Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 22

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"Wait a minute!"

Li Yan stopped in response!

But Li Yan didn't look back.

Li Yan has already proved that there is no immortal way in this world, so the status of Daoist Luo in Li Yan's heart has been greatly reduced, from a strange person to a magic stick.

But then again, because Master Luo was so famous before, Li Yan still stopped to listen to what Master Luo could say.

After a while, Zhen Luo said: "Although the layman doesn't believe in the poor way, but meeting is a fate, and the poor way should send four words to the layman... Hongchen Luyao is a guest, and the precious sheath can't hide the coldness of the sword. Turn into Peng Hailang, and the country will replace the Taiping Heaven. It’s easy to go, don’t send it away!”

"Hongchen Luyao is a guest, I am a guest... I am a guest, yes, I am a guest of this era, but I am a guest, but I can't go back, God, wait, Sheji replaces Taipingtian... this Could the old guy tell me to rebel?"

When Li Yan turned around to look at Master Luo, he found that the old guy had already meditated with his back to Li Yan.

If it wasn't for faintly seeing the fingerprints he just made, Li Yan might have changed his view of Luo Zhenren.

Now, Li Yan just said to himself: "This old guy is somewhat knowledgeable, no wonder he is so famous!", and then left Songhexuan without looking back...

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Although I couldn't find Shi Xiu, I got Guanghui, Shan Shiqi, Zhu Jing, Pei Xuan, Deng Fei, Meng Kang, Shi Qian successively, and also met Wu Song and Chai Jin. Without doubts, Li Yan's trip was worthwhile.

Now that the matter in Jizhou is over, it's time to return, after all, Li Yan still has a lot of things waiting for him in Shuibo Liangshan.

Leaving Jiugong County, Erxian Mountain, take the main road, and find a shop to rest at night. After walking for five or six days, Li Yan and others came to a place called Wugang Town.

Seeing the crowded streets, Li Yan reined in his horse, and then said to Shi Qian who was riding on a yellow pussy horse: "Brother Shi Qian, go and find out if there is any hotel around, let's rest and go on our way."

Not long after entering the Song Dynasty, Li Yan and the others met a group of horse dealers who smuggled Liao horses.

There are a total of 35 Liao horses in this batch, and the top ones are good horses, which made Ruan Xiaoqi and the others envious, and then moved their minds to rob this batch of Liao horses!
But in the end, Li Yan stopped him.

Li Yan's position for Shuibo Liangshan is that the rebels are not robbers, so they can't do this kind of unreasonable robbery. Of course, if it is "reasonable", they can still be robbed, which means that they are famous for their teachers.

Moreover, Li Yan also wanted to establish a long-term cooperative relationship with these horse dealers.

Therefore, Li Yan bought all these horses at a high price, and told these horse dealers that if there were any good horses, they would be sent to Dongshan Hotel next to Liangshan Po, Jeju Prefecture, and they would be bought at a high price.

Speaking of this, some people may be wondering, why didn't Li Yan and his group go north to Jizhou on horseback?Could it be that Liangshan has no horses in the water?
There is indeed a shortage of horses in Shuibo Liangshan, but it is not without horses. After more than half a year of accumulation, there are some bought and some robbed. There are one or two hundred good and bad horses in Liangshanbo. Naturally, the village of Li Yan cannot be missing. The Lord's horse.

Then why did Li Yan and the others not ride on horseback, instead of walking such a long distance on foot?
There is a reason for this of course.

First of all, the simplest reason is that they can’t ride—not only the five scouts brought by Li Yan and Ruan Xiaoqi can’t ride a horse, but even Li Yan and Ruan Xiaoqi can’t ride a horse. , Li Yan is actually better, barely able to ride, Ruan Xiaoqi can't ride at all, not only Li Yan and Ruan Xiaoqi can't ride a horse, but the famous Wu Song can't ride a horse, and Wu Song is particularly afraid of riding a horse. Riding a horse, it seems that he is planning to never ride a horse for the rest of his life. Guanghui is about the same as Li Yan, who can barely ride. Among them, only Shan Shiqi, Zhu Jing and Shi Qian can really ride a horse.

