12. Cottages

Cheng Sifang and his party chased at full speed in the direction of Pingxian, and everyone saw that Cheng Quartet was so urgent, and faintly felt that there were some problems, but they didn't know what the problem was. Zhuge Xu Fengmo was silent on the side for a long time, and suddenly exclaimed: "Yes!

Yang Ji asked: "Fourth brother, what's wrong? What's wrong?" Zhuge Xu Feng didn't answer, but only said in a loud voice: "Hurry up, hurry up!" Cheng Sifang frowned, thinking: "No matter how fast it is, it will take at least a day to reach Pingxian, but at this speed, if the horses are tired, it will be even slower." Take the waterway instead?"

Thinking of this, Cheng Si was convenient: "Fourth brother, don't be fast, just move forward at a normal speed." Zhuge Xu Feng immediately understood the truth and slowed down the coachman. Cheng Quartet kept thinking about whether to change to the waterway, if it was changed to the waterway now, maybe it was still too late, although it was very troublesome to reload and unload the goods, but it was not enough to think so much. So Cheng Sifang said to the coachman: "Boss Che, send us to the ferry, we have to change to the waterway, you and the fifth brother and the sixth brother will join us from Pingxian by land." ”

Considering that the road was not peaceful, Cheng Quartet specially asked Yang Ji and Tong Buxing to protect the driver. After all, this car is a hard-earned asset. Everyone knew that taking the waterway was the fastest, and there was no objection, Zhuge Xu Feng said: "That's it." ”

"Returning the army is divided into two ways? Don't you just want to get to Pingxian early? Why bother so much?" Shen Futing, who had been sullen on the side, spoke. When Cheng Sifang heard this, he hurriedly asked, "Shen Fatty, do you have a way?" Shen Futing glanced at Cheng Sifang and said, "Don't call me Shen Fatty." After a pause, he said, "There is naturally a way." Cheng Quartet was overjoyed: "Come and listen!"

Shen Futing said: "Go two miles further on, there is a fork, go up the mountain from the fork, go around the mountain, cross four mountains, and then go ten miles, it is Pingxian." It will take at least more than a day to walk by water, and my road is difficult to walk, but it only takes half a day. ”

Yecheng is nearly 600 miles away from Pingxian, which is the distance calculated by the official road, and the road pointed out by Shen Futing is precisely the straight path between Yecheng and Pingxian, which is only 200 miles away, and nearly 400 miles.

Cheng Sifang hurriedly said: "Okay, okay! Let's go this way!"

Zhou Chonghan said: "Boss, the mountain road is not easy to walk, and now today, every mountain is entrenched with bandits and robbers, I'm afraid it ......."

Cheng Sifang's brows furrowed again, if he was in a hurry, he put everyone in danger, it was not the result he wanted.

Shen Futing laughed: "Even I, Shen Futing, dare to take the road, but you are the top ten masters of the Suo Life Hall, ridiculous, ridiculous." ”

Zhu Tianwei shouted: "What's ridiculous? What are our top ten masters afraid of? Let's go!"

Tong Buxing also shouted: "That's it, just go, it's like gambling money, and this bet will be placed!"

The rest of the people jumped up and down.

Seeing everyone like this, Cheng Sifang's confidence also doubled: "Okay! Let's take the mountain road!" and then whispered to Shen Futing: "Shen Fatty, thank you very much." Shen Futing turned his head to the side: "I just don't want to bump the road a little more." ”

Driving two miles, there is indeed a fork in the road, along the fork road, the road is getting narrower and narrower, all around are rocks, the carriage and horses are very difficult, but it has not yet reached the extent that it is impassable.

While the caravan was walking, Shen Futing said: "The pine cones on this mountain are very delicious, the soil is good, the climate is good, and the pine cones in other places are much fatter. "There is a small river under the left hand, and there is a kind of fish with long whiskers, not catfish, and its meat is very delicious, so you can try it if you are interested. "In the past, there were two apricot trees, as far as I can see, at least a hundred years old, taking their fruits into medicine, not only the taste is better than ordinary ginkgo, but the medicinal effect is much higher than that of ordinary ginkgo......

Shen Futing didn't stop his food opinions all the way, and everyone only thought it was a joke at first, and the more they listened, the more they felt that Shen Futing was really extraordinary.

The caravan traveled about five miles along the mountain, and when it reached the top of the first mountain, the wind was bleak, the trees were swaying, and the surroundings were full of murderous intent. Sure enough, something that worried everyone appeared, and they saw a camp set up on the mountain, and before they reached the camp, a sharp arrow shot from the watchtower.

Tong is not afraid of the martial arts name "rain thorn", it is a hidden weapon kung fu, sharp arrows shot, he was the first to notice, his right hand flicked, an iron thorn shot out, impartial, is colliding with the arrow, only to hear the sound of "dang", the iron thorn and the arrow flew to both sides, respectively inserted in the left and right two small trees.

Immediately afterwards, more than 100 men and horses rushed out of the camp, each holding a sword, blocking the way of the caravan.

"Hahaha!" a loud voice came: "We were about to rob something, but a fat cow automatically sent it to the door, wonderful, wonderful!" I saw a person walking up with an open-heaven axe.

Zhuge Xu Feng said softly: "Boss, be careful, this camp is not small, and these more than 100 people are afraid that they are just pioneers." Before he could answer, he saw a black shadow rushing forward, and Shen Futing jumped out first. I saw Shen Futing's left fist and right palm, "snap" twice, fists and kicks with that person, and then flipped to the ground.

