Let’s not mention the outcome of the fight between Haicangfeng and Xiao Wuji in the bamboo forest for now. Let’s take a look at Shuanghe’s side first.
As mentioned last time, the innkeeper of Gengjia Village asked them both: "Who are you two?"
The two of them seemed to have already guessed that the other party would be there. This question was asked, so they just looked at each other and smiled, and Huang Donglai answered: "Didn't I say it before? We are just two passers-by."
When the shopkeeper heard this, he said: " "I don't see it."
"Oh?" Sun Yixie raised his eyebrows while eating the food, "How can you see it?"
The shopkeeper replied seriously: "Although Mr. Li is just a commoner in the mountains, and he only runs an inn as big as dried tofu, over the years, I have seen as many as eight hundred passers-by. I have seen so many I can still tell which people are just idle people and which ones have some ability..." He paused, and then glanced at the faces of Sun and Huang, "I think you two, at most, You are only in your early twenties, but your calmness and calmness are not what ordinary people of this age can have. Therefore, Li dared to ask...are you two famous young heroes in the world?"
< p> Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai loved hearing this, but they loved hearing it, but they couldn't show it on their faces.After all, there are some problems in this village at first glance. It is not a wise move to reveal your own trump card before finding out the truth.
"Heh..." Therefore, two seconds later, Huang Donglai just chuckled and replied, "Shopkeeper, you are mistaken..." He glanced at Sun Yixie , then turned back to look at Shopkeeper Li, "We are indeed 'running the world', but it's not the 'jianghu' you think of. We are telling people's fortunes, reading fortunes, exorcising ghosts and praying for blessings, and doing street performances." That kind of... As for you saying that we are not surprised, it's just that we are thick-skinned."
What he said was reasonable and reasonable. When Shopkeeper Li heard this, he couldn't help but feel disappointed on his face. By the way: Oh, I was so happy in vain, I thought our village could be saved.
"Oh...that's right, I misunderstood." Shopkeeper Li said, then turned to leave with a sullen face, "Then Li won't bother you..."
< p> "Wait a minute." But Sun Yixie stopped him in time and said, "Shopkeeper, don't be anxious." He said, taking another bite of food, "I think you seem to be in trouble, anyway. There's nothing wrong with us. You might as well sit down and have a drink with us and tell us what's going on. See if we can help.""This..." Li When the shopkeeper heard this, he thought to himself, "Since you are not knights in the world, it is useless for me to tell you two." But he then thought again, "But... I don't seem to have anything to lose by saying it. Well, people are now politely inviting me to sit down for a drink and a meal, but even if I don’t eat, I’m just standing by and watching, so I still have to hold it in my stomach. There’s no need.”
< p>ThinkWhen he got here, he sat down."Alas..." When he sat down, shopkeeper Li couldn't help but sigh again when he thought of what he was going to mention, and then said, "Then thank you both very much, Li."
"It's easy to talk." Sun Yixie smiled and waved to Shopkeeper Li's nephew Xiao Wu, "Brother, please come and sit too, don't stand alone."
< p>"Huh?" Xiao Wu looked at the food and wine on the table and was already greedy, but he was honest and looked at his uncle first with a questioning look.Shopkeeper Li looked back at him and curled his lips: "What are you looking at? Are you coming if they invite you? Come on, bring two more cups and sit down and eat together."
"Hey." Xiao Wu nodded excitedly, quickly went to the counter to get two more wine glasses, and then nodded and took a seat quickly.
"Hey~ that's right." Sun Yixie said with a smile, "It's more lively when four people eat than when two people eat." After saying that, he also gave the shopkeeper and waiter a meal. The wine was poured.
"Hey! I don't dare to take this seriously." Shopkeeper Li was a little flattered. This was the first time for him to have a customer pour him wine after so many years of running an inn.
"Hey~ You're welcome, we are in the world of martial arts, so we don't have to be that particular." Sun Yixie pressed his elbow on the other person's movements and poured the wine.
Huang Donglai also struck while the iron was hot: "Come on, we are destined to meet today, let's have a drink."
They raised their glasses, so Shopkeeper Li and Wu Xiaoer naturally had to welcome them. With.
The dishes cooked by Sun Yixie are also very popular - after all, he comes from a wealthy family and has eaten them before. People in this small mountain village really find the dishes he makes rare.