Secondly, the roads where horses can walk are basically official roads. If you don’t take official roads, they are mostly rugged mountain roads, rivers and cliffs, which are not suitable for horses, so the walking speed is faster.

Again, riding a horse is too eye-catching, and it is easy to expose the target. Don't forget, their identities are bandits.

Finally, if you are a person who does not ride horses often, if the journey is long, the inner thighs will bleed, and the tailbone will hurt so much that you will not be able to get up.

Then why did Li Yan and the others buy horses again?
First of all, these horses are so good, they are all first-class war horses, it would be a pity not to buy them!

Secondly, because there is no need to pick up Wu Song or visit Chai Jin along the way, Li Yan plans to charter a large boat at a suitable place to go back by water, which can also save a lot of time.

What's more, there are more than [-] relatives, friends and apprentices of Shi Qian who can take care of these war horses, without Li Yan and the others bothering.

Shi Qian responded and went to the restaurant, while Li Yan and others got off their horses and waited.

At this moment, a group of people surrounded a man to watch him play a big hammer there.

Ruan Xiaoqi has almost never left the small area of ​​his house from birth to growing up, so it is inevitable that he likes to join in the fun.

Besides, the group of them had to wait for time to move to a hotel, and they had nothing to do.

Therefore, Ruan Xiaoqi, who led the way, led Li Yan and others to watch the fun.

The man is more than seven feet tall, his face is numb, and his nose has a big road. The big hammer in his hand weighs about 30 catties.

At the end of the momentum, the man with a pockmarked face was hitting the street stone with a hammer, smashing the stone to pieces, and everyone applauded.

The pockmarked man cupped his hands at the onlookers, and at the same time boasted: "My pumpkin weighs 38 catties, and you must be a good man to play with it..."

A very abrupt voice sounded: "This little hammer dares to brag!"

Everyone, including Li Yan and others, all looked in the direction of the voice, but saw:
A farmer, nine feet long and short, with three teeth covering his mustache, square face, broad shoulders, vertical eyebrows and round eyes.

The pock-marked man saw Zhuang Jia's strong stature, he couldn't help but startled, and said: "I'll lend it to you, if you can't do it, give me a good punch!"

Zhuang Jiahan didn't say much, took the melon hammer, like playing with a bullet, used it once, then put it down gently, his face was not red, his heart was not beating, and his mouth was not panting.

The pockmarked man looked at it, fell down and bowed, and said, "May I ask for my brother's name!"

Zhuang Jiahan helped the pock-marked man up, and said: "My surname is Bian and my name is Xiang. I am a farmer. Don't mention your small hammer of more than thirty catties, even a sledgehammer of one hundred catties. I can make it!"

Hearing the name of the banker's Han Bao, Li Yan was startled at first, then overjoyed, and secretly said: "Could this be Bian Xiang, the right prime minister of Tian Hu in the future?"

The pock-marked man bowed again and said, "Brother is really the number one divine power in the world!"

"Not necessarily!"

Hearing the pockmarked man say that Bian Xiang is the number one divine power in the world, Wu Song, who was not convinced, couldn't help but speak!
Seeing Wu Song's strength, Bian Xiang said, "Do you dare to compare your strength with me?"

Before meeting Li Yan, Wu Song had never lost in a competition of strength, so he said naturally: "Why don't you dare!"

Bian Xiang looked around and saw two stone lions in front of a large family's house, and said, "How about lifting this stone lion?"

Wu Song looked at the nearly five-foot-tall solid stone lion, weighed it in his heart, and said, "Yes!"

After finishing speaking, Wu Song took the lead and walked towards a stone lion...

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(End of this chapter)