on the chair in the middle, and the next two rows of seats not only sat on the ethereal six tigers, but the other chairs were also full of people, and there were many people standing behind the chairs with their hands tied, and there were countless people standing straight outside the hall, which seemed to have a big formation.
Everyone in the council hall was whispering to each other, and the buzz continued.
Ou Peng frowned, coughed, and the hall immediately fell silent, and everyone looked at Ou Peng.
Ou Peng looked around at everyone, looked at Xiangshang Guan Laosi, and asked, "Senior Brother Shangguan, are all matters related to the attack on the Luo Shu Gang ready to stop?"
Shangguan Lao Si got up and said: "Gang leader, after nearly two months of careful deployment, the elite of our gang has been held in the key place of the Luo Shu Gang, just wait for the gang leader to give the order to launch an attack, presumably there is no intention, our gang will definitely succeed." ”
Ou Peng asked Zhang Chengyue again: "How is the situation of recruiting disciples?"
Zhang Chengyue hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Gang master, in the past two months, about 400 children with martial arts talents have been recruited, and they have been handed over to special brothers for training. ”
Ou Peng nodded with satisfaction and said: "You still have to pay attention to the safety in the gang, don't do the trick of praying mantis catching cicadas and yellow finches, and there is a shortage of people on the side of the Lotus Dart Bureau, so you have to quickly replenish it." ”
Zhang Chengyue said: "The disciple knows that the recruitment of people has begun at the beginning of this month. ”
Ou Peng said: "Yes, well done, Cheng Yue, during the period when we leave, you can temporarily take over the affairs of the gang, we will leave you Uncle Hu and ask him more if you have something." ”
Zhang Chengyue bowed his head and said yes.
Ou Peng turned his head to Boss Hu and said, "Big brother, how about you stay and give us a seat in the rear?"
Hu Lao Daxiao said, "Okay, it's time for my old bones to rest." ”
Then, Ou Peng stood up and said to everyone: "Okay, since everything is arranged, let's give the order, and now start attacking the Luo Shu Gang." After taking Luoshui, my ethereal faction will be able to become a first-class gang. ”
After speaking, with a wave of his big hand, everyone in the council hall began to get busy, and the same order was passed to different places, that is, a sentence: "Start attacking!"
Then, Ou Peng smiled and said to the senior brothers and the second-generation disciples: "Let's go, let's also go and see the hole cards of the Luoshui Gang to see what they have to resist the ethereal." ”
After speaking, he took the lead and walked out of the council hall.
On the square outside the council hall, the horses had already been prepared, and everyone got on the horse with Ou Peng, and under the leadership of Ou Peng, a group of people actually set off at night.
In the "galloping" carriage and horse line of Baozhen, the people who have been running around for a day are all asleep, and the snoring is one after another, which is very spectacular.
Suddenly, in the silent night sky, there was a sound of scolding, the sound of weapons colliding, and the faint sound of fists and feet, and the people who were disturbed by their good dreams were very annoyed, and before they opened the window, there were people with hot tempers who scolded: "That little rabbit cub is not restless, and he dares to disturb the sleep of the masters, don't you want to live?"
This scolding was very loud in the night sky, spread far away, Zhang Xiaohu was also awakened, before he sat up, he heard a "whoosh", and then there was another "bang", a thing was nailed to the pillar in the room, everyone took a closer look through the bright moonlight, it turned out to be an arrow shot in from the window, everyone was excited, and all of them were sleepy.
At this time, a shout also came from outside: "The brothers of the Evil Tiger Gang are doing business here, don't mix with irrelevant things, sleep those who should sleep, and shut up those who don't sleep." ”
In an instant, many people quickly covered their mouths, with a frightened look in their eyes.
The sound of fighting outside is still the same, zuihou, everyone can't help but be curious, some people secretly lie on the windowsill, revealing half of their heads, and some people look at the scene outside from a distance through the hole in the wall.
On the street outside, there are two groups of people fighting, some people have weapons, some people are bare-handed, the fight is very fierce, from time to time there are screams, although there is moonlight, but it is not very clear, after a while, it may be that one side is not supported, someone whistled, a group of people scattered and fled the street, and a few people ran from the house of the carriage and horse dealership, frightened everyone shrunk their necks, hid in the dark, and waited for people to go away, then poked their heads out again, at this time the street was silent, however, the middle of the street left a lot of black shadows, it seems that it should not have time to clean up the corpse, however, no one dares to verify, there are timid people whispered"It's okay, close the window quickly, let's go to sleep." ”
There are also bold people who say: "Let's see if someone will come to clean up the body." ”
Zhang Xiaohu also saw these through the holes in the wall, he silently walked back to the bunk, looked at Zhang Xiaohua, who was still asleep and had not been woken up, and secretly thought in his heart: "It's really ignorant and fearless, is this the rivers and lakes? After learning martial arts, I entered such cruel rivers and lakes? Is this what I want?"
Zhang Xiaohu thought about his heart like this, and slowly fell asleep, and the other people on the bunk said something to each other, and they were very excited, but they didn't know when they calmed down.
In the early morning of the next day, the sky was gloomy, but Zhang Xiaohua still woke up on time, looking at Zhang Xiaohu's somewhat red eyes, as well as the somewhat depressed expressions of other people in the room, under careful questioning, only to know what happened last night, and when Zhang Xiaohua and others went out to watch on the street, the street had been cleaned and clean, leaving no traces, and only the arrow on the pillar in the shop house could show that something unusual had happened last night.
The people who stayed in the carriage and horse shop came from all over the world, and they still went to all directions after breakfast.
When Zhang Xiaohu and Zhang Xiaohua got into the car, they found that the two elderly people who were in the car yesterday did not take the car, but were replaced by a middle-aged man in Confucian costumes.
The carriage was still running smoothly under the control of the stables, Zhang Xiaohua chatted about nothing or looked at the scenery outside, and the man in Confucian costume talked very happily with the young scholars, but Zhang Xiaohua didn't understand much about what they said.
And Zhang Xiaohu, who was very excited yesterday, was uncharacteristically silent today, Zhang Xiaohua thought that the second brother didn't sleep well last night, but in fact, he didn't know, Zhang Xiaohu was thinking about everything he saw last night, thinking about the future of himself and Zhang Xiaohua.
The spacious carriage was galloping on the road to Pingyang City, and the people on the car also changed several times, only the two Zhang Xiaohua brothers, the young scholar Li Jinfeng, and the guard did not change, at noon that day, I went to a town to rest, according to the guard, this town is a place to rest, and in the afternoon, the carriage will run through Zuihou and arrive at Pingyang City.
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