Chapter 122 Tribulation

The days on the road are extremely boring, but Zhang Xiaohua's requirements are not high. She reads books every day, and she doesn't mind whether she is on a carriage or in her own cabin.

On the contrary, since he no longer has to work in the fields, he still has more time to study.

The carriage drove forward for more than ten days. During this period, Shi Niu's singing continued. Everyone appreciated it at first, then hated it, and finally couldn't bear it. The owner of Ou Village finally took action. After the owner stopped him, , Shi Niu stopped for a long time, but when it was almost evening and saw the gorgeous sunset on the horizon, Shi Niu still couldn't hold it back and started singing again, which made Ou Yan dumbfounded and had to let Aunt Qin talk with her. I felt a little relieved from my boredom, but the people behind me, on the one hand, distanced themselves slightly, and on the other hand, after listening for a long time, they turned a blind eye and just thought it was a huge human-shaped crow making noises.

In the first few days, after staying overnight, Zhang Xiaohua would drag He Tianshu out to find a place to practice boxing. However, He Tianshu seemed to have learned the lesson from the first day out and always refused. Zhang Xiaohua had to go out to practice boxing by herself. After a few days like this, he became strange and secretly asked He Tianshu the reason while driving.

He Tianshu smiled and asked Zhang Xiaohua if he saw the other disciples accompanying him going out to practice boxing, or practicing boxing in the yard? After Zhang Xiaohua thought about it carefully, she had never seen them practicing boxing.

He Tianshu then explained the reason. It turned out that He Tianshu, like these disciples, all practiced internal skills. Martial arts practitioners all know how to practice muscles, bones and skin externally and one breath internally. Most of the internal skills training involves meditation, gathering Qi, and transferring internal force. In fact, boxing is all about moving the muscles and bones. Just like Nie Xiaoer and others from Huanxi Villa, they also practice internal strength in the evening. The morning and evening boxing training is to move the muscles and bones, and to become familiar with the boxing techniques. When you travel far away and there is no place for activities, boxing can naturally be canceled and you can just focus on practicing internal skills and mental methods.

Moreover, according to He Tianshu, if you practice internal strength to a certain level, it can replace sleeping at night, as long as you meditate for a few hours at night. Hearing Zhang Xiaohua's admiration for a while, it would be fun if he could just sit and stay awake. However, thinking about his habit of going to bed at midnight and being unable to wake up once he fell asleep, he couldn't help but feel frustrated.

Disciples of the Piaomiao Sect do not have to practice boxing in the morning and evening, but Zhang Xiaohua cannot do that. He does not know the internal skills and mental skills, so he can only find a place to practice boxing. Moreover, he is afraid that others will see him. Whenever he goes to a place, the first thing he does after dinner is Just find a slightly secluded place where you can practice boxing.

And since Zhang Xiaohua got the toy sword, Zhang Xiaohua's sword moves have improved even more. She has sixteen changes in her mind, and she can pick them up at her fingertips at will, and the angle and speed are even faster and weirder. The sword was as flexible as his own arm, and Nuanliu was much thicker, and its power exceeded Zhang Xiaohua's expectations. Ever since he practiced swordplay in the suburbs, with one smooth stroke of his sword, a hole as thick as a bowl was pierced through a big tree. After making the big hole, Zhang Xiaohua never stabbed anything with all his strength. He was afraid that he would knock down the big tree and people would ask him to pay for it.

However, Zhang Xiaohua's worries soon disappeared. The journey south was not all official roads. After walking for a few days, he started to take some dirt roads and mountain roads. Moreover, not all night stays were in inns in small towns. Sometimes they were also They all set up their own tents and slept in the open air.

It is said that on this day, Shi Niu was the first to drive the carriage, and the group of people came to a mountain. The mountain was not very high, but there was only a trail only for the carriage to go forward. It wound around the mountain. There were many shrubs and dry trees on the mountain. In the woods, at first glance, nothing can be seen clearly.

Shi Niu stopped the carriage and turned around to ask, "Miss Qiutong, how did you get here last time? This mountain is very dangerous. If someone ambushes us, we will definitely suffer."

