7. Encounter with the play Zhilan again
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The Fan family in Huyang has been rooted in Huyang for more than 300 years and is rich and powerful. Although Fan Jian and his gang were all buried in Baozhuang, they still left five good horses. Zhang Xun was used to riding, but he ignored it and turned himself in. Bao Chu picked two strong and powerful horses from it, built a carriage, packed up some swords, spears and equipment to arm the shopkeepers, and escorted my mother to leave early in the morning.
The remaining three horses were left to Qin Yu.
In addition to the brothers Qin Yu and Zhang Ren, Bao Chu also specially sent a shopkeeper who was good at planning and laying out the money and followed Qin Yu and the others.
The farmer's name is Wen Zhou. Bao Chu and his mother fled south from Jingzhao. He rescued several people on the way, one of which was Wen Zhou. Later, Wen Zhou and others came to the foot of Wudang Mountain to build a village with Bao Chu, and gradually showed a high level of management skills. Bao Chu was impatient with such chores, and saw that he was capable, so he simply handed over the daily affairs of the whole village to Wen Zhou.
Wen Zhou was grateful to Bao for saving his life and worked diligently to manage a small village with chaotic income and expenditure and severely insolvent debts.
This time when he went south, Qin Yu planned to "borrow" a batch of military funds prepared by the three major wealthy families for Zhang Xian. Wen Zhou could show his skills.
After lunch and resting for a while, the three of them led three tall horses toward the south.
From Wudang to Jiangling, the road was not close at all. Nowadays, man-made disasters are frequent, and the three of them are only a little bit familiar with riding skills, so they dare not be too urgent. Qin Yu followed Wen Zhou's suggestion and walked along the road and became familiar with the riding method.
Zhang Renze tirelessly practiced the new skills he liked.
Archery!
Since Zhang Ren got the copper ring, he has become very interested in riding and shooting horses, and has begun the years of practicing bows and arrows day and night.
Obviously, he is really very good at using long-range weapons. He was already accustomed to crossbows, and was no less than any famous secret crossbow master in the world. This time he started his business again, and when he used his skills, he really was so busy that he could not write about it.
There is still a big difference between a bow and a crossbow. In order to get familiar with the horse bow as soon as possible, Zhang Ren took a shortcut. He found a relatively long riding bow with the bow string in front and the back, and slapped it on his right shoulder. Then, his left hand firmly arched the bow body, and his right hand actually shot out from his armpit.
Not to mention, his special technique is really impossible for others to copy it.
Because Zhang Ren was born with ape arm, his arm length was more than half that of ordinary people, and if it were anyone else, the bowstring could not be pulled halfway.
This archery method still draws on the skills of crossbows, but the crossbow arms are replaced by their own body.
After all, the bow is far stronger than the crossbow, and there are feathers on the tail of the arrow, which can support the arrow to fly high and far. Unlike the single-hand crossbow, the arrows with short and thicker arrows are very easy to fall.
After learning to bow and arrow, Zhang Ren's whole body was like a porcupine with thorns, and his lethality increased more than twice.
Qin Yu happily called Zhang Ren "Arrowman" because in this case, even if he fell to the ground, he could lie on his side and easily complete the archery process, and could do his homework continuously for twelve hours.
Zhang Ren, who had been influenced by Qin Yu, knew the indecent nickname and immediately protested seriously about the evil taste of his second senior brother.
However, protests are of course ineffective.
Three days later, at five or six o'clock in the afternoon, several people came to a quiet town. There were only forty or fifty families here, called Shenmu Town.
Qin Yu's pupils were a little tight. A few miles away from the left of the town was the edge of a large forest, which was Shennongjia.
Ten days ago, he had just walked through this area.
That cold cave and sharp sword light are not a memory?
In order to avoid the pursuit of certain forces, he deliberately did not take the main road that went straight to Xiangyang and then went south to Jiangling, but asked Wen Zhou to choose another road that was far away.
However, no matter how you go, Shennongjia can never avoid it.
After all, it is an official road, so there is at least a town that can live in this time.
Shenmu Town is not big, there is only a simple small inn inn in the north end of the town, with more than ten small guest rooms. It looks like the row of houses built by the elder brother in Wudang Mountain. Smelling the damp smell inside, it is estimated that no one will live there for many days.
The inn owner was a little embarrassed. If you open an inn in such a place, you can’t make much money. Those who travel from south to south are just mountain tourists and merchants. It is rare to see a handsome boy like Qin Yu and Zhang Ren.
The boss glanced at the white jade ring on Qin Yu's index finger and secretly guessed that the identities and origins of these people were probably very unusual.
After asking for two rooms, Wen Zhou was busy setting up the kang fire, tidying up the bed, tables and chairs. Qin Yu put on a crane buckle, pulled Zhang Ren, and walked around the town.
Zhang Ren didn't know what was good about this kind of "snow town". He had no other scenery except white. He slowly walked from the north of the town to the south of the town, but it took less than half a quarter of an hour, so he became a little impatient.
"Second Brother, why are we wandering around in the cold weather? Go back and roast the fire and warm it up?"
Qin Yu smiled and said, "Young brother, then you go back first, I'll go over there and take a look." He pointed to the big forest visible from afar to the left.
"It's a bit dangerous in the dark sky?" Zhang Ren is younger than Qin Yu, but he has been living in the mountains and hills since he was a child. His experience as a hunter is much richer than Qin Yu. After just one look, he felt that the forest was extremely large and there were ferocious birds and beasts inside. Although there were fewer snowy days, it would be difficult to deal with if he touched one or two.
"I'm going to tell you that I'm going to hunt some strange beasts and pick some flowers and plants."
Zhang Ren smiled rattledly: "Since the second senior brother is interested, of course I have to accompany you to the end." When it comes to hunting, he is interested at all times, especially the forest is very special at first glance, and may be able to hunt some strange and rare beasts.
Qin Yu said: "Since that's the case, then go and take a look."
"Then brother, wait a minute, I'll get some hunting equipment."
The two of them went out to stroll, and they only brought hunting knives and crossbows. They wanted to go into the dense forest, which was a bit too much to see.
Zhang Ren took two steps at a time and slid back to the inn.
Qin Yu smiled and wandered around the town casually, silently reciting the Jade Sword Heart Sutra in his heart.
In the past three days, he was not only familiar with riding skills, but also reviewed books repeatedly whenever he had time on the road, deepened his understanding of the master's swordsmanship. He got up alone at midnight and practiced with his own hands.
Suddenly, I felt a chill on my face, and I looked up and saw a few small snowflakes falling quietly.
Someone sighed not far behind him, "It's snowing again!"
Qin Yu frowned, and the voice seemed familiar.
His right hand couldn't help but stroke the handle of the knife around his waist, and then turned his head to look.
His eyes suddenly opened, but his pupils quickly shrank.
Under the purple cloak, wearing a black suit, a short sword hanging on his waist, and under his agile eyes, the pretty flower face was fascinated by death.
"It's you?" Qin Yu said two words lightly, drew a half-arc with his right foot, and his body turned back calmly.
His body muscles try to relax as much as possible, but his heart is unconsciously tightened slightly.
That girl was Xi Zhilan.
Chapter completed!