Volume 1 Jianghu Chapter 157 Sunset, Old Horse, Youth
A Niu wants to chase in the direction of the Taoist departure, and walk with him, even if he can't learn many secret methods of Taoism, at least he should be able to listen to him talk about the bits and pieces of this way, in fact, at this time the Taoist is only a hundred zhang, with a Niu's foot force, a hundred zhang away from fifty breaths is enough, but when he chases the past, the sun is setting, where there is still half a figure at the end of the path, it is clearly a broad avenue at this time but it is silent, presumably the Taoist person is using the Taoist supreme shrinkage into an inch of secret method to leave, it is autumn, the leaves begin to gradually wither, I believe that it will not be long after a gust of north wind, this Liaoxi land will be completely bare, Seventy or eighty people behind him turned over the iron armor on their backs and still couldn't get up, underestimating the ability of the Taoist who was called the demon path in their eyes, so it could be regarded as a punishment.
This place is far away from Taihu Lake, although it has been three months, but there are still portraits of the people who survived the caravan along the way, and the most important sword Wuqiu old Huang fisherman and his four people have never taken it down, so that Ah Niu is also relieved, at least to prove that they are still alive.
To go to Taihu Lake, it takes a lot of schedule, the road does not dare to go, can only take the small road, although the road is free but always a little lonely, even a person to speak, A Niu Si decided to find a caravan or dart team to go to Taihu Lake in the next city, one to hide people's eyes, and the other is not so boring.
He didn't have a knife, in fact, it was a very eye-catching thing to go on the road alone with a Chu knife in this western Liao, he simply didn't carry a knife, and it was easy to find a caravan to Taihu Lake, although the situation was turbulent, but in the eyes of merchants who came from the south to the north to make a living, the more uneasy the world was, the more opportunities to make a lot of money.
Ah Niu dressed up in disguise, the cinnabar mole on his forehead was too eye-catching, and he put down a lot of hair to confirm that the cinnabar mole was completely covered before he was relieved, his left arm was already able to move, but it was very stiff, and it was a little difficult to serve a bowl to eat, let alone practice knives, but fortunately, he was finally able to wear a good dress.
Ah Niu looks very delicate, even if he actually has a lot of scars on his body, but most of the businessmen who go to the rivers and lakes only look at their faces and figures, because they know that most of the emergencies are actually only a few.
"Do you know martial arts?"
After being directly ignored by the three bosses in a row, Ah Niu finally ushered in his first boss, in fact, it can't be regarded as a usher, because he is still not sure that there is a big mole on the cheek in front of him, and at a glance he knows whether the thin monkey who belongs to the profiteer really intends to use himself, but Ah Niu still nodded honestly.
"A little bit, darts are not a problem. β
"Killed?"
The thin monkey smiled and smiled, his eyes flashed, he was a person who was very difficult to negotiate the price, at least he didn't plan to give a high price when he took a fancy to Ah Niu.
"I haven't killed it, but if the caravan is in danger, I'll kill it. β
Ah Niu didn't tell the boss that he might not even remember how many people he had killed, because he knew that the price of a dart master who had killed people was generally not low, and he didn't want to attract too much attention.
The skinny monkey smiled.
"Dare to dart without anyone being killed, give me a reason to use you. β
"I eat less and the price is low. β
"There are too many people eating this bowl of rice now, one is lower than the other, how low is your price. β
The thin monkey turned around and was about to leave, but was grabbed by Ah Niu's arm.
"I'm cheaper than all of them, as long as you take care of my food. β
"Okay, that's you. β
The thin monkey was very happy, a few words of flickering fooled a stunned young man, he has been traveling south and north for many years, what kind of people have not seen? Just like Ah Niu, there are more people who wear tattered and wandering rivers and lakes, and to deal with these people who have already become old fritters, the lowest price is the most suitable to do the most things, because you don't know if they will leave you to run for their lives when they are in danger, and they don't even want money, and the real darts always rely on a small handful of dart masters, and others are just making up the scene.
Ah Niu is on the road, and he, the young dart master who was brought in at the lowest price in the entire caravan, has caused a lot of jokes since he joined this caravan with a total of no more than 100 people.
