Chapter 21: Finally Returning to the Sun
On the way back, Xiao Ziyang lived in a room every day and ate medicinal food, and everyone said that he was infected with wind and cold in the mountains, but in fact, they were laughing at him for being scared. But at this time, seeing that he didn't seem to be pretending, everyone couldn't help but be secretly surprised.
In the midst of the wind and noise, it took everyone less than three days to complete this extremely difficult mountain road.
On this day, when everyone crossed a mountain beam and finally saw the smoke curling on the plain in the distance, the sturdy darts could not help but feel a little prostration.
Dangyang County is the southernmost county of Shannei County, located at the north entrance of Taifu Mountain Road, and the county seat is only more than 70 miles away.
At this time, it was just after the hour, and if it was in the past, everyone would have hurried up and rushed back to the county seat at night.
But today, the darts are only physically and mentally exhausted, not to mention seventy miles, even seven miles of road can not go on. So I had to rest in the inn at the bottom of the mountain.
The Pegasus Inn is just outside the north exit of Taifushan Road. Dare to open under the nose of the bandits in this wilderness, Taifu Mountain bandits open to welcome guests, this Pegasus Inn is naturally not an ordinary inn, it is said that the real owner of this inn is the leader of the green forest in Taifu Mountain.
The Pegasus Inn is backed by a mountain cliff, a semicircle, and a thick courtyard wall nearly two feet high, enclosing the inn in it. In the middle of the courtyard wall is a two-story attic. The attic is flanked by wings. There are four more yards behind the attic.
If it weren't for the words "Pegasus Inn" hanging on the gate, passers-by would definitely regard this place as the dock fort of the wealthy family, and would never think that it was an inn.
Entering the inn, Xiao Ziyang observed carefully and found that Xiao Er and the shopkeeper were both looking as usual. It seems that Ben Lei Zhai is lucky, and he is not patronized by that evil cultivator, he thought to himself.
As the leader of the green forest in Taifu Mountain, Benlei Village has long not made a living from robbery, it is said that they not only sit on the ground for many cottages, but also have a lot of serious business like Pegasus Inn, so Benlei Village is not located next to Taifu Mountain Road. It's no surprise that it will survive.
At noon the next day, when the convoy of the Golden Sword and Dart Bureau slowly entered the low city gate of Hengshi Town, the county seat of Dangyang County, everyone couldn't help but have a feeling of the aftermath of the disaster.
The Golden Knife Dart Bureau is opened in the south gate of Hengshi Town. When the convoy entered the city gate, everyone saw from a distance that the big dart head and several dart masters were standing at the gate of the dart game waiting.
Seeing the convoy from afar, the big dart head led the crowd to meet him quickly.
Lei Da Darttou was Chinese New Year's Eve eight years old today, more than eight feet tall, as strong as a half-section of an iron tower, he walked quickly to meet the convoy, and the footsteps of one person drowned out the footsteps of seven or eight people behind him. This is a phenomenon that only occurs when the outer door kung fu is practiced to a certain level.
The golden sword and thunder tiger are famous in the entire Yamanai County, and everyone in the convoy saw their own dart-headed tower-like body and heard his loud and bold laughter, and the panic of the past few days seemed to have disappeared.
Looking at his father-in-law who came over, Xiao Ziyang's eyes showed a hint of worry.
Unlike the others in the dart game, Xiao Ziyang was already blue at the age of twelve, and his martial arts at this time were much higher than his father-in-law, and he could naturally see that his father-in-law's strong surface was difficult to conceal the decay.
For a 38-year-old foreign master, the weather of life is like the sunset at dusk, although it is gorgeous, but it has not been good for long.
Xiao Ziyang touched the leather bag in his arms, and a smile appeared on his face.
Lei Da Dart Head stepped forward, first hammered the shoulders of Li Hu's three dart masters, and said with a smile: "Dog's day, Lao Tzu heard that there are evil ghosts eating people in Taifu Mountain, and he was scared out of a cold sweat, I was afraid that you rabbit cubs would be gnawed by evil ghosts, I was going to go into the mountains to see, Lao Liu didn't let you live or die for a few dog days, and when I saw you come back, my heart finally let go, otherwise I wouldn't be able to explain to your wives and children." ”
After speaking, he hammered the chests of the two executioners beside him, but he staggered one of the two of them. He laughed, pointed at the two of them and scolded the dog, and said: "Let's go, go back to the dart bureau first, I will settle all this year's silver for everyone, and the dart board will be closed tomorrow, and everyone will nest on the hot kang head for a winter." ”
A group of people walked towards the dart board in a noisy, and Li Hu, who was walking beside the big dart, suddenly whispered something to the big dart.
Don't listen, Xiao Ziyang knows that he must be complaining to his father-in-law. He rolled his eyes and slowed down, intending to slip away.
At this time, the big dart head suddenly said in a deep voice: "Ziyang, if you dare to run away, don't come back!"
When Xiao Ziyang heard this, he could only follow everyone into the dart game.
In the midst of everyone's laughter, the big dart head sent the silver down. After nearly an hour, the crowd gradually dispersed.
After the people dispersed, Lei Genghu glared at Xiao Ziyang, turned around and entered the back room. Xiao Ziyang had no choice but to hang his head and follow.
The father-in-law stood in front of the window with his hands behind his back, looking at the remnants of snow in the courtyard outside, and was silent for a long time, and the house fell into silence.
After half a ring, Lei Genghu said in a deep voice: "My father-in-law actually twisted his waist when he practiced the knife yesterday...... My father-in-law is already old, and he can't walk the rivers and lakes for a few days, and your younger brother is not a material for learning martial arts. Can you bear to see your father-in-law have no successor after half his life's hard work?"
"I know you can't let go of your parents' hatred...... But how can you treat your life as child's play? If your parents knew about it, wouldn't they be sad to see you like this?"
Saying this, Lei Genghu turned to look at Xiao Ziyang. Xiao Ziyang lowered his head and said: "Yang'er knows that he is wrong, and he will not be so reckless in the future." ”
Since his parents were killed, Xiao Ziyang's temper has become extremely stubborn, often making him helpless. Lei Genghu couldn't help but be very happy to see him admit his mistakes so sincerely today. smiled and patted him on the shoulder and said, "My father-in-law is not worried about your martial arts, nor is he worried about your cleverness and alertness, but running a dart game well, martial arts are not the most important, and being smart and alert is not the most important." The most important thing is connections, friends! ”
Seeing Xiao Ziyang nodding obediently again, Lei Genghu hugged his shoulders and smiled: "Go, go home with your stepfather, and I'll let your stepmother make your favorite mutton soup." ”
Xiao Ziyang hurriedly shook his head. Ever since his parents were killed, Mrs. Ray has been very repulsive towards him. Xiao Ziyang's parents died very strangely, and they were killed by masters, so Mrs. Lei felt that taking in Xiao Ziyang would definitely bring unforeseen disasters to the family.
Lei Genghu also knew that his wife didn't like his righteous son, so he didn't say more.
The big dart head did not live in the dart board, he had a house in the east of the county.
Xiao Ziyang has his own house in the dart game. Today, the dart game is closed, and he is the only one in the huge courtyard. He decided to go home and go to his parents' graves to burn some paper money.
Xiao Ziyang locked the gate and walked towards the north gate of the county seat.