Chapter 47: To Chang'an (Part II)
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After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, after eating the Lantern Festival and watching the lanterns, Diao Xiaosi, Geng Shaohua and others set off for Chang'an.
In addition to Diao Xiaosi, Geng Shaohua and Yi Bai, the three outgoing deputy general dart heads, the Jiangzhou Branch also dispatched four dart heads and eight dart masters to Chang'an together. The others are deployed from all over the country by the General Bureau, and the executioners have no special requirements for cultivation, as long as they are strong, obedient and able to work, so they are prepared to hire them directly in the local area.
Geng Nanyi and Chu Lie were sent to the north of Jiangzhou for more than 30 miles before they said goodbye, and a group of more than 20 people beat horses and whips and went to Chang'an. Because it has just passed the New Year, the road is very deserted. The snow melted in the early spring sun, and the mud crackled as horses stepped on it.
Diao Xiaosi rode on a horse and walked side by side with Bu Operator, Wan'er was walking in front of him, just enough to see the girl's delicate back, the fiery red clothes in the white world, like a blooming red lotus in the snow, unusually eye-catching and delicate.
Perhaps because the weather was too cold, everyone was reluctant to speak, lest one mouth be poured into the bone-chilling wind. Occasionally, a few words were exchanged and the only sound that could be heard in the wilderness of the mountains, except for the crisp sound of horses' hooves and the howling north wind.
Diao Xiaosi shrunk his neck into his neckline and dozed off, and suddenly heard a sound of hooves, Yi Bai caught up from behind and said in a low voice: "Mr. Er, the carriage behind has been following us since we crossed the river." ”
"Someone is following?" Diao Xiaosi woke up immediately when he heard this, his eyes were shining and he secretly looked back, and sure enough, he saw a carriage dozens of feet away in a hurry.
The driver was a middle-aged man with a thin figure and an elegant appearance, dressed in white, dressed plainly and cleanly, but he did not look like a person with special skills.
Diao Xiaosi said curiously: "Lao Yi, how do you know that he is following us, maybe he is on the way?"
Yi Bai said "hey" and said: "Just now I deliberately slowed down the mount and fell behind, and that guy also slowed down the car, maintaining a distance of thirty-six or seven zhang, neither approaching nor falling. After a while, I deliberately and suddenly picked up the speed to catch up, and then saw that the carriage was still about forty feet behind me. ”
Diao Xiaosi suddenly realized that although he was smart and witty, his experience in walking the rivers and lakes was far inferior to that of Yi Bai and others.
After thinking about it, he asked again: "Could it be that the scholar is alone, afraid of being robbed by thieves, so he intends to follow us and walk with peace of mind?"
Yi Bai shook his head and said: "That guy's wrist was loose when he whipped the horse, he didn't look like a practitioner, but he couldn't guess his way." ”
The two were communicating in a low voice, when the carriage behind them suddenly sped up and caught up.
Bu Operator heard the movement and said indifferently: "Stop and wait for him." ”
Yi Bai was surprised: "Mr. Er, do you guess he is here to find us?"
Bu Operator kept his mouth shut and spared words like gold, Diao Xiaosi smiled and said: "Isn't this hard to guess? It must be that this scholar has noticed that we have discovered him, and seeing you catching up and talking to us, I am afraid that it will be unfavorable to him, so I simply came up to identify myself so as not to cause misunderstanding." Apprentice, is the master right?"
Bu Operator said: "Usually half a bottle of water is the loudest when it shakes. ”
Diao Xiaosi snorted and said, "That also depends on the size of the bottle." ”
Yi Bai heard that the master and apprentice had no dignity and humility, and he smiled secretly in his heart, but he didn't dare to show his face, and pretended to look back, and saw that the carriage had chased closer.
The white-faced scholar who was driving the car grabbed the reins, and asked with a nervous expression: "Are you heroes who can play the dart game?"
