Chapter 49 49 Helpless
Sheep bells rang out as the caravan moved forward.
The sky is just bright.
On the winding official road in the forest, the Bai family caravan dragged a long caravan towards Tanyang under the hired guards.
The trucks in the middle and rear sections were mixed with some passers-by who went to Tanyang along the way.
These people are all loose people who paid money to get the caravan bodyguards.
In one of the bullock carts, a young and beautiful woman was leaning against the window of the bullock cart with the curtains rolled up and looking out.
The young woman had a little blush on her face, her complexion was fair and tender, but there was a hint of worry in her eyes.
Behind the carriage of the ox cart, the edge of a wagon.
There was a young Taoist man in a blue and white coat, with a round cloth strip on his back, and he followed him step by step.
The Taoist is sturdy in shape, with particularly thick arms, and his face is sharp and angular. Although he is not handsome, he has a special temperament.
These two are Yang Hongyan and Zhang Rongfang who went to Tan Yang with the Bai family caravan.
Yang Hongyan said she was going to Tanyang to buy goods, so she brought an ox cart at home.
On the other hand, Zhang Rongfang accompanied him on foot.
The mountain road is rugged, even if there is an official road, it is not easy to walk.
All his money was used to buy medicines, so naturally he could not afford horses.
Zhang Rongfang followed the caravan at a glance. In the front and back, there were only a few people riding horses.
Most of them are bullock carts, or donkeys, and even sheep.
'Indeed, the previous TV dramas were all deceptive. In this world, the cheapest horse is as much as seventy taels, and the expensive BMW is even more expensive. At this price, the cheapest horse can buy two cows. ’
It is impossible for ordinary people to waste so much money on horses.
In addition to pulling carts and riding horses, the other uses of buying horses are really not as good as cattle. The cow is stronger and can help plough the fields.
The protagonists in the film and television dramas are always riding horses. Zhang Rongfang compared them and understood.
This is the same as the 70 or 80 Marriott car on the street.
Convert it to see how unrealistic it is.
He looked forward.
In the carriage of the ox cart, sister-in-law Yang Hongyan had lowered her head, holding a small silver coin in her hand, and was carefully wiping the pattern with a silk cloth.
Nasheng is a lotus flower, and there seems to be a word on the edge.
"This is your brother, who gave it to me before leaving." Yang Hongyan said softly.
"He feels something is wrong."
"Did senior brother give you some details?" Zhang Rongfang also felt that something was wrong, and suddenly asked him to protect his sister-in-law from Huaxin County and go to Tanyang. This behavior is a little too unusual.
"No. He didn't say anything." Yang Hongyan shook her head.
Zhang Rongfang frowned slightly.
Before leaving, Master Zhang Xuan asked him to memorize all the martial arts spells by rote, as if thinking about it and stuffing all the tips into his mind.
This performance is also somewhat wrong.
"When you come back this time, Junior Brother Rongfang, if you have time, please advise your senior brother, I feel." Yang Hongyan paused, frowning, "I feel that he has a lot of things in his heart, and it doesn't make sense to ask him. I say."
"I'll give it a try." Zhang Rongfang nodded.
It was noon soon. The sun was hot, making people sweat.
The caravan found a tree-shaded open space beside an official road and took a break for a while.
Someone in front led the team and went to a nearby stream to fetch water.
"If you want to fetch water, let's go together. You can fetch water from two places along the way. After this village, you can only get it the day after. Everyone is ready."
A guy in the caravan in front was shouting all the way to the end.
"In addition, it should be convenient. Men go to the left, women go to the right, the plates have been driven out, and the marks are inserted. It is convenient for each family."
Plate means venue. The mark is a small flagpole on one side, tied with a gray cloth, with the words male and female written on it.
Zhang Rongfang calculated the amount of water, and also took a few water bags that he drank, and then took Yang Hongyan's water bag.
"Sister-in-law, I went to the front to fetch water first. I'll be right back. You rest in the carriage first." He reminded.
"Thank you Rongfang. I have some sweet-scented osmanthus cakes that I just made in a while. Come back and eat some." Yang Hongyan said quickly.
"Okay, thank you." Zhang Rongfang responded, looked left and right, and said a few words to the two guards at the side.
Let them take care of their sister-in-law when they leave, and then leave with an empty water bag.
Severe insecurity made him be very careful about everything he eats.
Water is something that you have to make yourself to be at ease.
As for the two guards, Zhang Rongfang made an appointment with them, and waited until Tan Yang gave him two taels of silver.
In the carriage, Yang Hongyan looked at Zhang Rongfang, who was gradually walking into the woods, and sighed softly.
Compared to buying goods alone before, now I have to say that with Zhang Rongfang here, I really feel a lot more at ease.
Let's not say anything else, Zhang Rongfang is standing there, and his sturdy figure can give people a sense of security.
Just after Zhang Rongfang walked away.
The guards of the two escorts also consciously approached the bullock cart. They each carried a machete and collected money to do things. They were still very dedicated.
at this time.
It is several miles away from the official road where the caravan is located.
