Chapter 25: The Flying Bat
The eastern territory of the Great Chu Dynasty. In Qingzhou County, Guniuling.
Guniuling is composed of continuous low hills, these loess hills are not high in height, the slope is gentle, and the layers of terraced fields below the halfway of the mountain were originally like a chessboard, but in recent years, most of them have been abandoned to overgrown with wild grasses, and there is no longer the rich atmosphere of the past; the forests above the halfway up the mountain are luxuriant, but it is still a lush green.
"Weiyuanโa thousand miles!"
It was early afternoon, and there were few pedestrians on the winding mountain road covered by dense forests, and Xiong Weiyuan was hurrying with a dart convoy.
The slope of the mountain road is gentle, and the goods are not heavy, although the steps are uphill, but the crotch of the people and the horses pulling the cart are very easy;
If Luo Gongzi's plan succeeds, a vicious battle will be imminent, and it will be a bloody battle of life and death that no one knows the bottom of. The seemingly beautiful and quiet boulevard in front of you is likely to turn into a bloody Huangquan Road for some or even all of the people in the convoy......
The winding mountain road gradually rises and narrows, and it is getting closer and closer to the top of the slope of Guniuling.
After turning a corner, the eyes suddenly opened up, a gentle hillside surrounded by dense forests was displayed in front of everyone, the hillside was overgrown with weeds, through the gaps in the trees that covered the official road, you could vaguely see the top of the slope not far away, and over the top of the slope, it was the other side of Guniuling.
Under a few big trees next to the official road, there is a dilapidated stone pavilion that has been in disrepair for a long time, and a thin old man is sitting at the stone table in the stone pavilion to rest, he is holding a dry tobacco pipe more than two feet long, his eyes are half squinted and half open, and he is spitting clouds and mist, and a young man in soap clothes is standing aside.
At this time, in addition to the convoy of the Weiyuan Dart Bureau, there were few pedestrians on the official road of Guniuling, and there were three or four passers-by walking far or near behind the convoy; on the opposite official road, there was a bamboo sedan chair carried by four people coming towards him, and a fat middle-aged fat man was humming a small song and sitting on the sedan chair, because he was too fat, the four ragged sedan chair men grinned, and there was no one else.
The first glance after seeing the two people in the stone pavilion from a distance made Song Dart's forehead sweat!
"Flying Bat! Chief dart, I have seen the young man in soap clothes standing in the stone pavilion, he is the apprentice of the Flying Bat, and the old man is probably the main master. โ
Song Dart's voice was extremely low, but it shocked Xiong Weiyuan's heart, this Luo Gongzi was indeed clever, and he really let the other party act according to his intentions, and there was no difference between time and place!
After all, Xiong Weiyuan has been wandering the rivers and lakes for many years, and he whispered in danger: "Brother Song, give orders to go down and let everyone prepare to fight, but don't act rashly, follow my orders!"
Seeing the dart convoy coming from far and near, the soap-clothed man in the stone pavilion smiled and said: "Master, the idea is coming, do you want to shout a few jargon such as 'I drove this mountain and planted this tree', or do you work directly?"
"Don't mess around. The thin old man also smiled, "It's important to get down to business, let's get to work!"
The soap-clothed man raised his hand casually, and with a sharp and piercing whistling sound, a ringing arrow emitted white smoke and shot obliquely into the air, "Friends passing by from the south and from the north have listened well! The Qingzhou County Government is here to capture the thieves, and no one has to wait for them to leave quickly!"
As soon as the words fell, there was a hula sound, and from the grass on the hillside, behind the big stones, in the dense forest, and so on, more than 20 masked black-clothed people poured out, one by one, holding swords, guns, swords, halberds and various weapons, and surrounded the Weiyuan Dart Bureau convoy!
The three or four passers-by who followed behind the convoy were so frightened that they turned around and ran away, only hating their father and mother for missing two legs;
The four sedan chair drivers carrying the bamboo sedan chair on the opposite side were not slow to react, they all screamed, threw down the sedan chair and ran;
The fat man who was sitting on the bamboo sedan chair was smashed with a pop. But he didn't care about scolding, he got up in disgrace, shouted his mother, and ran away with the sedan chair drivers!
Although he was shaking and trembling with fat all over his body, he was not slow at all, and even quickly overtook the sedan chair men first, shouting that his mother was gone......
Xiong Weiyuan and everyone in the dart game had already been mentally prepared, and they jumped off their horses one after another, drawing their swords and drawing their swords to wait for the battle.
At this time, the thin old man in the stone pavilion took a few puffs of smoke as if no one was around, and saw that the two-foot-long dry tobacco pipe in his hand was as if it had been calcined by a raging fire, and it was quickly burned to the red, and sparks were splashed everywhere, but the old man was still holding it in his hand as if nothing happened!
The old man stood up from the stone table, raised the cigarette stick seemingly casually, and gently knocked the cigarette pot on the stone table a few times, and the three-foot-thick stone table surface seemed to have turned into tofu slag, and it shattered silently!