It's the first time that Diao Xiaosi has grown so big and has been called a "hero" in such a solemn tone, and he couldn't help but change his smile and replied: "Yes, we are all people who know how to play the dart game." Who are you, and why are you following us?"
The white-faced scholar replied politely: "Xiaoshengfang Xuanling, some time ago, I traveled to Daba Mountain and met a woman in distress. Because I heard her say that she was going to Jiangzhou to find an old friend Mr. Bu Er who lived in the Huitong Dart Bureau, so when I was waiting for the ferry at the riverside wharf before, Xiao Sheng saw you flying the dart flag of the Huitong Dart Bureau and wanted to catch up and ask. However, I was worried that Su Yu would have many abruptness in his life, so he was undecided and followed all the way. ”
Yi Bai saw that the white-faced scholar's demeanor and tone did not seem to be fake, and he was stunned: "The woman in distress is looking for Mr. Bu Er?"
Fang Xuanling said: "Exactly, dare to ask all the heroes if they know Mr. Bu Er?"
Bu Operator said coldly: "I am!"
Fang Xuanling was suspicious, looked at him and said, "You...... Is that Mr. Bu Er?"
It turned out that in his mind, how could Mr. Bu Er, who had traveled thousands of miles to find help, be an old and ugly blind man. But then he said: "The son said that the son who loses the son feather by his appearance." Fang Xuanling, Fang Xuanling, you claim to be an unworldly man with Wang Zuozhi's talent, how can you look down on others?"
Thinking of this, his face was solemn, he got out of the carriage and bowed and said, "Mr. Bu Er, Xiaosheng is polite!"
Bu Operator said indifferently: "Why is Mr. Fang so condescending to the old decay?"
Fang Xuanling showed a slightly embarrassed look and said honestly: "At first, Xiao Sheng was disappointed when he saw that you were an old man who couldn't see with both eyes. But when I think that even if someone is willing to go thousands of miles to ask for help, then there must be something surprising about Mr. What's more, people can't look good, Yu let Jing Ke be a true warrior!"
A dry smile appeared on Bu Operator's face and asked, "Is that woman in Mr.'s carriage?"
Fang Xuanling was slightly surprised: "It turns out that the old gentleman has already guessed it. ”
Diao Xiaosi's curiosity couldn't be suppressed, he heard the sound of heavy breathing from the car, as if he had suffered a serious internal injury, but I don't know what kind of woman actually had a leg with the old blind man?
At that moment, he didn't hesitate, jumped off the horse and strode to the front of the car, and said, "Old Fang, let me see who she is, don't you mind?"
Fang Xuanling hesitated for a moment and then bowed his head and said, "Childe, please see." Reaching out, he slowly lifted the curtain.
Diao Xiaosi looked inside, and couldn't help but be surprised: "Chaotian pepper!"
I saw a beautiful young woman lying on the soft mattress in the car, with a pale face and closed eyes, sleeping groggily, not knowing anything about what was happening outside, who was Yu Hongjiao, who was not the original wife of the owner of Huge Village?
Fang Xuanling glanced at Diao Xiaosi in surprise, and said in his heart: "This lady is like a flower and a jade and a lovely person, where does it look like a pepper to the sky?"
Yi Bai also walked over when he heard this, reached out and grabbed Yu Hongjiao's right wrist exposed outside the futon, and said with a slight change in his complexion: "It's so cold and weird, it seems that the cultivation of this person is very high." ”
Bu Operator didn't get off the horse, and Shen Xuan commanded: "Yi Bai, inform Geng Shaohua to stop in the town in front." ”
Yi Bai answered, caught up with Geng Shaohua and the others who were waiting in front and told the matter.
The divination bullet pointed out a pill and said, "Let her take it first, and then talk about it when she gets to the town." ”
Diao Xiaosi reached out and grabbed the pill, thought about it and handed it to Fang Xuanling and said, "Old Fang, it's better for you to come." ”
Fang Xuanling glanced at the pill, took it under his nose and sniffed it, and said with a slight emotion: "Good medicine!"
