Piao Miao journey

Chapter 120 An Du Village (1)
Coming out of the small town, the naughty old man has been restless, sitting on the black-tipped ride, he hesitates to speak.Li Qiang had noticed that he was preoccupied a long time ago, so he asked, "Is there something wrong with the stubborn man?" The stubborn man smiled bitterly and said, "Boss...I want the brothers Bishi and Bitong to go back. Let the two of them go back and report to the patriarch, and prepare for the contingency."

Li Qiang nodded and said: "Well, good. You two, Bishi and Bitong, should be careful on the way back. You take these jade charms. The blue ones are jade charms for self-defense. When crushed, they can be used for self-defense. The red ones are for attack. Yes, hit it out immediately after crushing, the power is still pretty good." The obstinate father hastily thanked, and then told the two brothers a few words.Both Bishi and Bitong were unwilling to go back, but the news had to be sent back no matter what. So many people died inexplicably in the town, which made them very disturbed.

Reluctantly, Bishi and Bitong turned the black-tipped cavalry and galloped away in the same direction.

Li Qiang and the other five went back on the road.After taking the Xiaopeiyuan Pill, Niangong's physique has changed a lot, and he can barely keep up with Li Qiang's crazy way of traveling.Although Heijianqi is an animal that is good at long-distance running, it is unbearable to gallop like Li Qiang and the others. Finally, Heijianqi's speed slowed down.Pa Ben shouted: "Master, the black-pointed cavalry can't take it anymore, let's slow down."

After trekking through mountains and rivers for several days in a row, there was not a single business traveler on the road. It seemed that everyone was hiding, and the road seemed desolate, lonely and lifeless.

On this day, Li Qiang and the others turned around a mountain pass, and they suddenly saw a vast expanse of prairie in front of them. Weeds half a person's height swayed in the wind, and birds of various shapes hovered in the sky. There are groups of unknown beasts, and the west side of the grassland is a large piece of sparse forest.Li Qiang exclaimed: "Wow, it's really spectacular!"

Zhuang Gong said: "This is the Tianlu Grassland. There is a big stockade in front of us. We must go to this big stockade first and go with other caravans." Hongqian said: "This is the first time I have come here. This road is not easy to walk." Papen said: "I know the Tianlu Grassland, the monsters here are second only to the wilderness, I heard that you must gather a large group of people to pass safely, a friend of mine walked here before, when chatting I heard from him that the road is very difficult."

Li Qiang said with a smile: "The road in the Western Continent seems to be not very easy to walk. Look, how many things have happened along the way."

The naughty old man smiled and said: "The people in the Western Continent are tough and the geography is dangerous. Life here is indeed very difficult. Hehe, fortunately, we are used to it." Nashan was very curious. He touched his bald head and sighed: "Damn, It feels weird here, Boss, look at that big guy flying in the sky, it looks really scary." He swallowed suddenly, and said with a smile: "Boss, I don't know if the meat of that thing is good or not."

It was a huge strange bird with two pairs of black wings, a slender body, and a round head, a bit like an enlarged dragonfly, hovering in the sky like an air patrol.The stubborn man said: "It's Frost Wing Sacrifice, it doesn't attack people, it only eats dead bodies." Li Qiang understood that it was a scavenger, and he laughed: "Nashan, you must eat the meat of this thing." I like it, haha." When Nashan heard that he ate dead bodies, he immediately felt sick, and said again and again: "Don't eat! Don't eat! I'm so disgusted."

Hongqian pointed with his hand: "Should be the big village in front." The stubborn man said: "That's right, that's the west village of Andu Village, let's hurry up." Everyone urged the black-tipped horses to gallop away.

Andu Village has five villages in Tianlu Grassland, divided into Dongzhai, Nanzhai, Xizhai, Beizhai and Zhongzhai. Zhongzhai is located in the center of Tianlu Grassland, and the other four villages are distributed in four villages. At the intersection of the Tianlu Grassland, anyone and goods entering the Tianlu Grassland must first gather at these four stockades.Of course, those who don't want to die can go in by themselves. The carnivorous monsters in the Tianlu grassland are no joke, and a few people may not even find bones when they go in.

The Tianlu Grassland is the territory of the Cracking Beast Clan, and they built the Andu Village. They make money by collecting various protection fees. At the same time, they also arranged guards to ensure the safety of the five villages.Xizhai is a medium-sized village with a radius of [-] meters. All the weeds and trees around have been cleaned up, and the ground is paved with gravel, which has been rammed and leveled.The perimeter of the stockade is filled with densely packed sharp wooden sticks. These wooden sticks are of different sizes, the big ones are as tall as two people, and the small ones are more than one meter long.The stockade is surrounded by tall wooden walls. It has two floors, the inside and the outside. There is a tall pillar every ten meters. There is a hanging building on the pillar. No one was watching, and it seemed that the vigilance was not too strict.

