Chapter 50: The Storm
It was a group of women and children, most of them with tattered clothes and blood splatters, fierce and vigilant eyes, as if they had just come down from the battlefield, and it was hard to imagine what they had all been through. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
The reason why they are called a dart team is because they did carry several large iron boxes, dragged by three carriages, and a flag was planted on the body, on which a large "Yang" character was written in blood.
Led by two teenagers of about fourteen or fifteen years old, they are not tall and thin, but the whole momentum is very strong, and the unscrupulous murderous aura on the whole body is as rich as a front, which makes some adults shudder.
They were holding a strange weapon in their hands, black and swarthy, like a burning stick, and like a chair leg.
Yang Xiao was alarmed by the sound of gunshots, that kind of clattering sound, he immediately recognized that it was gunshots, and rushed to the scene in a hurry, and found that it was indeed the group of women and children he rescued in Crow Ridge three days ago, but he didn't expect them to really come to Qinling County!
The situation at the scene was already very tense, there were two corpses lying on the ground, and the two dolls who were looking for their apprentices were standing in front of the "dart cart" with AK47 in hand, and their eyes swept fiercely towards the crowd that was gathering around them.
Among them were friends of the deceased, idlers watching the excitement, and patrols from the county seat.
With their knives unsheathed and shields in hand, they were pressing on the space of this strange dart team.
Seeing that a shopping struggle was about to begin, Yang Xiao had to stop drinking: "Stop!"
With the blessing of internal breath, the sound was like thunder, and everyone at the scene couldn't help but stop their movements and look at the comers.
"It's Commander Yang of the Lin Mansion!" "Why is he here!" "What does he have to do with this group of women and children?" "What is Commander Yang and Commander Li, kill people to pay for their lives!" These two bastards must die today!" ......
Yang Xiao's face was like frost, everyone was forced by his momentum, and they all gave way one after another, he glanced at it, and suddenly found a familiar face, and walked straight over.
"Captain Xiao, I don't know what happened?"
"Oh, it's Brother Yang, a group of outsiders went into the city to kill people, and a trivial matter was dealt with immediately. Xiao Jinchuan of the patrol team was originally blocked, his face was gloomy, and he expected to estimate which stunned young man who had just entered the rivers and lakes, and today he said that he couldn't let these people in the rivers and lakes see it, but he didn't expect to look back and see that it was the new Yang commander of the Lin Mansion, who had been in Juxianglou before, so his face was a little pale, and he explained patiently.
"In this way, this group of women and children is my escort team, and they are also my goods, I don't know what Captain Xiao is going to do?" Yang Xiao looked at Xiao Jinchuan with a smile.
"This ...... Let me find out more about the situation. Xiao Jinchuan's old face suddenly wrinkled into orange peel, in fact, today's scene was directed by him at all, and the ruffian lying on the ground was hired by his subordinates, the purpose was very simple, to find trouble with this dart team, and then take the opportunity to confiscate this batch of dart goods.
He has done this kind of technique many times, and he has taken a good deal against outsiders, but there was a little accident today, Yang Xiao is now in the Lin Mansion, and even Lin Zhongyuan has a good eye for him, whether he can be offended or not, for a batch of iron ore, it is not worth it.
Xiao Jinchuan found a few parties involved, and after muttering, he came to Yang Xiao again, and said with a smile: "Commander Yang, it seems that it was a misunderstanding! Things are clear, the deceased is a ruffian in the county seat, usually idle, purely asking for trouble, there was a conflict, the two young heroes killed them out of self-defense, without any fault." ”
With that, he turned to a group of subordinates and said, "Carry people, wash the floor, and withdraw!"
Yang Xiao smiled slightly, it seems that his identity is quite good, since people mean it, he has to say no, while thanking him, while shaking hands, he stuffed a gold bar.
The conflict subsided in an instant, and the women and children of the dart team also recognized Yang Xiao and gathered around one after another, even calling their benefactors.
Yang Xiao waved his hand, signaling that there was no need to say more, and then led everyone to his newly purchased house.
The happiest of them were probably the two and a half boys, whimpering and running around in the spacious house.
In front of Yang Xiao, they finally took off their strong clothes of coldness and bravery, after all, they are still children, although they didn't say anything about the previous three days of dart experience, but Yang Xiao can see that they must have suffered a lot of hardships and crises.
Speaking of which, he didn't know their names yet, he called the two boys over, and after some inquiry, he learned that the burly and tall one was called Maoercao, who was 14 years old this year. And the one who is thin and smart, it is said that he was born in the water, so he is called an aquatic life, and he is 13 years old this year.
instructed everyone to carry the boxes to the warehouse, and then asked people to close the door of the house, and the group all gathered in the front hall to wait for Yang Xiao to speak.