Qiutong looked at the mountain, frowned and said: "Last time, we just passed through the mountain, and there was no danger. There seems to be a road from the foot of the mountain, but it has to go around a long way. I have asked the guide before,

They said it would probably take an extra day. I was in a hurry last time, so I didn’t go anywhere. "

Aunt Qin thought for a while and said, "This time the owner of the village is in the car, it's better not to take risks. Looking at the mountain shape, if a big rock falls, no matter how high your martial arts skills are, it will be in vain. Let's go around. "

Ou Yan disagreed and felt that it was not cost-effective to take a long detour for safety.

Aunt Qin said: "It's just one more day's journey, and it only takes a few days to get to the Valley of Rejuvenation. And your kind of seeds won't germinate in winter, so why risk it in vain for a day you don't care about?" risk?"

Everyone in the car also agreed. Fortunately, Ou Yan was also a kind-hearted person and was not stubborn in his opinions. After seeing everyone's persuasion, he agreed to go around.

When the carriage went further along the path in front of the mountain, several men in black clothes appeared in the jungle on the mountain. They looked at the carriage that was getting further away, made gestures, and all used Qinggong to jump up the mountain.

The people on the carriage did not know that they had escaped disaster because of their caution, and they continued to move forward as before.

On the second day, they bypassed the mountain range and re-entered the planned route.

The next journey was still not an official road, it was walking through mountains and woods, but it was not as steep as this time. However, Shi Niu, Aunt Qin and other disciples were also extremely careful, lest any accidents happen.

However, things did not go as planned. On this day, I was walking in front of a forest. Although there was a saying in the rivers and lakes: "Don't enter the forest", you can look at the forest in front of you. There are not many trees and all the leaves have fallen. It seemed that there was a cold wind and there was a whistling sound. It didn't seem to be dangerous, so everyone relaxed their vigilance.

Just as Shi Niu was singing a song and driving into the woods, there was a "swish" sound, and a loud arrow shot out from the woods and was nailed ten feet in front of the carriage.

The sudden arrow interrupted Shi Niu's song. He immediately took a breath of cold air, said "Yu~~~", pulled the horse's reins hard, and stopped the carriage. Everyone in the car was chatting. All of them were stunned. Even Zhang Xiaohua and others in the car behind were frightened by the sudden appearance. Many disciples were also stunned and immediately drew out their weapons and jumped out. Carriage, ready for battle.

Just when everyone was nervous, a man came out from the woods. He was tall and poorly dressed. He held a gun in his hand. The horse he sat down on was not handsome, but "ticking" slowly. They moved forward slowly, and when they got closer, everyone saw clearly that the man had a thin face with a Chinese character, and his eyes were very flexible. His eyes were staring at the four carriages spinning around.

When he came to the sounding arrow, he stopped and held a gun in both hands. Everyone was shocked and thought: "Is it possible that this person will challenge us single-handedly?" Involuntarily, they all clenched the weapons in their hands, but they paused for a while. , I didn’t see the man urging his horse, and when I was wondering, I heard the man shouting, with a voice higher than that of a stone cow, shouting: "I opened this mountain and planted this tree. If you want to pass by from now on, stay here." Buy road money!"

The sound was extremely loud, causing some birds to fly in the woods. However, everyone in the carriage looked at this man, and smiled in their hearts, as if they were watching a joke and did not answer.

When the man saw that he was shouting, the other party did not agree. The big man driving the carriage had no expression on his face. He stared at him coldly and couldn't help but get angry: "What are you looking at? Is it you who sang just now?" ? What a mess, it's extremely unpleasant, it's dirtying my ears for no reason. Come out with the money quickly, and I'll let you go, otherwise..." At this point, the spear in his hand dangled in the air as a threat.

Shi Niu originally wanted to see what kind of skills this Jie Dao master had, but when he heard him say that his singing was ugly, it was as if he had uncovered his own inverse scales. He was so angry that he jumped down from the carriage and walked towards the strong man with his bare hands. , the man couldn't help but be startled when he saw the groom jumping out of the car and running straight towards him. When the stone cow came closer, he raised his spear in his hand and pulled the horse's reins with one hand.

