Aspirations

Chapter 139
The first county town that Zhending went south was Yuanshi, after Yuanshi passed Neiqiu, once Neiqiu passed, Xingzhou was in sight.

It was getting late, and there were fewer and fewer pedestrians on the official road. Most of the pedestrians were either donkey carts or bullock carts. Xiao Wu and Qi He, who were tall and tall, were particularly eye-catching.Fortunately, the two deliberately kept a low profile, neither arrogant nor loud, and deliberately walked along the side of the road, obviously not wanting to be noticed.

"We'll be in Xingzhou in three hours. Xiao Dutou, we don't need to rest on the way. We'll drive all night, and we can reach Xingzhou by midnight at the latest." Qi He whispered and looked around vigilantly.

With a piece of grass in his mouth, Xiao Wu looked at the passers-by with great interest: "It's no problem to rush to Xingzhou overnight. The people are not tired, but the horse is tired. I would rather arrive later than tire the horse." .”

Qi He nodded, and looked back subconsciously. He still has lingering fears about the tea stand: "Xiao Dutou, no one will come to chase us, right? If it weren't for your high martial arts skills, I would have died long ago. Thank you Xiao Du The head's life-saving grace."

Xiao Wu smiled and shook his head: "It's too far-fetched. You and I are always together. If I don't save you, can I leave you alone? My husband often teaches me, what is it like to have no clothes? I am in the same robe as my son. Wang Yuxing, teach me Spear. I have the same hatred with my son! How can I say that I have no clothes? I have the same lust as my son. The king Yu Xingshi, repair my spear and halberd. Work together with my son!"

"Will someone come to chase and kill us?" Xiao Wu didn't answer his first question, Qi He didn't know what to do, and looked around from time to time.It's just that the sky is getting dark, and I can't see clearly more than ten feet away.

"Who knows? Those who should come will always come, and those who shouldn't come can't wait. Let him go." Xiao Wu spit out the grass in his mouth, stretched out his hand and pulled another branch into his mouth, and finally He took a bite and spat it out, "Bah, bah! No wonder everyone likes to bite the grass instead of the branches, so the branches are so bitter."

Qi He can't laugh or cry, Xiao Wu is one of Xia Xianzun's most trusted people, but he is like an undeveloped child, he can't let go of things in his heart, and he wants to discuss a countermeasure with him, but don't even think about it.It's better for him to worry more. Thinking of this, he pulled himself together, lowered his head, and was always alert to the troubles around him.

Not far from behind, three horses galloped towards them. The three of them were all dressed up, and it was hard to tell whether they were from the government or outsiders.Several people kept beating the horse, shouting constantly: "Get out of the way, get out of the way!"

Pedestrians gave way one after another.

Qi He hurriedly lowered his head and looked sideways. Xiao Wu looked back curiously. He almost didn't get angry and stretched out his hand to pull Xiao Wu: "Xiao Dutou, the person here may come for us. Don't draw their attention."

Xiao Wu lowered his head and muttered, "They're not stupid. They watched us ride horses, and they can guess that we're not ordinary people."

Qi He rolled his eyes speechlessly, Xiao Wu really couldn't even say comforting words, he didn't care much, lifted the reins, leaned towards the side of the road again, and almost squeezed Xiao Wu into the ditch.

Fortunately, the night was dark, and the three people galloped behind them, not noticing Qi He and Xiao Wu. The three of them flashed past, kicked up a cloud of dust, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

"Look, don't worry, it's a blessing or a curse, you can't avoid a disaster." Xiao Wu smiled complacently, stretched his waist, "Whoever they are, we just need to go on our own way, Qi Xiaosan, don't always be alone They look very worried, let alone three of them, even if there are five or ten, I'm not afraid..."

Qi He touched his nose with a helpless expression: "Xiao Dutou, your martial arts seem to be ineffective at times, what's going on?"

"It's a long story..." Xiao Wu put on the posture of a long talk, paused for a while, and sighed again, "Let's forget it, if I don't talk about it, I won't be able to explain it clearly."

Qi He stretched his neck and wanted to listen to the story to relieve his nervous mood, but he didn't want to have nothing to say, so he couldn't help laughing: "If Xiao Dutou's martial arts is effective, it will definitely be easy to block ten with one."

"It's nothing to block ten with one. When I was ten years old, I had the experience of blocking hundreds with one..."

"Ah? So powerful?"

"I stepped on at least a hundred ants by myself."

"..."

While talking, the two let the horse trot all the way.Not long after, they came to a small village. There was a very ordinary inn and an unremarkable bakery at the entrance of the village.

Since they planned to rush to Xingzhou overnight, they naturally didn't go to the shop. The two were hungry, tied up their horses, and came to the bakery.