Yang Xiao stood on the steps, his eyes looking down at this group of poor people who had gone through hardships, most of them were women in their twenties and thirties and children under the age of ten, this is the most real and lowest people in this world, all they want to survive is to be whipped all over their bodies by the cruel reality.
If they hadn't met themselves, they would have been tormented in the bandits' den, the women would be humiliated to death, and the children would have been asked to kill each other, and then slowly raised into new bandits.
Yang Xiao counted a total of 15 women and 11 children, a full 13 fewer than when they separated in the bandits' den three days ago.
According to Mao Ercao, one of the two leading teenagers, when he first came out of Crow Ridge, he encountered a group of rogues, about a dozen people, and when he saw the woman in the team, his eyes suddenly flashed green, and he rushed over with a shout.
Mao'er Cao was the first to shoot, killing two rogues, and then both the water and the women fired, and the rogues were frightened by the sudden blow, leaving five corpses at the scene and fleeing in embarrassment.
However, two of the team were also shot by the arrows of the rogue, one died on the spot, and the other did not last long and died that night.
The next day, without encountering bandits, but there was an internal mutiny, and a sturdy woman moved the two women with guns, asked for a share of the jewels, and went their separate ways.
Maoercao and Shui Sheng disagreed, and the two sides argued, and finally a conflict broke out, and the healthy woman and three other women died in the shootout, and Maoercao also died on the side of a woman and a child.
Maoercao and Shui Sheng finally unified the sound of the team, but that night they were attacked by wolves, and they built a lot of torches, because they wanted to save bullets, and finally they all went into battle with knives and engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the wolves.
When the wolves retreated, there were five fewer people in the group, including four children.
On the last day, they met a caravan transporting iron ore, and thought they had been savior, but after seeing through the reality of the dart team, the other party showed a hideous face and arrested all the unsuspecting women and children.
However, it was the child they left out who finally stole the confiscated weapon, and then rescued everyone, turning the tables in one fell swoop.
When one of the most powerful second-layer realm martial artists in the transport team was easily killed, everyone in the transport team dispersed in a hurry, only hating his parents for not giving him three legs. However, in the clashes, the women and children also killed and injured two people again.
However, after the convoy's baggage was seized, the dart team finally no longer had to rely on the manpower to pull the cart, and replaced it with the troop wagon, and on a whim, the aquatic life took out the jewels and put them on the bottom of each ore chest, so that they could be seen as iron ore from above, and would not be coveted by others.
It is precisely because of this that Xiao Jinchuan of the patrol team will sell Yang Xiao's face so easily, after all, it is just a batch of iron ore that is not very valuable, if it is replaced by jewelry worth ten thousand taels, he is afraid that he will have detained it in front of the city gate. And the women and children are afraid that they will not even be able to enter the city gate, so they will be blown away or sent to death prison.
After hearing these experiences, Yang Xiao couldn't help but sigh, but since they came to Qinling County, he also had to keep his promise and take them in.
Yang Xiao's new house just needs someone to take care of it, he selected an old mother who had stayed in a big family before to become the steward of the mansion, this old mother really has two sets, and quickly divided the remaining 14 women, some can cook on the fire, and are divided into the back kitchen, some are diligent in repairing tailors, and are divided into internal staff, some are slender, and young and beautiful women become maids.
There is also a gentle and delicate woman, named Fang Xiuqin, who used to be said to be a young lady from a large family, who knows a little bit about piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, astronomy and geography, Yang Xiao simply let her set up a bookstore to teach children to read and learn words.
There were many houses in the house, one room for two women and one room for four children, so there was room left.
Yang Xiao took out 1,000 taels and handed it over to the steward, and began to purchase all kinds of furniture and daily necessities, and in this way, the Yang family's mansion was in full swing.
As for the two brothers, Maoercao and Shuisheng, they have completely withstood Yang Xiao's test and are officially accepted as apprentices.
However, he doesn't like the name of the new apprentice very much, Mao'er Cao has only had this nickname since he was a child, and the aquatic name is also very childish, because he doesn't know who his father is, and he doesn't have a surname.
So, Yang Xiao decided to give them a resounding name and start a new life.
Facing the sunset, Yang Xiao smiled in his eyes and solemnly announced: "Mao'er Cao, you are a water attribute physique, and now I will teach you the "Cloud Removal Palm Method", from now on, you will have a new name - Step Shocking Clouds! “
"Shuisheng, I have explored your root bones, which belong to the origin of the wind system, this "Wind God Legs" is suitable for you, and you have no surname, it is better to follow the surname of the author of this exercise, Nie Madge, and take a wind character for a single name, and you will be called Nie Feng from now on!"
"Yes, Master!" the two Fengyun brothers knelt on one knee, clenched their right hand into a fist against their left chest, and replied in unison.