As soon as this peerless magic skill was revealed, Xiong Weiyuan and everyone in the dart game fell into an ice cave, it was really better to meet than to meet, if it wasn't for seeing it with his own eyes, who could believe that a mortal with a physical body could practice martial arts to such a realm?
Moreover, the more than 20 masked black-clothed people who surrounded him were all athletic, and at a glance, they knew that each of them should be a practitioner of martial arts. In fact, this peerless master didn't even have to make a move, just his apprentice and these more than twenty masked people estimated that it would be more than enough to deal with the Weiyuan Dart Bureau.
Xiong Weiyuan was secretly discouraged, his biggest reliance on his side was nothing more than that Luo Gongzi, but after all, he was only a fifteen or sixteen-year-old child, with such a huge difference in strength, no matter how clever Luo Gongzi was, he could only be a drop in the bucket, and there was nothing he could do.
It seems that Weiyuan Dart Bureau is destined to be wiped out today, Xiong Weiyuan and everyone in the Dart Bureau even have a little regret in their hearts, how can they put their net worth and all their bets on a child who has not grown up?
Xiong Weiyuan cheered up, hugged his fists, and said loudly: "Xiong Weiyuan, the head of the Weiyuan Dart Bureau in Xiayi Water City, may I ask if Your Excellency is a famous flying bat senior?"
"Hmm, how do you know that the old man is a flying bat?" The thin old man's half-squinted eyes suddenly opened, and his eyes were full of light, which made people dare not force his eyes, "Mr. Xiong, the old man has been walking the rivers and lakes for many years, almost no one knows the real name and surname of the old man, and no one has ever seen the true face of the old man, do you know what the reason is?"
"Of course I do. Because of those who have seen the true faces of their predecessors, it is said that none of them are left alive. Xiong Weiyuan's mouth was full of bitterness, and he pointed to the masked black-clothed people around him, "But as far as I know, the old-timers have always been alone, these people should not be your subordinates, they have also seen the true faces of the predecessors today, are the seniors even unwilling to let them go today?"
"Mr. Xiong doesn't have to be old, these people are indeed not my subordinates, but how dare you conclude that what you see is a real flying bat?" the thin old man laughed.
"This ......," Xiong Weiyuan said suspiciously, "Isn't Your Excellency a Flying Bat Senior?"
"Except for my master, who in this river and lake is worthy of the name of the Flying Bat?" the soap-clothed man on the side sneered proudly.
Xiong Weiyuan and everyone were confused, the words of the thin old man and his apprentice contradicted themselves, what the hell was going on?
As if guessing the doubts in everyone's hearts, the soap-clothed man smiled mysteriously, then raised his hand and tore it on his face, and a human skin mask as thin as a cicada's wings was torn off, and what appeared in front of Xiong Weiyuan and everyone was an old face, almost exactly the same as the thin old man, extremely weird!
Looking at the two people who were exactly the same as twin brothers, Xiong Weiyuan suddenly realized, the flying bat kills people like numbness and blood debts, how can it be easy to show people's true faces? Even if it looks like this, it is estimated that it is not the true face of the two, and even among the two people in front of him, it is not certain whether there is a real flying bat himself!
Xiong Weiyuan smiled bitterly: "The old-timers are indeed Shenlong, I don't know what happened to stop the next place today? โ
"Since Mr. Xiong is an understanding person, then the old man will not speak darkly. The thin old man smiled, "The old man has been short of money lately, so I'll keep your dart." โ
"No problem, since you have met the seniors, what else can you say in the next?" Xiong Weiyuan said without hesitation, "However, there are no grudges and no enmity in the past with the seniors, this dart is at the mercy of the seniors, so let's leave." โ
Xiong Weiyuan agreed so happily, but it made the thin old man and the soap-clothed man stunned for a moment, and after thinking about it, he was relieved, people already knew what was in the box, so they could naturally discard it like a shoe.
"Mr. Xiong, you think too beautifully!" the soapy man sneered, "To tell you the truth, today we are darts and people, flying bats work, and our subordinates have never left a living mouth!"
"Unexpectedly, the famous flying bat is actually a shameless man!" "Song Dart Master couldn't bear it, "Didn't you promise to only take the dart and never hurt the life of the head dart?"
"Sure enough, it's you who are anti-water!" said the soapy man angrily, "I felt that something was wrong just now, as soon as this surnamed Xiong met, he called out the name of the flying bat, how could he know that we were involved in this? It turned out that you capricious villain did a good deed!"
"Forget it, what do you have to talk to a dead man who is dying?" the thin old man said coldly, "This surnamed Xiong will be personally sent on his way by the old man, and the rest will be handed over to you, do the work!"
"Okay, big guy, listen up, do your work neatly, and don't leave a single living mouth!" Kill!" After the soapy man roared, he flew up, and the whole person pounced on Song Dart Master like a hideous bird!
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
With a murderous shout, more than twenty masked black-clothed men with various weapons in their hands, like a pack of hungry wolves, pounced on everyone in the Weiyuan Dart Bureau!
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