The bakery is not big, just a one-story house with more than a dozen tables. Even though a few oil lamps are lit, it is still a bit dim.There are more than a dozen tables, and there are more than a dozen guests sitting there. They are all villagers in terms of their clothes.There were only three people sitting in the corner, dressed brightly, with their backs to the door, talking quietly while eating.

Xiao Wu and Qi He sat down at the table at the door, asked the shopkeeper for two catties of pork, two catties of flatbread and a bowl of stewed vegetables, and then ate them hungrily.The two of them were really hungry and couldn't take care of much. Although Qi He noticed that the three people in the corner were vaguely the three horse riders he met on the road, he couldn't resist the temptation of delicious food.

Even if you fight, you have to eat enough before you fight.

"Xiao Dutou, the three people in the corner are acting suspiciously. After eating, let's leave quietly and don't disturb them." Qi He finished eating three times and quietly took out ten copper coins and put them on the table Go up and signal to Xiao Wu to go first, "You go first, I'll finish later."

"Which three people?" Xiao Wu's mouth was full of big cakes, his voice was quite loud, and he looked back exaggeratedly, "You said they were three people? Aren't they the three people who were riding horses on the road just now?" ?”

Qi He wanted to cry, and Xiao Wu's cry, even if the three of them were deaf, could hear him.Sure enough, the three people in the corner all looked back.

Qi He lowered his head in fright, wanting not to be noticed by the other party, and then thought, it is not good to be too obvious, so he lowered his head slowly and said in a low voice: "Xiao Dutou, don't be loud, they have already noticed us .”

"So what if you notice? Don't make a fuss." Xiao Wu wiped his mouth with his sleeve, and smiled disapprovingly, "It's fine if they don't chase us when we go out, but if they catch up, you can just ride your horse and gallop. , Leave me alone, I can deal with the three of them alone."

Thinking of the martial arts that Xiao Wu fought with those two people before, Qi He didn't dare to leave Xiao Wu alone. After the break, he glanced from the corner of his eyes and saw the three of them standing up and facing outside. With a waist knife.

If the other party wanted to go out, he had to pass by the two of them. Qihe faced the three of them, and Xiao Wu turned his back to the three of them. He signaled Xiao Wu to be more careful with his eyes, but Xiao Wu didn't understand his meaning at all, and continued: " Let alone three people, back then when I dealt with ten people alone, it was nothing more than three punches and two kicks. I used to be called Shenquan Taibao, which means that my fist and kick skills are very good, superb..."

Qi He covered his forehead in pain, God, how stupid and cute Xiao Dutou is, what time is it, and he still wants to brag about himself.The two people before almost killed them, but now there are three people, and they are not opponents.Obviously the three of them didn't notice them at first, but now, what Xiao Wu said made the other party suspicious.

Three people, one tall, one fat and one thin.When passing by Qi He and Xiao Wu, he paused for a moment, looked them up and down, the atmosphere froze for a moment, Qi He was ready to die, his right hand trembling slightly for fear of the handle of the knife, he almost turned the knife towards each other .

Unexpectedly, after the other party paused for a moment, a trace of contempt flashed in his cold eyes, and he turned and left.

Qi He relaxed in one breath, feeling as if he had walked around the gate of hell. He picked up his teacup and drank it in one gulp, gasping for breath: "They are gone, it seems that they are not the ones chasing us."

"Shopkeeper, bring me another catty of meat." Xiao Wu giggled, "Come on, Qi Xiaosan, eat one more catty of meat, so that you will have the strength to fight later."

"Why are you still fighting?" Qi He was puzzled.

"When the three people passed by just now, they had a strong murderous look on them. They were the ones who came to chase us down. They didn't do anything in the store. They probably felt that the store was too small to use their hands and feet." Xiao Wu said seriously. Said, he took out the pancake, rolled the meat again, and took a big bite, "Eat it quickly, don't make them wait impatiently."

Qi He felt that he couldn't understand Xiao Wu anymore. Whether Xiao Wu was scheming or calm and composed, sometimes he felt like a child who hadn't grown up, couldn't tell the seriousness, was careless and a little rash, and sometimes felt that he was like a child in his body. A general who has experienced hundreds of battles is as calm as a mountain.Which one is the real him?

After leaving the cake shop, when Xiao Wu was about to mount his horse, he turned around and said, "Qi Xiaosan, if you're afraid, you might as well turn around and go back. I won't complain about you, and Xia Xianzun won't blame you either."

It would be a lie to say that you are not afraid, but although Qi He is afraid, he is not a coward. He puffed up his chest: "I am entrusted by Xia County to deliver letters to Xingzhou. How can I give up halfway? Just survive."

"That's what I said, if I can't beat them later, you must take the letter and run away, don't worry about me. Otherwise, both of you and I will die in battle, and if the letter is not delivered, you will be ashamed of sir." Xiao Wu With a determined face.

"I……"

"Don't talk about it, it's settled." Xiao Wu got on the horse, pinched the horse's belly, "Let's go."

