Chapter 250: A Pair of Heroes
Among these four factions, the "Hainan faction" has the most people, with more than 60 disciples, Yuan Zhengyi of the "Danxia faction" has brought more than 40 people, and the "Jingci Lin'an" plus Miaozhen and other six people are only in their early thirties, and the entire "Dinghu faction" only has Zhong Bulao and his fat dog Ah Cai.
Maybe it's really as this "immortal" himself said, their "Dinghu faction" has no plans for treasures, but for the sake of the friendship between the four factions, they just came to join in the fun.
As soon as Wu Zhengdao arrived at the inn, the heads of the four factions gathered in the room to discuss, this time the conversation was not long over, and then Master Miao Zhen came to inform Hua Bushi that the people of the four factions had decided to leave Longchuan early tomorrow morning, escorting Mr. Ma Da to Nanao Town, and inviting everyone from the "Evil Dog Gate" to accompany him.
※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ from Longchuan City to the south, there is already an official road to go.
Although you can still see the rolling hills on both sides of the official road, it is much better than the rugged mountain road in the Nanling Mountains before.
Today, the sky is clear, the roads are no longer muddy and difficult to walk, and the silver-white snow on the distant mountains looks very bright in the sun.
This team has nearly 200 people, in addition to more than 100 disciples of the "Four Great Sects of Guangdong", there are also dozens of "Tiger Benwei" under Cao Duyun and Xue Yuan.
On the way from Luyuan Canyon to Longchuan City the day before yesterday, Hua Bushi had already learned the purpose of this Duyun prince coming to Guangdong, and like him, it was also to participate in the "Wanyi Conference" in the South China Sea, and the place written on the invitation card he held was also Nanao Town.
"Wanyi Conference" invited objects, in addition to the major rivers and lakes, as well as a number of famous families in the Ming Dynasty, the Cao family's industry throughout the south of the Yangtze River, even if it is not called the rich world, on the wealth is few people can compare, it is not surprising to receive invitations.
As soon as Yuan Gongyi, the head of the "Danxia faction", heard about this, he personally went to the county government mansion to pay a visit and invited Cao Duyun to go with him.
When Meng Wude, the previous head of the "Danxia faction", was alive, he was once employed by the Jingshi Cao Mansion with a lot of money, and Cao Duyun's swordsmanship and martial arts were passed on to Meng Wude, so it is not an exaggeration to say that Cao Duyun is a subordinate of the "Danxia faction". It's just that Cao Duyun rarely goes south, so he has never seen this senior brother in front of him before.
After being invited by his senior brother, Cao Duyun agreed. So early the next morning, everyone gathered in one place, went out of the south gate of Longchuan City, and marched all the way along the official road.
The masters of the "Four Great Sects of the White Dao in the Guangdong Realm" gathered, plus Xue Yuan and sixty "Tiger Benwei", it was already a powerful force, even if the underworld people attacked, they would have enough ability to fight. And Hua Bushi and the people of the "Evil Dog Gate" have become insignificant.
In the whole team, the masters of the four factions and a group of disciples all rode horses, only Hua Bushi and that Mr. Ma Da were in two carriages. Mr. Martha's carriage was at the front of the caravan, and the heads of the four factions were all on its side, apparently concerned about his safety, while the carriage of the "Evil Dog Gate" was lagging behind.
Today's Hua Bushi is sitting cross-legged in the carriage of the carriage.
In order to escape the day before yesterday, the carriage he was driving was abandoned in the Luyuan Grand Canyon, this carriage was rented by Meng Huan from the carriage and horse shop in Longchuan City, and Meng Huan picked a few good horses in the horse market to make up for the previous injuries of everyone.
Although the newly rented car was not as comfortable as the previous special carriage, the carriage was also very spacious, and it was more than enough for Hua Bushi, Hai Hongzhu and Chu Yiyi.
Looking out from the curtain of the carriage, you can see that dozens of zhang ahead, Cao Duyun is dressed in a green shirt, riding on a white dragon horse with a coat like snow, and on a red horse beside him, it is Yi Ruoying with a purple sword and a golden ring.
Cao Duyun was born in a noble family, but he didn't have the shelf of a wealthy son, and he walked side by side with Yi Ruoying along the way, not caring about the difference in each other's identities. And Yi Ruoying has been blushing all the time, and she looks even more delicate and moving.
Cao Duyun was originally a good son with a good demeanor, and Yi Ruoying was a picturesque beauty, and the two of them walked together, which made people feel that they were indeed a perfect match made in heaven. Although Hua Bushi's carriage was too far away to hear what the two were talking in the carriage, it was clear from their expressions and the occasional laughter that they had a good conversation.
Hua Bushi sat in the carriage, looking at the scenery outside the carriage, but he had a leisurely expression, but sitting in his Hai Hongzhu, his face was quite gloomy.
As Hua Bushi's "wife", although Hai Hongzhu also has a good impression of Cao Duyun, she has no wrong thoughts. It's just that since marrying this eldest young master, whenever Yujian is an excellent man, he always feels that he compares himself with his "husband", and the result of the comparison makes her even more contemptuous of this evil young master without exception.
This is perhaps the common problem of most wives in this world.
Although Hai Hongzhu and Hua Bushi's husband and wife are only in name only, this result still makes her feel annoyed in her heart.
