Alternative Jianghu Adventures

"If that's the case, it's going to be difficult."

Ding Biaotou frowned after hearing Xia Yun's description,

"This is the first time I have traveled to the southern frontier this year. In previous years, the people in the rivers and lakes who passed by saw my dart flag and gave me a little favor, but this year... haven't I heard that there are new bandits here?"

"...Maybe it's really just a messenger passing by."

Although he didn't believe it in his heart, Xia Yun comforted him.

"Whether it's true or not, don't take it lightly." Ding Biao shook his head, looked at the sky outside, it was already half past two, and said in a deep voice,

"In any case, robbing the darts at night is despised by the Daoists. If they intend to, at least we, the darts, must see it—if you didn't leave the team suddenly, I'm afraid we would still be kept in the dark.

But it's not sure...you should be careful, remember what I said, you..."

"My primary goal is to protect Qiao Anyue's safety," Xia Yun nodded, "I understand that if there is a fight, I'm afraid I won't be able to help much."

The head of Escort Ding patted Xia Yunde on the shoulder, "If I, Ding Fan, can't even protect the bodyguards for this trip, I would be ashamed of the bodyguard flags that our Ding family has kept for generations!

Xia Yun, don't underestimate yourself. If it weren't for you, I would have to send three or five people to protect Miss Qiao's safety. With you here, I can at least focus on Darling's side. "

Xia Yun smiled, "Uncle Ding, you flatter me too much."

"Okay, I know your skills. Five years ago, when I went to Shuozhou City with a dart, I saw the man who shot through Yang with my own eyes."

Xia Yun paused with a smile on his face, and then laughed, "I don't quite understand what you said."

"I heard that the top tree in Shenyuan Pavilion is famous for its two-handed sword," Biaotou Ding looked at the junior like an elder, the two tufts of beard on his lips slightly raised, "there is no one in the 42 counties of Kyushu. The left-handed sword made a name for itself.”

Xia Yun showed two small canine teeth, "Are you asking me to be No.1 of this left-handed sword?"

"What do you think?" Ding Biaotou looked around and said to him, "Mu Zhi used to wear a wooden mask to show people, covering her upper face and only showing her two eyes, so no one knows what she looks like... "

Ding Fan stopped talking here, and the conversation turned a corner, "At first, I thought I was thinking too much, but I heard the proprietress in Yongsheng Gambling Shop say that you and Li Si are fighting for a bet. Draw a draw and make a lot of money."

"It shows that your martial arts... are far higher than what you showed in front of me."

"So what?" Xia Yun was still smiling, making it hard to see what she was thinking.

"I heard that Mu Zhitong's ventriloquism is good at animal language, and his proficiency in bird language is comparable to human language." Ding Biaotou spread his hands, "Don't you think that since you came to my Shunfeng Escort, the birds in the Escort yard Is it much more than usual?"

"I learned this from Aunt Liang. Didn't she raise a starling?" Xia Yun suddenly realized, and laughed, "It's just humming, I don't know what it means."

"Boss Qian said that when he mentioned the matter of an arrow piercing a tree in front of you, you subconsciously replied 'How can you say something so mysterious', I heard that tone... But it was very firm."

Xia Yun sneered, "Uncle Ding, have you listened too much to old Zhou Tou's stories? And... you also believe what Shopkeeper Qian said? Just chatting, how can you remember so clearly? I think you are thinking too much."

"...Forget it," Ding Biaotou shrugged and smiled.

"Isn't this just a guess? It's not accurate and it's impossible for Mu Zhi to confront me... But Xia Yun, you have to remember that you are now an escort of our Shunfeng Escort. The dart is protected, do you hear me?"

"Of course." Xia Yun raised his eyebrows.

"It's late at night, go to sleep." Ding Biaotou waved his hand, which meant that he didn't want to talk more.

Xia Yun nodded with a smile, and flipped out of the broken window with a backflip.

"Oh, why did you come here?"

Cheng Zhe, who was sitting in Room No. [-] Tianzi in the inn, looked at the first day of junior high school who came in through the window, with a frivolous tone,

"You said, did you fall asleep in the tunnel while exploring the road? It's almost three o'clock! I even drank three pots of strong tea to stay awake!"

Wearing tight-fitting black night clothes on the first day of the lunar new year, completely ignoring Cheng Zhe's teasing, he walked to the wooden table and drank a cup of herbal tea in one gulp.