Everyone in Huanxi Villa thought that he was going to move forward with his horse and twist his spear to stab Shi Niu. Although everyone knew that Shi Niu was an expert in martial arts, but when he faced a spear with his bare hands, everyone was still worried about him.

However, when the man pulled the reins of the horse, he did not rush forward, but hit the horse's head and drove back!

Not only Shi Niu, but also everyone watching was in an uproar.

What is this for?

While everyone was stunned, the man returned to the woods and disappeared in a flash.

Stone Niu frowned, and just as he was about to turn around, he heard the sound of gongs in the woods, and four big horses rushed out from it. Behind the horses were a dozen big men waving weapons, following the horses. come out.

The people on horseback came to a stop in front of Shi Niu. There were four people in a row. Except for the one on the side who was dressed as a weak scholar, the other three were all stout men dressed in smart clothes. They all held a simple knife in their hands. , stood on the horse and said nothing.

The scholar took a step forward and said, "Where did you come from? You are quite courageous and you can still keep your composure in front of Niu Er. You must be a practicing master."

Shi Niu frowned and said: "You care where I come from? If you know this, please get out of the way and let us pass. Otherwise, don't blame me for waiting for you."

Before the scholar could laugh, the strong men surrounding him burst into laughter. It seemed that they had never seen such an arrogant person being robbed.

The scholar added: "Brother, I see that you are tall and have a majestic weapon. You must be a martial arts practitioner and have some unique skills. However, haven't you looked at the opponents opposite us? These are our three masters, and there are ten others." Come on, brother, even if you have strong martial arts and a body of fine steel, how many nails can you twist? If not, if you leave the gold and silver earlier, we will have a face with each other, and we can meet each other easily in the future."

Shi Niu burst out laughing and said: "Grandpa Shi, you have always been the one who steals from others. When is it the turn of others to make noises in front of me, make me excited, go straight to your home, and sweep away your gold and silver?" .”

At this time, the man on the horse in the middle frowned and said: "Military advisor, why bother talking to him? I waited for him to rush forward. We were afraid of his martial arts and robbed the carriage first. If we have money, we will rob it, and if there are women, we will plunder it. Wouldn't it be a pleasure?"

Originally, some people from Huanxi Villa and others were outside the car, while others were inside the car, all watching the excitement. When the strongman leader said this, it was very insulting to the owner and others. They couldn't help but get angry and took weapons. After jumping out of the car, except for a few female disciples who were guarding the carriage, everyone else lined up behind Shi Niu.

He Tianshu, on the other hand, whispered to Zhang Xiaohua, drew out his long sword, and stood guard beside Ou Yan and the others' carriage. Zhang Xiaohua did not get off the carriage, but walked to the front of the carriage and sat with the disciple who was driving the carriage, showing great interest. Looking at the situation inside the field.

The military counselor on the opposite side saw a lot of people with weapons descending from the carriage, and his expression changed a little. Then he smiled and said to the leader: "Big boss, please calm down. Today's world is no longer what it used to be. The brutal killings are over. Now They all talk about being polite and subjugating people with force. Even though we are robbing the poor and giving to the rich and practicing the way of heaven, we must conform to the trend of the times and keep pace with the times. Otherwise, we will be ridiculed by our peers. As the ancients said, , I would rather lose ten taels of silver than lose an inch of face. Even if we cannot come back victorious this time, we must be a strong man with ambition, ideas, and ambition."

A leader next to him let out a "poof" and said, "I used to enjoy robbing, but what has become of me now? You still have to be polite, don't you see what others are telling you? You already have weapons, why don't you take action quickly?"

The big boss spoke and said: "Second brother, please be patient. Aren't we all talking about groupization and scale now? If we don't have a reputation, who will invest? If we don't become bigger ourselves, won't we eventually become Swallowed by others? I think what the military advisor said makes sense. If we can't conquer people with force, it's not too late for us to take action. People on the left and right are using the knife. It's better to change the soup than the medicine."

These words of the strong men were not hidden from Huanxi Villa and others. Everyone was stunned and at a loss. Is this a hijacker or a preacher?

