Chapter 268

The distance of more than ten miles is not far for Shang Xia, but he finally decided to enter Changfeng City the next morning.

The winter night came quickly, and Shang Xia built a fire in a leeward col below the mountain, and roasted a pheasant for dinner.

The waning moon was in the sky, and Shang Xia felt drowsy from the warmth of the fire in front of him, so he wrapped a bear skin to fit him, and got ready to sleep.

I don't know how long it took, the waning moon in the sky was covered by dark clouds, and there was a rush of horseshoes in the distance from far to near.

Shang Xia's eyelids moved, and then he wrapped the bear skin tighter.

"Drive! Drive!"

The sound of horseshoes passed by outside the col, and the rider could vaguely hear the voice of the rider urging the mount in a low voice.

However, only a moment later, there was a scream, the rider on the horse screamed, and there was a faint cry of a frightened child.

But then all the sounds stopped abruptly, and the sound of the clothes being ripped was faintly mixed in the cool wild wind, and it became farther and farther away.

At this moment, there was another loud sound of hooves, and seven or eight healthy horses rushed past the pass, and the conversation of the people on the horses could be vaguely heard.

"The hoofprints just left on the snow, that person is not far from us."

"Look, this is the red-scaled horse that the man was riding, and it has fallen dead!"

"The red-scaled horse's body is still warm, and all the soft parts are still there. That man still has a child with him, so he must not have run very far, chase after him!"

"This is not far from Changfeng City, we must stop that person before he enters the city!"

"Hurry up!"

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In the early morning of the second day, Shang Xia tore a tattered clothes into rags, carefully wrapped the bow arm of the iron tire bow on his shoulders, then changed into thick coarse cloth clothes, and picked them up with a wooden stick. A few grouse and the folded bear skin walked out of the col and walked all the way to Changfeng City.

Although Shang Xia didn't know how long he had been in the mountains, but he touched the slightly soft beard on his chin, coupled with the slightly rough face blown by the wind and snow in the mountains, and his tall figure, at first glance At first glance, he looked like a young mountain hunter.

The journey of more than ten miles, even if Shang Xia used the footsteps of ordinary people, it would not take long.

When he came to the city gate, the sunlight in the eastern sky had just emerged, and it happened that the city gate opened.

The business travellers, who had already been waiting outside the city, began to enter the city one after another after a general search by the city gate guards.

"How come Changfeng City not only has to close the gates, but also has to be inspected by the city gate guards when entering and exiting?"

At this moment, a voice suddenly came from behind Shang Xia.

When Shang Xia heard the words, he glanced, and saw a middle-aged man who looked like a caravan manager, asking a local villager beside him in surprise.

The villager was carrying a load of vegetables, and it seemed that he wanted to sell them at a good price early in the morning. Hearing this, he smiled and said, "Who said it wasn't? It was just over a month ago. There was news that the bandits from Jizhou went north." , a leader was captured by the city lord, and it was rumored that the accomplices and subordinates of those thieves would come to the rescue, in order to prevent bad people from sneaking into the city, the city lord ordered to strengthen the security at the gate of the city."

"Oh, I see!"

The person in charge of the caravan was stunned at first, and then wondered: "This is strange, what did the bandits from Jizhou come to Youzhou when they have nothing to do? Youzhou is just a small place, what else can they squeeze out? "

At this time, a young man dressed as a warrior sneered and interjected: "You don't understand. Although Youzhou is small and looks barren, it is precisely because of this that it is a place favored by bandits from all walks of life."

The caravan steward heard more and more

With great interest, I saw that there were several companions of the same age around the young warrior, and saw that the clothing styles of these people were roughly the same. When I moved my eyes, I didn't know what to think, and there was a little more respect in my expression, and said: "May Hear the details!"

The young warrior seemed to feel the respect in the middle-aged man's words, glanced at him, and explained: "Without him, this Changfeng City is the boundary where bandits from all walks of life use to sell their stolen goods. As for the buyer, hehe, naturally whoever is missing Who will buy it!"

As soon as the young warrior finished speaking, he heard someone yelling at the city gate guard in front of the city: "What are you talking about behind, don't you want to enter the city?"

The middle-aged man in charge of the caravan bowed his hands to the young warrior and returned to his own caravan.

The young warrior let out a chuckle, with a hint of disdain evident in his voice.

Standing in front, Shang Xia could hear the accents of the caravan steward and the young warriors, all undoubtedly from Jizhou.

Although he didn't turn his head, he was able to perceive the sense of superiority that emerged from the expression of the young warrior just now when he spoke through his martial arts will.

Jizhou is vast, and the aristocratic and powerful families far exceed those before the fall of Youzhou, and there is even a holy place of martial arts like Bailu blessed land, which makes Jizhou warriors often have sufficient psychological advantages over Youzhou warriors.

It's just that they don't know whether these young warriors are from the aristocratic families in Jizhou, or the children trained by Bailu Fudi.

However, if, as the young warrior said, Youzhou is a barren and remote place, what are these young warriors who are obviously of extraordinary background doing here?

Shang Xia's expression was pretending to be dull, which made his face a little more simple and honest, making him look more like a young hunter.