"The secret passage is in the kitchen." The first day of the junior high school said in a deep, concise voice.

Even though the Qiao family was just Gao Jiabu's disguise in the capital, the defense was unexpectedly strict.

It took him several days to find out when the Qiao family's hidden guards changed their shifts, and tonight finally took advantage of the gap between shifts to get in.

He originally thought that something like the secret path should be guarded in the study room or the main wing, but he sneaked in and looked around, but found nothing.

But with the idea of ​​not being afraid of ten thousand but just in case, the first day of junior high school still dutifully spared no corners, and finally found something strange in the back kitchen!

"So did you find anything?" Cheng Zhe raised his eyebrows and asked seemingly inadvertently.

"You don't need to test me," Chuyi said coldly, "I said, if you can really help me, once I believe you, I will never doubt it, and I will definitely not go against your will.

I didn't go in. "

Cheng Zhe gave Chu Yi a big smile, "Hachi is so good."

A cold light flashed in Chuyi's eyes, "I said, don't call me by that name."

"Come," Cheng Zhe pretended not to hear the rebuttal from the first day of junior high school, lying lazily on the four-wheeled cart under his seat, "take me there."

"Tonight?" The first day of the junior high school was impressive.

It's already three o'clock, if I go again tonight, it will definitely be too late to come out at night.

Either take a huge risk to go out of the dark room during the day, or at least stay in it for a day and a night to wait for an opportunity.

not to mention--

On the first day of the junior high school, his gaze moved to Cheng Zhe's leg, which was still crippled.

"Yes, tonight." Cheng Zhe nodded firmly, although there was a smile on his brows and eyes, his tone was undeniably tough.

Accustomed to the way of speaking with Cheng Zhe, he also understood that Cheng Zhe's words were serious in the first day of junior high school.

Sighing, he still lifted Cheng Zhe from the four-wheeled vehicle, freed up one hand and followed Cheng Zhe's instructions to press a button on the back of the chair.

I saw the wooden four-wheeled cart folded suddenly, and all the pieces of wood were gathered together in an orderly manner, and in the blink of an eye, it was gathered into a boxy piece of wood the size of a palm!

It looks no different from the messy wood sold by carpenters on the street!

Although I have seen it more than once, I was still amazed for a moment by the uncanny craftsmanship of this four-wheeled vehicle on the first day of junior high school.

He put the wooden block in his arms, and with one hand holding Cheng Zhe, he jumped onto the roof of the inn and galloped towards the backyard of Qiao's house.

moment.

Cheng Zhe stared at the dirty square stove in the back kitchen, and asked the first day of the junior high school in disbelief, "Are you sure this is the entrance to the secret passage?"

Chu nodded.

"This this this..."

Cheng Zhe didn't know whether to laugh or cry, there were still a few pieces of unburned wood on the place where the stove was burning, and the ash underneath hadn't been shoveled out, and there was even a tongs for pulling matches lying crookedly in the ash pile.

"You said you were hungry when you were looking for something, and wanted to secretly light a fire to cook something for yourself, so you found this place?"

Cheng Zhe reached out and took the tongs to poke the ground. The bluestone bricks on the ground did feel slightly loose when they touched it.

... Who would be so weird to install a secret passage in such a ghostly place?

Chu Yi stretched out his hand and swept the ashes aside with internal strength, revealing a bluestone slab with an iron ring inside.

After passing through the iron ring, with a strong effort, the bluestone slab was slowly lifted up.

In the blink of an eye, the bottomless stone steps were revealed.

Cheng Zhe's eyes were even serious, and his smile was reduced by three points. His voice was slightly hoarse, and he said with a smile:

"Let's go."

"Let's go—"

It was not yet clear the next day, and the escorts of the Shunfeng Security Bureau had already woken up, cleaned up, and were ready to go.

Finally, with a long yell from Qu Zishou, the whole dart team was on the road again.

The escorts in the escort team had already received the instructions from the head of the escort, holding a waist knife in their hands, walking heavily, with nervous expressions, and always paying attention to all the movements around them.

However, everyone stared at it all morning and took a break in the middle. The sun was already westward, but there was nothing on the narrow road.