Taking advantage of the darkness, the two walked forward all the way. After walking for half an hour, they didn't see anyone intercepting them. Qi He secretly thought that he was lucky. Could it be that the other party was not the one chasing them, or that the other party went the wrong way and missed them?

Just thinking about it, when I came to a forest, under the moonlight, there were five horses and five people lined up, with their backs against the forest and facing the official road, just blocking the way.

Not three people, how did it become five people?Qi He's eyes widened. If there were three people, there might still be a slight chance of winning. If there were five people, they might really be doomed.He handed the letter into Xiao Wu's hands, and drew his knife in his hand: "Xiao Dutou, you go first, I'll finish later. Remember every year on this day, burn some paper money for me, don't let me have no money to eat meat and drink down here."

As soon as the words were finished, Qi Heyi clamped the horse's belly, rushed over with a knife, and shouted: "Kill one to earn money, kill two to earn one, kill three to earn two, and 18 years later, I will be a good man again!" !"

Qi He rode his horse and galloped, heading straight for the five of them.His thin figure under the moonlight in the night is like a resolute arrow that leaves the string—the arrow never turns back when the bow is opened, and there is a determination that never returns.

Xiao Wuwei was stunned for a moment, before he had time to stop Qi He, he saw that Qi He had already run several feet away, only a few feet away from the five people lined up in a line, and it was too late for him to catch up with Qi He. Possibly, he couldn't help being anxious, and slapped his horse's butt with the back of the knife: "Qi Xiaosan, wait for me, don't die."

In just a few breaths, Qihe approached the five of them, he chose the thinnest one in the middle, and chopped off with a knife.

Qi He knew that he had no chance of winning, he just wanted to delay the opponent, even if he only bought Xiao Wu for a moment, there might be a glimmer of life.He slashed out with a knife, not wanting to hurt anyone, just wanting to force the opponent back.

He didn't want the other party to either dodge or dodge, or block with a saber, but remained motionless, allowing Qi He to slash on his shoulder.

ah?no?Is the opponent stupid or out of his mind, why let him hit?Qi He saw through the moonlight that the opponent's eyes were wide open, his face was ferocious, but he seemed to be asleep. After being cut, blood flowed out.

Qi He was taken aback for a moment, and regardless of whether the other party was asleep or his brain was short-circuited, he slashed the other party several times.The knife pierced the flesh, and the knife saw blood, but the opponent never fought back, and he didn't even blink his eyes.

At this time Xiao Wu also rushed over, he stabbed out with a sword, and hit one of them on the shoulder, the person who was stabbed swayed, turned over and fell off the horse, from the beginning to the end, he didn't say a word.

"Dead?" Xiao Wu was taken aback, and looked at the other people one by one. They all had the same wide-eyed expression, sitting on the horse, their eyes were empty and lifeless.

"It's really evil, did you see a ghost?" Qi He became more courageous, the dead were easier to deal with than the living, he kicked the rest of the people off the horse one by one, "Xiao Dutou, you say they Did they overeat to death? Or did they encounter some ghosts and were frightened to death?"

"It seems to be poisoned." Xiao Wu turned over and dismounted, and pierced someone's arm with the tip of his sword. He picked up a drop of blood, put it under his nose and smelled it, "It's so poisonous, it seems to seal his throat when he sees blood."

"It's not the blood sealing the throat, it's the golden hook kiss." Suddenly a voice came from the forest, a figure flashed, and a person appeared in front of Xiao Wu and Qi He, and he raised his hands, "Xiao Dutou, Qi catcher , Small ones are not bad people."

"Who are you?" Xiao Wujian pointed at the person coming, "Sign up."

"The little one, Tian Manchu." Tian Manchu stepped forward, clasped his fists and bowed, "Don't be nervous, Xiao Dutou, even if the little one is not a good person, he has the same hatred as Xiao Dutou, and is not Xiao Dutou's enemy. These five people are exactly Poisoned to death by the little one."

"Tian Manchu?" Xiao Wu was stunned, then remembered that he had seen Tian Manchu in Yangmazi Bakery, and couldn't help laughing, "So it was you, the owner of Yangmazi Restaurant, hey, when did you change your career to be a robber? No, it's not being a robber, it's opening a black shop."

Tian Manchu didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Xiao Dutou was joking, the younger one was neither a robber nor a black shop, but ran for his life. Three of these five people came to chase and kill Xiao Dutou and Qi Butou, and two of them It’s here to kill the villain.”

"Ah?" Qi He took a step forward, came to Tian Manchu, looked him up and down, and recognized him, "Tian Manchu, why did someone kill you? Why did you run for your life? How did you poison five people?" ?”

Tian Manchu glanced around a few times: "It's not convenient to talk here, and there are several corpses guarding, please follow me."

(End of this chapter)