On a hillside in the shape of a cemetery, a dozen or so sturdy figures in old variegated clothes, all covering their faces with gray cloth, appeared on the slope.
The person in the front is tall and tall, with a black beard on his face, which can't even cover his face mask.
is the Taoist Qishan who brought people here to rob people.
"I have already coordinated secretly with the caravan, and the guarded Black Wolf Escort will cooperate secretly when they see us passing by.
Don't move the truck, just leave if you catch someone, do you understand? "
"clear!"
The rest of the people responded.
Most of them were servants of Qishan, and the other half were martial cultivators of Qinghe Palace.
The group of people took out thick wooden sticks from behind.
Qishan himself took out a wooden stick about the thickness of his forearm.
So even if the Black Wolf Escort really resisted this time, regardless of the prior consultation, he was sure to catch someone.
"Let's go. Move fast!"
After a while, the group quickly rushed to the location of the caravan.
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Gurgling.
A series of blisters slid down the stream.
Zhang Rongfang soaked the water bag in water, and washed the outside of the water bag while filling the water.
The location where the water is taken is about two miles away from the resting place of the caravan.
While fetching water, he was thinking about Zhang Xintai and his master Zhang Xuan.
They definitely have something to hide from themselves, and they want to take their sister-in-law away by themselves, which has a hidden meaning to settle down.
Loaded the water, he put it on the lower waist, and stood up.
At this moment, not far away, several guards filled with water, one of them suddenly threw out the machete in his hand, and a fat rabbit was running in the middle of the forest.
Several people laughed, walked over, and grabbed the gray rabbit that was knocked unconscious by the handle of the knife.
‘How about I also get some mountain goods to go back, so that it is convenient to eat on the road? ' Zhang Rongfang's heart moved.
With his movement technique, it is not easy to get some mountain goods.
Watching those people carry the rabbit with a smile, they immediately began to peel and remove the internal organs.
Zhang Rongfang immediately decided to get some prey around here.
Carrying the water bag, he turned and walked towards the woods on the side of the stream.
Of course, before that, he still followed the old rules and went around to check if there was any danger.
After all, I promised my senior brother to protect my sister-in-law.
And this time, the reaction of the brother and the master was so strange, he naturally had to be more careful along the way.
Walking into the forest, Zhang Rongfang took off the wish wheel with his backhand, and hung the outsourced cloth on the tree branch.
Smell.
He flicked it gently, and the sharp blade of the wish wheel suddenly spun.
The two handwritings just engraved, gradually blurred with the light in the forest.
Ding.
The body of the wheel suddenly stopped, and the word Lishuang appeared.
Before the sound of fell, Zhang Rongfang's figure had disappeared into the forest without making a sound.
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In the forest.
Qishan quickly led the team towards the caravan.
Tall trees passed by him, and the outline of the caravan ox cart could be faintly seen in the forest ahead.
"Just ahead, get ready! Don't stop after grabbing someone. Anyone who grabs money and goods will be severely punished!"
Qishan ordered one last time.
"Yes!"
The rest of the people responded.
At this moment, a person suddenly rushed out from the side of the forest in front.
It was a young Taoist with a strong physique and a strange round-wheeled weapon.
The Taoist saw Qishan and his group at a glance.
"Huh?" The other party was puzzled, "Senior Brother Qishan? Are you...?"
It's not that he has good eyesight, but that Qishan's figure and his iconic black beard are too conspicuous.
So Zhang Rongfang recognized each other at a glance.
Qishan was also taken aback.
subconsciously touched his face, but luckily the mask was still there.
"You're mistaken, I'm not Qishan."
His instinctive retort.
"." Zhang Rongfang was speechless. Staring at each other's beard without saying a word.
Qishan suddenly understood his flaws.
His face turned red, and he tore off the mask.
"Cao! This Lao Shizi mask is wearing a fart! Wearing it means not wearing it!" Qishan Huo Avenue.
"You all took the face towel for me, it's useless to wear it anyway!" He felt that it was unfair to take it himself, and waved at the people around him and scolded.
A group of people looked at each other, no one moved.
What a joke, it really doesn't matter if you wear Qishan's body shape or beard.
But they are different.
They can still hide their identities when they wear them.
Seeing that no one was obedient, Qishan wanted to have a seizure on the spot, but Zhang Rongfang was right in front of him.
He doesn't talk nonsense anymore.
"Forget it, although I don't know how you got here, since we met, then"
He lifted the wooden stick and pointed at Zhang Rongfang.
"If you don't want to die, just walk with me honestly."
"Senior Brother Qishan, are you trying to fight me?" Zhang Rongfang looked at Qishan and the people behind him in surprise.
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Near Huaxin County, in a valley called Dilongpo.
At this time, a dozen men and women in different clothes gathered together.
Chen Lianqing, with his face covered, stood on a rock and scanned the audience.
"I just got the news, the rest of the counties are ready, and only our county is left."
"On our side, there are about 200 people in the city that can be mobilized, and they are scattered all over the city." A man who looked like a scribe said.
"The villages and towns outside the city can mobilize thousands of people. But they don't have enough weapons. It's too bad to fight." Another person said.
(end of this chapter)
