Chapter 9: Cremation and Repatriation

Xiao Ziyang threw the evil cultivator's clothes into the fire. Seeing that his clothes and bones were turned to ashes, he left the cave with peace of mind, followed the Taifu Mountain Road, and chased down in the direction of the dart cart.

He had been in the mountains for too long.

On that day, under the fright of the pink skeleton, everyone in the Golden Sword Dart Bureau hurried overnight, and the speed was very amazing.

Xiao Ziyang chased straight to Wangshan Town outside the south exit of Taifushan Road, and then caught up with the convoy of the dart game.

When Xiao Ziyang walked into the Ping'an Inn where the Golden Sword Dart Bureau team stayed overnight, Li Hu and Li Darttou breathed a sigh of relief, but also couldn't help but be very annoyed.

"Xiao Ziyang, you don't want to rely on the protection of the big dart, just act recklessly, the water on the rivers and lakes is deep!"

Geng Dart Head and the other horse dart head pulled Li Dart head a little nervously.

Xiao Ziyang used to suppress hatred, and his heart was not smooth all day long, so his temper was inevitably a little irritable, and he often clashed with people in the dart game.

Although he is strong in martial arts and has saved the lives of many people in the dart game, he has no popularity. In the dart game, up to the head of the dart, down to the executioner, he is very afraid of him.

Li Darttou Shi out of the first martial arts hall of Shanuchi County, Taifu martial arts hall, kung fu is not weak, and soon after entering the dart bureau, he clashed with Xiao Ziyang, but Xiao Ziyang knocked out two molars.

Although Geng Darthead and Ma Darthead were also dissatisfied with Xiao Ziyang, they were even more afraid that this plague god would fight in the inn, so they secretly pulled Li Hu and signaled him to calm down.

Xiao Ziyang's heart is not bad, but he is depressed by the great revenge, although there is only a glimmer of light now, it has also brightened his heart, and there is no tyranny in the past. He didn't say anything when he heard this, sat down next to Li Hu, and told the store to serve food and wine quickly.

Xiao Ziyang didn't have much dry food with him when he left, and he was already hungry at this time.

Li Hu was not Xiao Ziyang's opponent, but when he saw that Xiao Ziyang didn't talk, he also shut up stupidly, which made Geng Ma and the two dart masters breathe a sigh of relief.

The shopkeeper served the food, Xiao Ziyang finished it like a storm, and asked the three darts about his journey after leaving the team.

Li Hu snorted coldly, turned his back, ignored him, and said with a smile: "Yangzi, you don't know, there is a matter of evil ghosts slaughtering mountains in Taifu Mountain, which has long been rumored at the south entrance of Taifu Mountain Road, it is said that five days ago, the owner of Tiema Village, located at the north entrance of the mountain road, rushed into Wangshan Town in rags, and people have gone crazy. There are good people in the town, so they sneaked into the Iron Horse Village, but they were scared to the bottom of the urine, it turned out that the hundreds of people in the Iron Horse Village were all turned into skeletons, and the entire Iron Horse Village was like Shura Hell. From that day on, the Taifushan Road was broken!"

"The mountain road on the south side has been broken, but we haven't received news from the north, and it was at that time that we entered Taifu Mountain, it's really scary to think about!"

After speaking, Geng Darthead had a frightened expression on his face, and the other two dart heads also looked like they were the ones who had survived the catastrophe.

Geng Darttou asked again: "Yangzi, what can you encounter in the mountains?"

Xiao Ziyang pretended to smile bitterly and said: "I followed the traces left by the skeleton and touched the Qinglong Cottage all the way, but I saw the skeletons all over the village. ”

Li Hu sneered when he heard this, but Xiao Ziyang ignored him.

Geng Ma and the two darts glanced at each other, and they both secretly said in their hearts, this Xiao Ziyang finally knew that the sky was high and the earth was thick, and his heart had changed, which was also a good thing.

Many convoys heading north were blocked in the town of Wangshan, leaving the only three inns in the town full, and Xiao Ziyang and many other runners squeezed together on a chase shop for the night.

Early the next morning, everyone pressed the convoy and left in a hurry, heading towards Shuo'an, the capital of Ganzhou.

The northern part of Ganzhou is shrouded in mountains, the land is vast and sparsely populated, and there are many bandits in the mountains. The situation in the Gannan region is completely different, and the Gannan Plain is also the granary of the entire Xiliang Empire. Once pedestrians walk out of the Taifu Mountains, they will see a fertile field in front of them.

The Xiliang Empire borders the steppes to the north, and is adjacent to the fierce steppe nomads, and the threat from the steppe nomads is not serious. This is thanks to the Tai'an Mountains in the north of the empire.

This mountain range separates the Western Liang Kingdom from the steppe, and only in the northwest corner of the empire, Jin, Gan, Ding, and the three prefectures border the steppe, and the northern part of Ganzhou is blocked by the Taifu mountains, so the only border trouble in the north of the empire is from Jinzhou and Dingzhou.

As the largest grain-producing area in Northwest China, the Gannan Plain provides nearly half of the grain and grass for the border areas of Jinding and Jinding. Because of the proximity to the supply, there is less transportation costs, and this half-grain grass saves the empire almost ten times the value of the grain itself!

The imperial court attaches great importance to the Gannan region, and there are heavy troops here!

The Taifu Mountains are high and densely forested, which is not conducive to the invasion of the army, and the Taifu Mountain bandits are also very obedient, and they never dare to take the next step in the south of Taifu Mountain, and the officers and soldiers turn a blind eye to them.

After the people of the Golden Sword Dart Bureau left Wangshan Town, they completely relaxed. The rest of the road will be an easy one.

In the evening of the next day, the dart game arrived at Qingtai Town very smoothly. This town is close to a guardhouse, quite prosperous, and there are many wine shops and prostitutes in the town.

When Qingtai Town appeared in the sight of the executioners of the Golden Sword and Dart Bureau, everyone couldn't help cheering. The wine shops, brothels, and gambling halls in Qingtai Town are not only the paradise of the Qiu Eight Masters in the guard, but also the paradise of these dart players who lick the blood with their knives.

The already tired convoy was three points faster and finally set foot in this bustling town before sunset. Led by three dart masters, the convoy walked around half of the town and stopped at the entrance of an inn at the south gate.

The Indian guest Xiao Er of Tongfu Inn saw the convoy from a distance, and hurriedly greeted him, shouting: "Li Darthead, Geng Darthead, Ma Darthead, the three of you have worked hard all the way, please come inside." At the same time, he turned back and shouted to the inn: "Ergui, bolt, come and take a hand, and help the men of the Golden Sword and Dart Bureau to rush to the backyard." ”

The convoy of the Golden Knife Dart Bureau must live in this Tongfu Inn every time it passes through Qingtai Town, although the dart guests in the mountains have no oil and water, eat green onions and steamed buns, drink bad wine, and sleep in the shop, but it is also a lot of income all year round, so the shopkeepers have not been slack.

Naturally, Xiao Ziyang didn't need to make a move to settle the livestock, and he followed the three darts into the main hall of the inn together.