Chu Yiyi sat on the side, looking at Hai Hongzhu and looking at the eldest young master, as if he was an enemy, and couldn't help but laugh secretly in his heart.
She finally couldn't bear it anymore, and chuckled: "Miss Hongzhu, this is just out of Longchuan, and there are still a few days to drive to South Australia, the journey is long, even if my sister begs you, don't stretch your face like this anymore, okay?"
Hai Hongzhu snorted, pouted but didn't answer, but Hua Bushi smiled and said: "It's no wonder that Mrs. Yiyi, Hongzhu Lady is already so temperamental, and she likes to be angry for no reason." ”
Even if Hai Hongzhu was not angry, after hearing Hua Bushi's words, he would inevitably rush up angrily, and said, "Who likes to be angry!"
Hua Bushi grinned and didn't answer.
Hai Hongzhu was even more annoyed, and just wanted to use the "Hai Family's Muscle Splitting Hand" to give this Hua Bushi a little color, but after all, she was still quite afraid of this evil young master, although she thought about it, she didn't dare to take it seriously, so she had to puff up her cheeks and sulk.
But at this moment, the people and horses in front of him suddenly stopped, and Meng Huan, who was driving, "shouted", quickly reined in the horse, and stopped the carriage.
Chu Yiyi said: "Why did the team stop, could it be that something happened in front of you?"
Meng Huan tiptoed a little, turned over and jumped on the roof of the car, stared at it for a while, and then returned to the front of the car and said, "Tell Madame, there is nothing ahead, but there seem to be a lot of people chasing after the back of the team, there are still ten miles away, and only a little smoke and dust can be seen." ”
Chu Yiyi frowned and said, "There are people chasing after you in the rear, could it be the people of the underworld?"
She looked at Hua Bushi, obviously wanting to hear the judgment of the eldest young master.
Hua Bushi said: "We have just come out of Longchuan City, even if the underworld people are coming, it shouldn't be so fast, I guess it should be those people from the White Dao Sect yesterday, who have not given up, so they are following up." ”
He smiled slightly and said, "If you want to know if it's or not, just wait." Those people in the small and medium-sized sects did not dare to face the masters of the four factions head-on, so they could only follow from afar, looking for opportunities to pick up some bargains. As soon as we stop, they will stop and will not dare to come closer. ”
The fact was not unexpected, the men and horses of the four factions stopped, and the pursuers behind them really stopped, and they did not dare to step forward while watching from a distance.
After a while, I only heard someone in the front team shouting: "Master Wu has an order, keep going!"
The disciples of the four factions who had stopped moved when they heard the order, drove their mounts, and began to move forward again.
Chu Yiyi said: "Childe guessed well, they really didn't dare to approach, it seems that they must be those guys from the side sect." However, the master of the Wu Sect is also extraordinary, and he must have made the same guess as Gongzi. ”
The master of the Wu family she is talking about is Wu Zhengdao, the head of the "South China Sea School". Among the four major factions in Guangdong, the "South China Sea Faction" Shili is the strongest, and the most disciples were sent on this trip, so Wu Zhengdao naturally became the person in charge of this operation.
Of course, if it really comes to strength, Cao Duyun and Xue Yuan's "Tiger Benwei" will not be weaker than the disciples of the "Nanhai faction", but they are not all the way to the four factions after all, and Cao Duyun has no intention of wanting to be in charge.
As for the "Evil Dog Gate" and Hua Bushi, they just went with him, and they didn't want to participate in the affairs of the four factions at all.
Wu Zhengdao ordered the men and horses to stop just now, obviously he also found the pursuers behind him, and made a tentative move, and ordered to continue walking at this time, presumably he had already judged the way of the pursuers, so there was no need to worry about them.
Listening to what Chu Yiyi said, Hua Bushi didn't answer, his eyes suddenly looked at the mountains in the distance, and his expression instantly became a little solemn.
Chu Yiyi said: "What did Hua Gongzi see?"
Hua Bushi said: "Have you noticed that the fog on the top of the mountain over there is a little strange. ”
Chu Yiyi followed the direction of Hua Bushi's gaze and saw a faint white mist rising from the top of a mountain ridge in the distance. At this moment, the sun is shining, it is the time when the ice and snow melt, and it is not surprising that there is some fog rising between the mountains and forests, although the fog on the mountain ridge that Hua Bushi refers to is faintly thick, if you don't look closely, it is not easy to find that there is anything wrong.
However, Chu Yiyi and Meng Huan are both ** lakes, and they can already see the unusualness at a glance.
Meng Huan said: "The fog on the top of the mountain is not naturally formed, it is like someone lighting a fire and igniting white smoke. ”
Hua Bushi said: "Yes, the kind of white smoke that seems to be foggy must be artificial, and it is not emitted by ordinary people." If I am not mistaken, then someone should use this method for messenger purposes. ”
Chu Yiyi's expression was grim, and he said: "This method of using smoke to transmit messages must have been done by people in the underworld, are there people from the underworld alliance on that mountain?"
Hua Bushi said: "It's not surprising, the Chang family brothers couldn't intercept it the day before yesterday, and the underworld alliance will not give up, and they will definitely send a lot of scouts to scout horses along the way to keep an eye on the whereabouts of our group." ”