Bu Operator asked, "You also know medicine?"
Fang Xuanling said humbly: "Xiaosheng also read a few medical books when he was at home, and he also had a relationship with Brother Sun Simiao. ”
Bu Operator said "Huh", but he didn't expect that this seemingly wooden sour scholar could make Sun Simiao look at him differently.
The so-called "North Simiao, South Evil Moon" refers to the two great miracle doctors in the world today. This Sun Simiao is like Ye Fashan, and he is also one of the five truths in the south, and he has high hopes for the world in the government and the opposition.
As he spoke, Fang Xuanling had already fed the pill, Diao Xiaosi turned over and thought about it: "I don't know where the old man of Cheng Xianhu has gone? By the way, this little girl won't come to the old blind man to sue me for what happened last time, right?"
Thinking of this, Diao Xiaosi couldn't help but secretly glanced at Mu Mu's expressionless fortune operator, and then comforted himself in his heart: "If this is really the case, Chaotian Jiao has miscalculated, how can there be a reason in the world to tell ......the apprentice about the master?"
For some reason, thinking of this, Diao Xiaosi's mind suddenly appeared with the flaming red lips of the Snow Peak and Jade Valley.
He hurriedly collected Qi Nian, and as the group continued to march, he walked more than thirty miles and found an inn in a small town to stay.
After some treatment, coupled with Diao Xiaosi's reluctance, he contributed two healing elixirs "Jiuyang Dan" bought from the Jiangzhou black market, and he woke up in the palm of his hand.
This time, what caught her eye was no longer Fang Xuanling alone, but a whole dozen figures dangling and dangling in front of her......
She endured the severe pain in her body and mind, trying to identify every face, but she vaguely heard a familiar voice asking, "Mrs. Cheng, what are you looking for my apprentice?" If it is one irrelevant mess, just tell me." ”
Sky...... Why is this little ghost again?
Yu Hongjiao's cheeks couldn't help but burn, but she heard Bu Operator say, "Mrs. Cheng, the old man is here." ”
Yu Hongjiao's heart jumped suddenly, her discolored red lips trembled, and two lines of hot tears flowed down.
After a while, she calmed down a little and sobbed, "Mr. Er, please avenge my family!"
Diao Xiaosi was shocked and said, "Cheng Xianhu is dead?"
Yu Hongjiao cried silently: "Since leaving Huge Village, the head of the family has been disheartened and has lived in seclusion in a small town outside Chang'an City. Unexpectedly Chinese New Year's Eve night, the old demon Yingyang suddenly came to the door, blaming us for killing his son and disciple, and killing him on the spot......"
At this point she was in a state of agitation, and suddenly she fainted again.
There was silence in the room, and the pins could be heard. After a long time, I heard Fang Xuanling ask, "Who is the old demon of Eagle Yang?"
Geng Shaohua replied: "He is a famous murderer, and his cultivation is outstanding. ”
Wan'er said angrily: "There are such people and such things in the world, this devil is too domineering!"
Bu Operator said slowly: "I'm afraid that the old man is far from his opponent." ”
Everyone was taken aback, although they had never seen Bu Operator make a move, but his cultivation was undoubtedly higher than Geng Nanyi, Chu Lie, Cheng Xianhu and others, coupled with his miraculous Qimen Dunjia technique, it can be said that he has a rare opponent in the world.
If even he admits in public that his cultivation is far inferior to the old demon of Eagle Yang, the fierceness of this demon is really unimaginable!
Diao Xiaosi's backbone was cold for a while, and he pondered: "The old demon Yingyang refuses to let go of Cheng Xianhu, so who will be the next one to kill?" No, I have to hurry to Chang'an to find the thief Lao Dao and Tang Xiaosan, and let them help deal with the old demon together, otherwise Lao Tzu's life will be in suspense." Anyway, the disaster was caused by them together, and Tang Xiaosan killed it alone, so why should he have a sense of responsibility. ”