"I heard that you were invited by the boss to come over for two taels of silver? Do you know that it will take at least a month to get to Taihu Lake at the speed of our dart team? Earn two taels of silver a month, you might as well tell us what you think." β
A Niu's crotch on the thin monkey to his inferior horses, in fact, can not be said to be points, because the good horses are occupied by others, only a bad horse, there should be about twenty-seven or eight-year-old dart master came over to talk, this dart master is very thin, similar to the thin monkey, with a crotch on the waist is not worth at most two or three taels of silver iron sword, clearly is young but has a beard, he must be a narrow-minded person, because Ah Niu has heard that thin people are not necessarily people with small belly chicken intestines, but people with small belly chicken intestines are often not too fat, because his stomach can not hold so many thingsγ
Although he didn't really want to pay attention to this guy, Ah Niu didn't want to come to this team and fell into a disrespectful name.
Ah Niu grinned happily, revealing a mouthful of big white teeth.
"Two taels of silver, big brother, it's a lot, I can pay for a few months. β
"How much money is for a few months? I'm afraid that every meal is white flour buns, right?"
The young dart master sneered, and then the twenty or thirty dart masters in the rear of the entire caravan laughed, with disdain and indifference in their eyes, this is normal, most of the people who came out to eat this meal are cold-hearted people, Ah Niu doesn't expect that there will really be a few heroes in this group of people who can see injustice and draw swords to help, after all, in fact, the real heroes are either killed or killed, and those who can survive are all old fritters.
This kind of ridicule didn't last long, I think it was too uninteresting to bully a young man who seemed to have entered the industry for life, the young dart master chattered a few words, and then stopped talking, but finally after looking at Ah Niu again, he made a new discovery.
"Hey, little brother, you don't even have a weapon?
"Big brother, you look at me like this, where do you have the money to buy any weapons, at most when you fight, you rush forward, first knock down a few and then pick up others. Ah Niu laughed stupidly, and when he laughed like this, the two dimples were indeed innocent, like an innocent teenager.
The young dart master was also suddenly sad, and he had no sarcasm in his mind, and he said something serious.
"Little brother, I think you're afraid you're a hard-working person, otherwise it's not enough to come out at such an age to take on this kind of lifeless work, and I don't even have a weapon, and I'm not afraid to tell you, this dart is different from your little friend's fight when you were a child, it's really fatal, and when the time comes, what kind of dangerous situation will happen, who can take care of you?"
What the young dart master said is the truth, although he is in the land of Liaoxi, he is still under the control of Xuanyuan Hongtu, hundreds of thousands of troops are invincible, and it is almost impossible for bandits to exist, but it is impossible after all does not mean that it will not exist, the sun is so big that there are corners that cannot shine, let alone an army? Moreover, the trouble of this dart does not mean that there must only be bandits, passing through the countryside and being blocked by the locals also happens from time to time, if you say that this mountain is opened by me, this tree is planted by me, etc., then these people are actually no different from bandits.
Seeing that the stupid young man didn't answer his words, the young dart master couldn't help but mutter, could it be that he was talking to a fool for half a day?
It was easy for them to go out of the city and set foot on the broad road, because it was the avenue, the speed was much faster, but the bad horse under Ah Niu's crotch seemed to be old and couldn't run at all, and it didn't take long for them to fall far behind the back of the team, and when they caught up again, they saw the thin monkey boss waiting in place with an angry face.
"You kid, I thought you were going to take my horse and sell it quietly and run away, can't you hurry?"
"I want to be fast, boss, but your horse ......"
Ah Niu had the heart to argue, but was directly interrupted by the boss of the thin monkey.
"What's the matter with a man who can't do it? Don't you run fast when you feed and drink enough? I tell you that if you really can't do it, don't eat this bowl of rice at all, so that everyone will be waiting for you alone." β
"No problem. β
Ah Niu gritted his teeth.
"This time, boss, you just have to go, I definitely won't be left behind. β
At this point, it was considered to be a stop, because the old horse could not keep up with the big team, and it was impossible to wait for it to eat on the side of the road before going on the road, Ah Niu could only lead the horse on the official road and slowly trot behind the large army, so that he finally did not fall behind.