The four of them ate and drank. After a few rounds, the two people at the same table were already a little tipsy from the double harmonies.
Now that the atmosphere has reached this point, it’s time to phrase it...
"Shopkeeper, what is going on? Tell me." Huang Donglai asked the question at the right time.
"Ah... I'll be honest with you two." Shopkeeper Li said earnestly, "In our village, we have passed today and wonder if there will be a tomorrow."
< p>Then, he told everything about how the two heroes Liu Wusheng and Zou Baiqiu came, how they went, and how they never returned, including those bandits. .Of course, it is inevitable that some of his personal subjective comments and embellished descriptions will be mixed in. What is a person called a person if he doesn’t brag a little bit at the wine table?
After hearing about everything, Huang Donglai nodded and said with a suddenly enlightened tone: "So that's it..." But then he thought of something again and asked, "Hey "Then why don't you just run away?"
"Run?" Shopkeeper Li frowned, then smiled bitterly, "How can we run away together?" We ran out, what next? Most of the people in this village are farmers, and there are people like us.As for small businesses... how can we live without our land and shops? Going out to beg for food? He shook his head, "If I really become a refugee, I'm afraid it will be worse than dying in the village. If I stay... there is still hope. The bandits will not dare to kill all the people in the village. They will kill a few at most." Just to vent their anger, after all, they will come to rob again in the future..."
What he said is basically the common thought of the villagers in Gengjia Village at this time.
People Well, everyone has a sense of luck. They know that a disaster is coming and are scared to death, but the vast majority of people will still stay in place like an ostrich, burrow their head into the hole, pray that the knife will not fall on their neck, and deal with it later. She shed a few tears over the corpses of those unlucky ones who had just been killed, and continued to live her life.
"Wow——" At this moment, Wu Xiaoer suddenly let out a loud cry. When he started crying, the tears flowed down his rough cheeks. While crying, he shouted, "Cuihua'er, you died so miserably..."
< p>"Hey! It's a shameful thing. If you can't drink it, don't drink it. Look at what a bear you are! "Shopkeeper Li became angry when he saw his nephew's behavior."Hey~ calm down. Sun Yixie quickly pressed him down and asked, "Where did this come from?" "
"Well..." At this time, shopkeeper Li also let out a sad and angry groan in his throat. He took a deep breath and then said slowly, "Cuihua is his unmarried wife. Son..." At this point, shopkeeper Li took another sip of wine and said, "My nephew is not bad, but he is a bit stupid and naive. No one wants him when he is in his late twenties. A few months ago, someone finally came. The announcement of the marriage made this stupid boy very happy. Unexpectedly... before the betrothal gift was even given, bandits came into the village and snatched Cuihua up the mountain. "
"Oh..." Huang Donglai asked again, "Then...is it possible that this girl is still alive?
Shopkeeper Li shook his head, and then replied: "When the eldest girl and the young daughter-in-law in the village were captured and taken to the mountains, none of them came back... There were also those who were brave enough to look for them." , but not even the whole body could be found. They were all tortured to death and then thrown into the mountains to feed the wolves. ”
Before he finished speaking, Wu Xiaoer cried even harder.
Now that the matter has come to this, there is no way for him to eat anymore, and he can’t say anything anymore. We can't talk anymore.
"I think you two are good people, so I would like to advise you..." Shopkeeper Li took another sip of wine and suppressed his emotions, "You two will be on your way tomorrow. Don't go into the mountains. Just walk around from the north. It only takes a day or two longer. If you go into the mountains... you will probably be robbed. It's not a big deal if you lose money. What if you die? not worth. "
"Thank you, shopkeeper, for reminding me. "Huang Donglai cupped his hands at him and stood up.
Sun Yixie didn't say anything, and walked to the guest room with Huang Donglai.
When they walked away, then Shopkeeper Li stood up, came to Xiao Wu's side, sighed, and patted the latter's shoulder.
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After finishing the not-so-pleasant meal.After dinner, Sun and Huang came to the same guest room and began to discuss what they had just heard.
At this time, although the sky was already dark, it was not very late yet, it had just reached Xu hour.
According to the current clock, it is seven o'clock in the evening, but because there were no street lights in those days, in this autumn and winter, there was no light very early in this small village. .
"Brother Huang, what do you think?" Sun Yixie asked while lighting the oil lamp.