All the people and goods who entered the village had to pay. Li Qiang and the other five jumped off the black-tipped cavalry at the gate of the village, and Paben talked with several big men guarding the village.Li Qiang looked around and felt that if this stockade was used for defense, it must be very tight. It seemed that the monsters in the Tianlu grassland were indeed extraordinary, otherwise there was no need to build the stockade so strong.It's just that there are very few people guarding the village. Except for a few men at the gate of the village, there seems to be no other guards.

After Paben paid the money, he said: "Master, let's go in." The stubborn man looked around in confusion and said, "It's strange, there are too few people. There used to be a constant flow of people here, but now everything is really wrong." Walking into the stockade, there are almost no people on the street.The houses here are very unique. They are all quadrangular roofs supported by many thick pillars. All the rooms have no walls and are only surrounded by half boards. People in the rooms can clearly see what they are doing.

The stubborn man randomly found an empty room, tied the reins of the black-tipped rider to the wooden post outside the door, and said, "Come in, everyone." Li Qiang also tied the reins, and asked strangely, "Young man, How do you enter the house at will?" The naughty man said with a smile: "As long as there is no one in the room here, you can live in it." Papen said: "All the fees have been paid when you enter the gate of the village."

When Li Qiang walked into the room, he saw that the room was empty. The floor was paved with logs, and it had become extremely uneven, but it was polished smooth and the color was black and red. I don't know how many people have lived here. up.In the center of the room is a square pit made of long stones, which is the fire pit.There was a pile of firewood in the corner of the house, and the stubborn man picked up a bundle and put it on the firepit. He touched his body and said embarrassedly: "Oops! I didn't bring a spar to get a firearm." Li Qiang sat by the pit and smiled: "I bring it on."

Li Qiang stretched out his hands to straighten the pile of firewood, propped up three thicker branches, and then set up thinner branches, and said with a smile: "These branches are all wet." What kind of fire medium did Li Qiang use, fire came out from the firewood, and the fire was getting bigger and bigger, but Li Qiang's hand was still in the fire, he hurriedly shouted: "Boss, draw back your hands, it's burnt." Li Qiang laughed. : "Hehe, the firewood is too wet. If I take it away, the smoke will rise. It will be fine if it burns for a while." The stubborn man felt like an idiot, and everything in front of him was so unbelievable.

After a long while, Li Qiang withdrew his hands, and the flames from the fireplace rushed up.He patted the dust off his hands, and said with a smile: "Okay, Paben is going to inquire about the situation and see what's going on, and then we'll be on our way." The stubborn man said, "It's safer for us to find a big caravan to go with us." , Walking on the Tianlu grassland with few people is very dangerous." He still couldn't understand, in fact, with experts like Li Qiang and Hongqian around, he didn't need to worry at all.The purpose of Li Qiang's entering the village was just to inquire about the news. If these accidents had not happened along the way, Li Qiang would never have entered the Andu village.

Nashan said: "Boss, I'll go with Paben." Li Qiang said with a smile: "You can't sit still for a while. Remember, don't make trouble." Nashan touched his bald head and said with a smile: "How can that be? , Boss, you know, my boss is the most timid and fearful." Hongqian smiled and said, "Are you still afraid of trouble? You don't believe in ghosts! Forget it, hurry up."

As soon as Paben and Nashan left, two people came in from the door, both dressed as businessmen, and one of the leaders was a big fat man with a big head, a round body, and a pair of shrewd eyes.Li Qiang felt that he didn't seem to have walked in, but rather rolled through the door.I saw him give a deep salute, and said with a smile on his face: "Hi friends, ha ha, can I bother you?" The person behind him was of medium build, his face was covered with sharp wrinkles like a knife and an axe. I was impressed.

Li Qiang stood up and said with a smile, "Hi! Please come and sit down. Are you a merchant?" The stubborn man never thought that Li Qiang would be so polite to a stranger. He thought to himself, "This kind of merchants are everywhere, why should the boss be so polite?" The fat man said with a smile: "Let me introduce myself first, hehe, my name is Kazhu, and I am the contact person recommended by several small caravans. I'm sorry, because there are not enough people, I can't cross the Tianlu Grassland, so everyone let me Find some more people to come, I have been waiting for a long time, only a few of you came, hehe, I want to ask you, do you want a companion?" He sat down while talking.

The stubborn man asked: "There seems to be very few merchants recently, do you know what happened?" The fat on Kazhu's face trembled, and he sighed: "Oh! This old man, the road is not smooth. During this time Strange things keep happening. Some caravans even disappear without any clues. They can’t figure out why. Many large caravans have stopped, and some have simply turned back and closed down. We It’s hard work for these small businesses, if the received goods can’t be delivered to the ground, it will cost you money, so you have to bite the bullet and keep going.”

Li Qiang smiled and said: "We have just arrived, let's see the situation first." Hongqian said suddenly: "There are many people coming to the gate of the village." Li Qiang had heard it, and said: "There are many..." Kazhu was puzzled He said: "How do you know that there are many people coming?" He turned his head to look at the gate of the village, and exclaimed in surprise: "This is a big caravan! It's great!"

(End of this chapter)