It's just that the appearance of leading the old horse in the sunset in simple clothes and trotting after people is a bit too funny, Ah Niu thinks it's nothing, if you can't bear this bit of hardship, how can you talk about walking the rivers and lakes? It's just that this picture fell into the eyes of the rest of the caravan but it was as funny as it was, and even several laughed and coughed violently, but this cough didn't last too long before it became wide-eyed, because on the official road, the figure of A Niu and the old horse leader came after a team, which was also a caravan, if it was just like this, it was nothing, the key was that the leader of this caravan was actually a female dart master, and it was a beautiful female dart master in a black suit, this female dart master came very fast, and after a closer look, she found that the red horse under her crotch seemed to have a precursor to a loose horse, and it turned out that this horse was crazy at a glanceγ
"Get out of the way, the kid in front of you get out of the way, the horse is out of the way. β
The female dart master on the red horse was extremely anxious, because with the speed of the red horse, it only took two or three breaths to catch up with the funny dart master who was leading the old horse to trot.
Ah Niu didn't know who was behind him, but if he avoided it at such a close distance, he would definitely be able to see his skills, so he had no choice but to turn around and pretend to be scared stupidly, and sure enough, a horse's hoof kicked it away, and even the old horse was kicked to the side.
The frightened female dart master saw clearly at this time that the dart master with a funny back in the sunset was just a young man who looked two years younger than her, but it was a pity that the young man stopped moving when he was kicked to the side of the road.
"It's over, it's over, it's dead, what can I do. β
The female dart master finally stopped the loose red horse, in fact, it was not she who stopped, but the young cross-sword in Ah Niu's team who was considered to be a dart master with a small belly and chicken intestines without meat.
There are also many female dart masters, many women, and a beautiful carriage.
This is the first time I have seen a strange story on the road of darts, because I have never heard of a woman willing to do this knife licking blood.
"If you die, you will die, what else can you do? Bury it on the spot and put it in the ground, is it possible to wait for the government to find out? But even if the government comes to investigate, there is no need to worry, an orphan like him who has no name and no surname does not know how many deaths a year, and the government will not care at all. β
Although the young dart master was a little pity, he still told the truth.
"You can't bury it, he's not dead. β
At this moment, a woman's voice came from the carriage curtain behind the female dart master, and she did not open the curtain, but only heard the general voice of Huang Ying and knew that it was a natural woman.
"Even if I don't die, I'm afraid I only have half a life left, I won't take a half-dead person on the road, miss, you just pay for my horse, I don't care about people, either you save it, or you don't care at all. β
The thin monkey Shi Shiran came out.
"No, we can't take him with us, and since you don't want to, save him and leave him to fend for himself. β
The woman who had never shown up in the carriage spoke, and she fell directly into an embarrassing situation with a word, although she never said it explicitly, but everyone knew that if she just woke up and didn't bring it, most of the injured and down-and-out young people would not have a good result.
"Miss, can't we have a little room for negotiation? β
It turned out that this female dart master in a strong suit was actually the maid of the woman in the carriage.
"There is no room for negotiation, bringing a half-dead person will only delay our trip, either you save him and go with us, or you stay and take care of him, how to choose is your own consideration. β
After saying this, the woman in the carriage stopped talking.
Just when the female dart master was in a dilemma, Ah Niu, who was lying on the ground on the ground, coughed twice and woke up slowly.
"Miss Don't Lao, I'm not dead, I can still walk. β
It took a long time to struggle to get up from the ground, and with all his strength he helped the thin old horse with only one breath left from the ground.
"Boss, we can continue on our way. β
The thin monkey was stunned for a moment, he didn't seem to expect Ah Niu to be so tenacious, not only did he not die when he was kicked by a crazy horse, but he still had the strength to help another horse up, saying that it was helping, in fact, it was not an exaggeration to say that it was directly pushed up, this kind of strength is not to say that it is a young man, I am afraid that a man with great strength in the prime of life may not be able to do it, not only the thin monkey, but even many dart masters of the dart team were stunned.
Ah Niu seemed to notice something, so he smiled shyly.
"I don't have any other skills, but I have worked hard since I was a child, and I have developed a lot of strength, and the boss will definitely not suffer a loss if I spend two taels of silver to hire me. β