"How else can we watch this?" Huang Donglai answered quickly, "We are familiar with this kind of thing, that Ma Si, Kang Haijiao... they are all in this way, who is not done by us "Dead?"
"Hmm..." Sun Yixie thought for a moment, "But didn't you listen to what Shopkeeper Li said about the 'Tiger Armed King' and 'Yida Zhenguanzhong' who went up the mountain? Go, it’s all over. Isn’t there some master in this village?”
“There is a master from Mao~” Huang Donglai now thinks that he is good at martial arts, and his tone is a bit loud when talking to Brother Sun in private. , "I've heard of Liu Wusheng and Zou Baiqiu. They're just two chickens. Their nicknames are a bit deceptive, but they actually have little strength."
"Oh?" Sun Yixie said, "Then with your Can you kill them both?"
"Do whatever you want," Huang Donglai said in a long voice, "I will throw two hidden weapons at you, maybe they will be gone. Even if this trick doesn't work, as long as I... Eh? Why do I think you are trying to make a fool of yourself?"
"No, I'm just asking," Sun Yixie said. Suddenly, he tilted his head and looked away.
"What a jerk, Sun, have you gone too far? Are you going to give up on the dead man?" Huang Dong came to see through Sun Yixie, and his voice became louder.
"Tsk...no...I was just thinking..." Sun Yixie said, "At the beginning, those four horses all had the name of 'Zoomazhai', but this group of bandits, They don’t even have a name, and the people in several nearby villages think that they are just a mob, so if you think about it normally, people like Liu Wusheng and Zou Baiqiu are enough to deal with them, right?”
"Well..." Huang Donglai nodded, "Then what?"
"But judging from the results, these two people did not succeed." Sun Yixie said, "That's why I want you to come Let’s judge their strength.”
“If you put it this way…” Huang Donglai thought for a while, “Although these two can only be regarded as second-rate masters, in terms of hard power…they are indeed. He won't lose to an ordinary bandit leader."
"Right." When Sun Yixie said this, his little eyes narrowed and he continued, "So there must be something fishy about this... "
"What do you mean?" Huang Donglai said.
"For example..." Sun Yixi said, "Although the hard power of these bandits is not very strong, their leader is very intelligent; he has prepared certain strategies, mechanisms, and Or a hidden weapon like lime powder or something... Then we captured those two people."He paused and then added, "Think about it, according to shopkeeper Li, Liu Zou and Liu Zou went up the mountain after eating, drinking and sleeping all night. And the day before, among the three villages, they I have been telling everyone about this for a while... So if the bandits have placed spies in any of the three villages, wouldn't it mean that they would have been prepared a night in advance?"
Huang Donglai heard about it. After thinking about it: "It makes sense! As expected of Brother Sun, the details are a bit good."
"That's right~" Sun Yixie said, "Brother relies on his intelligence to gain a foothold in the world, okay?"< /p>
"So when you don't rely on your intelligence but your strength, you will be stuck with a poisonous needle and lie down." Huang Donglai joked.
"Shut up, me!" Sun Yixie said, "That bitch has no martial ethics and attacked me secretly. When I have time, I can practice some basic skills. I can do anything about this kind of surprise attack." Be careful."
"Okay, okay." Huang Donglai said, "Let's talk about it now...are you going to change homes with someone else again?"
"Mao!" Sun Yixie said, "Don't make it sound like I can only change homes."
"No, no, you can also lime powder, lift your vaginal legs, lock your throat, and penetrate your eyes." ..." Huang Donglai is very familiar with Sun Yixie's unique skills.
"Are you still listening to my plan?" Brother Sun didn't like hearing this anymore, so he interrupted him.
"Just tell me." Huang Donglai said.
"Uh-huh..." Sun Yixie cleared his throat, "I'm going to use 'Through the Mirror'..."
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The next day, before noon arrived, the village chief of Gengjia Village came to the door of the only inn in the village.
The onlookers made way for him to squeeze in.
"These two are..." Village Chief Geng looked at Shopkeeper Li who came up and asked in a low voice.
"Let me introduce you." Shopkeeper Li said, pulling the village chief to Sun and Huang who were sitting at the table eating, "You two, let me introduce you. This is the head of our Gengjia Village, Mr. Geng Sanguo.”
“Hmm, hello.” With an arrogant attitude, he said this to the village chief casually.
Of course, Village Chief Geng didn’t dare to complain.