At this time, the military advisor urged his horse to take another step forward and shouted to Shi Niu: "Brother, you have also seen that we are not ungrateful people, but we have no choice but to do it because of our duty to uphold justice for heaven. It was easy to negotiate and let you go after taking the gold and silver. Judging from your attitude, it seems that you are not happy. Fortunately, you are lucky enough to meet me. I am not talented. I just returned from overseas studies a few years ago. , I have learned new methods of robbery overseas, and want to show my ambition here. Since you have come to my territory, I will naturally make the decision. If we set a clear path and you pass, our big boss is polite and will definitely let go. If you go over and lose, don't blame us for being rude and leaving the gold and silver beauties behind. What do you think?"

Everyone understood what he said, but they didn't know how to answer? Normally when encountering a calamity, everyone would step forward with swords and guns to see the real seal. Now, this returnee actually talked about the rules, making everyone feel unsure for no reason.

At this time, Ou Yan, who was not seen in the carriage, stretched out his hand and waved to a female disciple outside the carriage. The disciple looked over. After Ou Yan gave a few instructions, the female disciple walked to the side of Shi Niu and also whispered.

After hearing this, Shi Niu couldn't help frowning, and then said to the group of strong men: "Okay, my master told you to clear the way, and we took it together. I want to see that you are sent out by the government. Still smuggled out."

The military advisor was overjoyed when he heard this and said: "That's very good. Let's decide the winner and loser in harmony. Don't bleed. Alas, there are still some people in the world today who are eager to see blood and dance with guns and clubs. There are many It's not good. Even if it doesn't hurt anyone, it's not good if it hurts flowers and plants. It will inevitably damage the ecological environment. Oh, don't go further. In our territory, we have our own rules. Seeing your overwhelming momentum in front of you Three heroes, these are the three levels. If three of you fight against our three leaders respectively, and you win two games, you will pass. If you lose two games, you will be left with four carriages and a group of women. What do you think?"

After hearing this, everyone in the villa slapped their foreheads, and their foreheads were filled with excitement. After talking for a long time, wasn't it just three gambling fights? Unfortunately, he was a returnee from overseas, either a smuggler or a member of the Pheasant Sect, which made him so verbose. However, it can be considered a feat to reach such a state of calamity.

Of course, Shi Niu didn't dare to agree casually. He walked quickly to the carriage. Ou Yan took a quick look and found that this strong man knew how to calculate. With He Tianshu on his side, there were exactly three people. Even if there was one more, it would be difficult to get together. of. However, Shi Niu was unwilling and said: "Master, I can handle these brats by myself, why go to all this trouble?"

Aunt Qin said with a smile: "We have been out for so long, and we all feel bored. We have to rush all day long, and now we have ready-made fun at our door. Why not enjoy it? I have never seen such an interesting robber in so many years. ”

Shi Niu was a person who didn't understand the customs. Seeing what the village owner and Aunt Qin said, he didn't bother to pay attention. He returned to the battle and said, "Okay, my master agreed, but we still have a problem. If What if we win? What will you do?"

The military advisor seemed to smile sheepishly and said: "We haven't thought about this, but I have the final say on my territory. I set the rules. If you win, I will let you pass through my territory. That's okay."

Shi Niu didn't bother to tell him more, waved his hand and said: "Three games will start at the same time, or one game at a time?"

The military advisor rolled his eyes and said, "Of course it's best to start at the same time. Time is money. It's better to finish the meeting and rest early. You can also go there early. What do you think?"

Shi Niu was about to agree, when a voice like an oriole came from the carriage: "That's not appropriate."

When the strong men heard this, their eyes lit up and they stared at the carriage, waiting for the beauty to appear.

It's a pity that when Aunt Qin appeared, everyone drooped their heads and felt infinitely melancholy. How could people be so ordinary when her voice was so nice?

Aunt Qin stood at the front of the carriage and said, "If there are three competitions at the same time, wouldn't they be divided into three places? If your men don't keep their promises and swarm us, won't our carriage be in danger? We suggest that we compete one after another! "

(This chapter was written very reluctantly, procrastinated and stuck.)

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