The man looked at it fixedly and sneered: "Shen Futing, it turned out to be you." Shen Futing's scholar's voice was also a sneer: "Qiu Ba, I haven't seen you for a while." ”

Zhou Chonghan was stunned: "Shen Fatzi, do you know?"

Shen Futing said: "Not only knowing, this person is simply my enemy!" Xiao Zhi laughed coldly: "It turns out that you let us take this road to avenge you." ”

Cheng Quartet was afraid that the strong enemy had not retreated, so his own people made trouble first, and hurriedly said: "Let's go, let's meet the enemy first." ”

Qiu Ba said: "I said, how dare you break your oath and walk out of Yecheng, it turns out that you have found a helper, what's the matter?

Shen Futing was silent, and Xiao Zhihan said to Shen Futing: "Shen Fatzi, if you don't explain the matter, I won't help you." Wang Wuqi also said: "Xiao Nuxia is right, if you want us to stand up for you, you have to tell the reason first." Shen Futing said angrily: "Who said that you want you to stand up for me?"

Although Zhou Chonghan does not have the wisdom of Zhuge Xu Feng and the mind of the Quartet, he is a must to see people, knowing that Shen Futing is a person with strong self-esteem, he smiled, patted Shen Futing's shoulder, and said: "Shen Fatty, since we call you Shen Fatty, we don't treat you as an outsider, since you are our own person, we will naturally help you with anything." It's just a good way to let us know what's going on, right? Otherwise, if you fight for some reason, whether you win or lose, you don't feel good in your heart, right?"

Zhou Chonghan's words were gentle, and Shen Futing also felt that what he didn't say was a little unbearable, no matter how high his self-esteem was, he couldn't raise his conscience, sighed, and said: "Three years ago, I traveled here, and found a cave here, this cave has a very good texture, it is a good place to store wine, I take my treasured good wine here and want to hide it in the cave, and then take it out and drink it after three years, the taste must be mellow and strong." ”

As he spoke, he looked at Qiu Ba viciously: "Who would have thought that Qiu Ba would camp here and plunder visitors, and my best wine would be broken by him, so I duel with him, and if he loses, he will roll away from this mountain, and if I lose, all living beings will not be allowed to leave Yecheng." ”

Xiao Zhi laughed coldly: "So, you lost." Shen Futing hurriedly said: "Nonsense! There are many others, and when the fight is fierce, I will be defeated! I am only to blame for not telling others not to interfere at that time, otherwise I will be the one who wins!"

"If you lose, you lose, what excuse do you make?" Xiao Zhihan originally wanted to say this, but when he saw Zhou Chonghan shaking his head on the side, he swallowed this sentence.

Zhou Chonghan said: "Okay, since you said the truth, you don't care about big or small things, and my brother's business is my Zhou Chonghan's business." As he spoke, he rolled up his sleeves, jumped down, and said to Qiu Ba: "Come on, come on, I'll compete with you!"

Cheng Sifang smiled and stepped forward: "Big brother is righteous and admirable, I'll talk to him first, if it doesn't make sense, it's not too late to fight." Zhou Chonghan nodded, and Cheng Quartet said to Qiu Ba: "Qiu Ba, right?

As soon as the words fell, Qiu Ba raised the axe and shouted: "Who is doing any bullshit business with you? Leave the goods and eat me with an axe!" Qiu Ba rushed forward, and the rest of the mountain bandits rushed up, and the sound of killing shook the sky. Cheng Sifang shouted: "Ouch mom!" took two steps back, Xiao Zhihan unsheathed his long sword, and said loudly: "Not everyone will do business with you!" The sword blade shook and took the lead in attacking, and the top ten masters except Zhuge Xu Feng and Xiang Beifeng were guarding Cheng Sifang's side, and the rest of them all joined the battle group.

For a while, the blades were staggered, and a few screams came from time to time in the shadow of the sword.

Zhou Chonghan practiced a set of "broken mountains and open rivers palm", the palm is like steel, and the palm wind attacks people. Wang Wuzhi used a set of "tendon-destroying sticks" to fight long and defend for a short time, and the routine was extremely strict; Zhu Tianwei's "Heaven Splitting and Shocking Courage" move was vigorous and fatal. The three of them act as the front road, blocking the future; Yang Ji dodges left and right in the crowd, kicking and overturning one person from time to time, a set of "hurricane legs" is really like a storm coming, and he can't catch it, and he can't stop it, he really plays the role of a scavenger; Tong is not afraid to stand outside the circle, look at the time, and fly out the iron thorns one by one, the momentum is extremely accurate, and the person who is stabbed falls to the ground in response, just like the bow and arrow team in the army; Zhao Xunyang will "Tianqing Knife" Make the ghost cry and howl, those who dare to confront it, all of them are killed, there is Zhao Xunyang Palace, the whole team is really offensive and defensible, impregnable, the power of the ten masters is equal to an army of 100 people. Occasionally, someone rushed to the front of Cheng Sifang and wanted to snatch the goods, but Zhuge Xu Feng and Xiang Beifeng guarded it, and they came to knock down one by one, and they were not lost.

But no matter how powerful the top ten masters are, after all, there are only ten people, and the other party is a hundred, the enemies in the camp heard the movement outside, and they came out of the camp to support, and the top ten masters defeated one, and immediately another person made up for it, which was really endless. Everyone is strong in martial arts, but the other party is numerous, and if it goes on for a long time, the internal strength will definitely be exhausted, and it will be bad at that time. Who among the people does not know the consequences of this? But in the current situation, we can only resist it, and it will be a while to be able to resist it for a while.