"These two are the famous young heroes Dong Xie Xi Du, Sun Yi Xie, and Huang Dong Lai Shao Xia." Shopkeeper Li then introduced to Village Chief Geng.
"I have met these two young heroes." Village Chief Geng, who was already old, bowed deeply and respectfully to them.
Some people may want to ask when they see this, Teacher Jue, what happened?
It's very simple. Early that morning, Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai did not choose to hit the road, but ran to have a "showdown" with shopkeeper Li.
The two said: In fact, we were pretending yesterday. Let’s reveal our true identities.Scared you to death.
Then they boasted about their reputation as "Eastern Harmony and Western Poison" and some deeds that had already been circulated.
These two people were commentators in the past world, and they were particularly good at "fabricating history" and exaggerating. Their teasing and singing made Shopkeeper Li look stupid.
After fooling him, Shuangxi immediately said, we will take care of your village's affairs.
When Shopkeeper Li heard this, he suddenly felt that he was out of a desperate situation, and he immediately asked Xiao Wu to inform the village chief.
Xiao Wu is an honest man, and he doesn’t know how to talk nonsense, so he went to the village chief’s house and relayed: “Village chief, two young heroes came to our store, known as East Harmony and West Poison. , they said that Liu Daxia and Zou Daxia who came to us before were just two rookies, and it would not be surprising if they died. Now they want to help us, please go and have a look."
Village Chief Geng heard this. , thinking that Xiao Wu is crazy? What kind of nonsense are you talking about? Then how can the two heroes Liu Zou be chickens? Still a noob? What does it mean to hang up? Where is it hanging?
In short, Village Chief Geng took Xiao Wu and asked him several times before he roughly understood what was going on. After asking clearly, Village Chief Geng also felt that the village might be saved again, so he went immediately Inform those senior people in the village.
In short, in this morning, the whole village knew about it.
Therefore, when Village Chief Geng finally came to the door of the inn, the men, women, and children who had gathered in a circle on the street were all talking about it.
"The village chief doesn't have to be polite, we young people can't bear it." As he said this, Huang Donglai had no intention of getting up to help others, he still sat there and ate with a sullen look on his face.
"Village Chief Geng, don't say any more. I will just say one sentence today." Sun Yixie said, "With us here, those bandits... will! Die!"
"That's right." Huang Donglai also muttered while stuffing something into his mouth, "The ashes were thrown away by them."
Village Chief Geng Upon hearing it, the tone of these two people...why do they seem to be more bandits than bandits?
And just when he was doubtful, unexpectedly...
Pa—
Sun Yixie actually raised his hand and took a tablet. A particularly large piece of silver is on the table.
"Shopkeeper Li." Sun Yixie said immediately, "Firstly, this money will pay for our expenses here, and secondly...for the extra part, please pay for it with the villagers." Please take the time to buy something for us."
The money is really good.
Money is indeed not everything, but among all things, it is probably the closest to "omnipotence".
For example, the ingot of silver Sun Yixie took out now can help him and Huang Donglai gain the trust of the villagers faster than any words...
Li The shopkeeper and Village Chief Geng had never seen such a big piece of silver in their lives, and their eyes were opened.
"Sun Shaoxia is so polite, youWhatever you ask us, we will definitely do it. "Shopkeeper Li's attitude toward them now is very different from yesterday. Yesterday, he thought these two were just two young people passing by. But today, in his eyes, Sun and Huang are the savior and the god of wealth. Ah.
"Okay, please, bring us as many of the things written on this paper as you can." "Huang Donglai took over the conversation at this time, and took out a list he had written last night from his sleeve, "Oh, by the way, we want the goods not only from Gengjia Village, but also from the three nearby villages. . "
Shopkeeper Li took the piece of paper, held it in front of him, and looked at it with Village Chief Geng beside him. After getting the village chief's nod, he replied: "Okay. Okay, we'll do it right away. ”
“There is more. Sun Yixie then said again, "Where are the luggage and horses that Liu Daxia and Zou Daxia left behind before?" "
Two seconds later, shopkeeper Li also asked the village chief for his approval with his eyes, and then replied: "Go back to the two young heroes, the horses are tied behind the inn, and their luggage ...Of course we didn’t dare to touch it, for fear that bandits would come and ask for it one day, so I put them all away and left them in the store. "
"Okay. Sun Yixie said, already standing up, "Then take us to have a look." ”