It's just that the terrain has become narrower and narrower. Both sides of the desolate Green Bamboo Ridge are full of bamboo forests and wheat borders—although they are wheat borders, but because no one is cultivating them, there is no whole piece of wheat.

It's just that there are a few grains of green wheat popping up before and after the mango, but it's no longer a climate, and it's not much different from the weeds beside it.

"I'm afraid there are no bandits?" Some guys began to mutter.

"Maybe Xiao Xia misread it."

"Maybe it's really a messenger who travels at night to deliver letters! That's not sure!"

……

When one person spoke, the others echoed.

Just when they relaxed their vigilance, the sound of messy flattery came quickly from behind.

——Same as last night, two Chinese characters wearing short jackets and bamboo hats covering their faces rode fast horses and passed by Darling Yin, blowing a gust of dangerous wind!

At this time, there is no need for Ding Biaotou to say more, he waved his hand, and the escort team stopped on the spot.

Everyone held their right hands on the tiger's mouth on the handle of the knife, waiting for the two horses to circle back.

Not long after, there was a clatter of horseshoes coming from the front - at this moment, there were not only two horses, but at least twenty horses!

Ding Biao, who was walking in the forefront, looked up, and in a bamboo forest half a mile away, dozens of fast horses galloped like a gust of wind, and when they arrived in front of the dart team, they gave a tacit understanding!

The fast horse immediately spun around from head to tail, rounded up the bodyguard team without realizing it, and birdsong rang out.

But the people in the dart team hadn't drawn their swords yet.

Qu Zi took a step forward, rolled up the dart flag in a big roll, and raised it above his head, three times in a row!

The rule on the road is that the escorts who walk the darts bowed to the top of the mountain according to the rules.

After all, SF Escort still wanted to make money as much as possible, and tried not to draw their swords if there was no need to do it.And like this, it can be regarded as taking the etiquette first, so as not to give up the truth later.

Those in the Escort business still pay attention to etiquette in Taoism.

Soon, more brawny men wearing black short shirts, tightly wrapped leggings, and holding weapons appeared from the bamboo forest in front of them amidst the whistling sound, completely sealing off the road in front of them, making a tight circle around them.

Escort Ding swung the stirrup off the saddle, flew sideways from the horse, and clasped his fists together, "Ding Fan, the head of the Shunfeng Escort Bureau, escorted the escort all the way through your land.

Just because I don't know where the duozi kiln is located, and I can't post the worship mountain in time, Ding is here to accompany me first! "

Among the people who came from behind, a man wearing a light gray gown quickly stepped forward. He looked like he was only in his [-]s. He was clearly a bandit, but his eyebrows were handsome and he had a sense of righteousness.

But as soon as he opened his mouth, Ding Fan felt that that bit of "righteousness" must be his illusion.

"It turned out to be Escort Ding from Shunfeng Escort Bureau. He has known his name for a long time, and it was a pleasure to meet him." The man said slowly, with a trailing sound, and his tone was extremely flat, as if he was saying "here is a table" as naturally as possible.

When Ding Biaotou heard it, he felt that maybe he could still make peace, but he immediately dismissed this idea.

"Since it's Ding Fan, the escort must be a lot of money." The man glanced at the dart money behind him lightly, as if he didn't want to entangle with Ding Fan, and continued, "Then grab it."

As soon as his words fell, the other thieves immediately showed their weapons.

This is simply against the rules of the road!

Ding Biaotou was furious, he had been in darts for so many years, and he had never seen such an unruly person!

Unavoidably, he became a little angry, and shouted, "Put that guy on the shelf!"

The escorts who accompanied him also drew their weapons immediately!

"grab."

I don't know who made the first cut. In the blink of an eye, everyone was caught in a melee!

"Stay in the carriage for me, don't come out!"

Xia Yun cut off a thief's weapon with his backhand with his left hand, picked up the door curtain of the carriage, and said to Qiao Anyue inside, "Did you hear that?!"

The author has something to say: Has any little angel eaten gray rice dumplings?Do you know where it is sold?

...Finally decided under the pressure of a pile of papers!Fight back tonight!To eat crawfish!

Serve with beer! ... After finishing, I will continue with the liver paper →_→

(Speaking of which, I really want these two guys to eat pagoda flowers on the way of darts...but the pagoda flowers grow in the north, hey, what a pity, the pagoda flowers are so delicious...and the season to eat honeysuckle is over Alright, indifference.jpg)