I'm just a soldier, why should I fight you in a duel?

On the Lin'an official road,

Two old horses pulled a dilapidated carriage slowly.

The carriage looked extremely shabby, with nothing to block it on all sides, and only a roof to protect it from the wind and snow.

The groom held a whip in his hand, yawning and driving the carriage with great effort.

But no matter how he whipped the two old horses in front, the speed of the carriage could not be increased. He looked behind helplessly.

In the back of the carriage sat an old man with a burly figure and awe-inspiring appearance.

Even though he was covered by clothes, his strong tendon muscles could still be vaguely seen.

At this moment, he was leaning on his huge black iron box and sleeping soundly.

Although he was wearing thin clothes, he slept very comfortably.

His whole body was constantly emitting waves of invisible heat, so the coachman didn't feel cold all the way.

The coachman was amazed, swallowed his saliva secretly, and turned his head away quickly.

Although the old man was old, he looked like he could kill him with one punch.

He should just drive the car honestly.

Otherwise, he would say something wrong and make people unhappy.

There are two types of people you can't mess with when walking in the world, one is a burly person, and the other is a lone person.

This old man happened to have both.

As soon as he turned his head, he heard a full-bodied voice behind him.

"Why are you looking at me instead of driving the car properly?"

The coachman's face froze, and he didn't dare to look back, and he stuttered.

"Nothing... Nothing, I was afraid you would get cold, so I wanted to ask you, but I saw you were sleeping soundly..."

The old man laughed and stretched.

He took out a black pipe from his arms, lit it with his fingers, and took a big puff with enjoyment.

"Why is your carriage moving so slowly? Could it be that I didn't give you enough silver?"

The coachman struggled for a long time, and then he mustered up the courage to turn his head and whispered.

"Old man, you really didn't give me silver. Didn't you say that someone would pay when we got to the place?"

The smile on the old man's face froze instantly, and he even forgot to spit out the dry tobacco in his lungs.

After a few breaths,

He coughed twice, awkwardly extinguished the pipe and put it back in his arms, picked up the cloth on the car and covered his head.

Then, he leaned quietly on his black iron box again.

No more words.

Seeing the old man act like this, the coachman couldn't help but feel a little funny, and even became bolder.

"Old man, what is in your box? Why is it so heavy?"

"Look at how tired these two old horses are. Not only are they panting, but even their eight legs are shaking constantly."

The old man covered his head and said in a muffled voice.

"Don't ask what you shouldn't ask. If it doesn't work, I'll ask them to give you a few more taels of silver when we get to Lin'an County."

Seeing this, the coachman curled his lips in disdain, and looking at the two old horses moving with difficulty, he couldn't help but feel a little distressed on his face.

"I'm afraid that my two old horses won't make it to Lin'an County. You see, it's so cold and snowy, and it's hard to pull a cart."

"I'll lose a lot of money if I take your business. If the horses die of exhaustion, you have to compensate me."

Seeing that the old man didn't react, the driver immediately raised his voice, with a hint of tears in his voice.

"My two horses, hold on a little longer, but don't die!"

"We've been dependent on each other for so many years."

"Please don't abandon me!"

"When we make money in Lin'an County, I will treat you to a meal of top-quality...medium-quality fodder."

Listening to the driver's crying, the old man couldn't help but laugh and cry.

So he lifted the cloth covering his head.

"Shut up, shut up!"

"If the horse dies, I will compensate you with two new horses."

"Old man, are you serious?"

The groom's eyes lit up, and a flattering smile instantly appeared on his face.

"I always keep my word!"

"Then please!"

After listening to the old man's words, the groom instantly felt much lighter, and even the force of the whip in his hand became much heavier.

Now he finally doesn't have to worry about the life and death of the horse.

Looking at the two old horses in front of him that kept neighing in pain, the old man couldn't help but regret what he said just now, so he hurriedly said.

"Young man, you love these two old horses so much, you really have a deep affection, which is rare in the world."

"If the old horse dies, then I will definitely send someone to reunite you?"

"Ah?"

Car

The husband's hand trembled suddenly, and he turned his head and laughed awkwardly.

"Old man, please don't scare me."

The old man snorted coldly and covered his head with a cloth coat.

"Everything is the same as before. If the horse dies, I will ask someone to compensate you with two new ones."

"But if this horse is killed by you, you should prepare to go down and be a groom."

...

Boom.

The fierce horse neighed, and smoke and dust rose.

A group of more than 50 people rode fierce horses and galloped wildly on the official road of Lin'an.

The momentum was huge, like thunder.

The old man in the carriage woke up instantly, lifted the cloth coat on his head, and looked behind.

From a distance, he felt an extremely strange breath mixed with air waves rolling over.

The old man's pupils shrank.

Isn't this Lin'an County just a poor little county?

How could so many monks come?

Could something have happened?

Before the old man could continue thinking, the people on horseback had already come to the back of the carriage.

The two old horses seemed to be affected by this inexplicable aura.

They began to get agitated.

The carriage they were pulling no longer went in a straight line, but swayed from side to side.

The horseman looked behind him unhappily.

He saw a group of dozens of people who looked ferocious and evil, and none of them looked good.

They looked like bandits in the mountains who had just killed someone.

The horseman panicked immediately, and felt a sense of fear rushing straight to his head.

It was not his fault, I am afraid that any ordinary citizen would be afraid to see such a situation.

So, he hurriedly turned his head and wanted to tighten the reins to stop the horse.

If you meet these people, you dare not rush the road. At most, you can just stop by the roadside for a while.

You are weak and should retreat in everything.

If one step fails, then two steps will fail, and if two steps fail, then three steps will fail.

But for some reason, the old horses, which were usually docile and well-behaved, now seemed to be crazy.

No matter how he whipped them, he couldn't stop them, but made them more irritable.

The fierce and strong man in the lead saw this and shouted angrily: "Where did you come from!"

"Get out of my way!"

As he said that, he raised the long whip in his hand and hit the two old horses.

"Snap!"

The long whip was like a nimble poisonous snake, and there was a burst of sound in the air.

The backs of the two old horses were instantly torn, but this move still didn't stop them.

Instead, it further stimulated their irritable character.

The groom immediately shouted distressedly when he saw this.

"My lord, please stop beating them. You are so generous. I can stop them right away."

"Noisy!"

The strong man glanced at the groom, and his eyes seemed to be looking at a beast.

As soon as he finished speaking, he raised a whip and whipped the groom.

Even a horse with thick skin and flesh could not withstand this whip, so if it was whipped on an ordinary person like the groom.

The result can be imagined.

A cruel smile appeared on the face of the strong man.

In his eyes, there was no difference between the beast and the groom.

The only difference was that he could understand the groom's wailing.

In a flash, the old man behind the carriage rushed out and grabbed the reins of the carriage with one arm.

"Snap!"

The imagined scene of skin and flesh being torn and bones exposed did not appear.

A black pipe blocked the long whip.