At this time, Shang Xia's expression changed. In the perception of martial arts will, a young woman in her early twenties and not very heavy clothes was holding a child with a face flushed from cold in her arms, waiting for her to enter the city. The crowd slowly squeezed in. From Shang Xia's perception, the young woman's goal seemed to be—— herself!

At this time, Shang Xia's left arm was suddenly embraced, and a slightly shy voice said in a low voice: "Father, didn't you agree to take our mother and son to the city to go to the market yesterday? How come?" Did you leave early this morning by yourself?"

While speaking, Shang Xia could clearly feel that under the arm that was holding his arm, a sharp thing was pressing against his ribs through his not-so-thick clothes, as if as long as he said something wrong, the thing would You can stab yourself in the chest.

In Shang Xia's perception, it was really a very sharp dagger.

Shang Xia couldn't help shivering, as if his clothes were blown through by the winter morning wind, but to the young woman, it seemed that the young hunter beside him was frightened, and he couldn't help tightening the dagger in his hand again. tight.

At this time, Shang Xia's slightly embarrassed voice sounded: "Isn't it the cold weather, I don't want to let you two go out, I was thinking about selling the prey to both of you and take a cotton coat back home."

"No need, our mother and son are just watching the excitement in the city, father, you should buy more food!"

The young woman's speech sounded no different from that of an ordinary village woman who had never seen the world.

The passers-by who heard it also looked at the family of three with kind eyes.

After finally reaching the gate of the city, a city gate guard whose cultivation had reached the Wuyuan realm stepped forward, his gaze first fell on Shang Xia's longbow slung over his shoulder, but he only glanced at the bow wrapped around the bow arm. He glanced at the somewhat tattered cloth strips, then turned over the bear skin wrapped in a ball by Shang Xia, without raising his head, he said: "What a big bear, and the bear skin is well preserved, you are a good hunter! "

As soon as the city gate guard finished speaking, Shang Xia felt his arms tightened by the building.

"Hey, I was lucky. I found a blind bear hiding in a cave in the mountains."

Shang Xia scratched the back of his head while smiling honestly.

"Well, go ahead, this bear skin is at least three silver dollars, remember not to be tricked!"

The city gate guard waved his hand casually, and let the three of Shang Xia enter the city.

Shang Xia and the little woman thanked each other repeatedly, then rolled up the bear skin, picked a grouse and went into the city.

After walking a few steps, the city gate guard's flattering voice came from behind him again: "Who are you in front of the four young masters Fan, Han, Lu, and Zhang? My Young Master Yang has given orders, and he has already packed the bag at the Changfu Inn. Get the best guest room, a few of you can stay first, and at night my young master will clean up the dust for the four young masters!"

When the voice came, Shang Xia raised his brows slightly, glanced behind him inadvertently, and saw the young warrior who had talked with the caravan steward before, and said with a smile: "I'm sorry for your son, please thank Brother Yang for your kindness." !"

At this moment, a strange martial arts will appeared from the gate of the city, and the aura began to spread around, as if it wanted to detect something.

"this is……"

Shang Xia looked away, but continued to walk towards the city calmly on the surface.

At this time, Shang Xia suddenly felt that his arms were loosened, and he just pretended that he didn't know the mother and daughter, and he didn't even take a closer look at each other, so he found a busy street on his own. Walked all the way.

In winter, the mountains are covered by heavy snow, and there are not many inns and restaurants in the city that can buy fresh game.

The four grouse that Shang Xia was carrying were quickly chased up by a clerk from an inn. After asking about the price, they exchanged it for a silver dollar from the shopkeeper.

As for his intact bear skin, it even attracted three fur shopkeepers to compete for it at the entrance of a street. In the end, it was snatched by a fat shopkeeper wearing a dog fur hat at a high price of four silver dollars.

In addition to the one silver dollar that the four grouse had just exchanged for, Shang Xia weighed five silver dollars in his hand and put them into his cuffs.

But at this moment, a glutinous voice came from behind him: "Mom, I'm hungry!"

Shang Xia turned around in surprise, only to see the young woman who was supposed to be separated from him after entering the city, standing beside him with her child in her arms.

In her arms, a little girl who looked like three years old, her little face was a little red from the cold, was huddled into a ball at this moment, looking at Shang Xia with a pair of big black eyes.

Shang Xia wondered: "Why are you two back?"

The little woman lowered her head, her face was flushed, she didn't know whether she was frozen or ashamed, she said in a mosquito-like voice: "I, I have no money with me!"

This made Shang Xia feel surprised. According to his perception, the little woman in front of him is at least a martial artist of the second level of martial arts.

At this moment, a "gurgling" sound came from the abdomen, which made the little woman's face turn red even more.

Shang Xia swept his eyes and saw a wonton stall on the corner of the street, and said with a smile, "It just so happens that I'm hungry too, let's go, let's eat Chaos!"

As soon as the words fell, Shang Xia was already walking towards the wonton stall first.

Behind him, the little woman looked at Shang Xia's back with a slightly strange gaze, then she lowered her head, hugged the child and walked quickly behind Shang Xia.

"Boss, three bowls of wontons and six biscuits, bring the chili and vinegar and let's put them ourselves!"

Shang Xia yelled at the boss, found a bench and sat down, and looked back at the mother and daughter behind him.

The little woman originally wanted to sit next to Shang Xia, but after thinking about it, she staggered to the side and placed the little girl in her arms between them.