Chapter 763: Chart 9
Zhang Sixi reached out to block it, but as soon as he got caught in the wine gourd, he suddenly felt a great force coming from the wine gourd, like a huge stone, trying to press himself down.
Zhang Si suddenly realized something was wrong, and his hand slipped on the wine gourd and grabbed the old Taoist priest's wrist.
The old Taoist priest laughed and said, "If you ask you to drink, you won't drink it, but now you actually rob it."
When his wrist turned, the wine gourd attracted Zhang Sixi's hand again.
Zhang Sixi said, "I won't drink, don't stuff it to me. Be careful that if you break the wine gourd, you will never drink it again."
The old Taoist priest said, "Then I have to be careful. This wine gourd has been with me for many years, but my old friend!"
...
The two of them said one by one, one by one, and they didn't stop their mouths, and they didn't have their hands idle. In the small room, they were coming and going, and under the light, their hands seemed to have become shadows.
Zhang Sixi became more and more surprised as he fought. The old Taoist priest was like a loach. Even though he tried all his strength, he felt like a mud cow entering the sea, and he felt like he was not trying to make any effort. This feeling made people feel extremely uncomfortable, but it was different from himself. He hid yesterday, but today the old Taoist priest did not hid, but made himself feel as if his strength was hitting the air.
"You have good kung fu!"
The old Taoist priest praised, suddenly withdrew his move, and he retreated and sat back on his bed, picked up the shiny wine gourd and took a sip.
Zhang Sixi immediately stopped, looked at the old Taoist priest in confusion, and asked, "What do you mean?"
The old Taoist priest smiled and said, "I think you are interesting to the entire escort agency. The old Taoist priest is itchy and wants to find someone to fight, and move his hands and feet, so as not to rust and unable to move his bones."
Zhang Sixi didn't know whether he should be angry or not, but he actually did it with himself for the whole reason.
The old Taoist priest smacked his mouth and said, "By the way, are you a job?"
Zhang Sixi was shocked, his face remained calm and said, "Why did you say that?"
The old Taoist priest said proudly: "I have been in the martial arts world for many years, and I have also known the skills of each sect and sect."
"snort!"
Zhang Sixi snorted coldly and said, "So what? So what if it is not?"
The old Taoist priest said, "I think you are calm and suitable for this kind of kung fu. This move is really good to use on the battlefield. After all, there are enemies everywhere on the battlefield. To defeat the enemy, you must first win the momentum, that is, you must move forward and not be afraid of life and death. No matter how powerful the enemy is, what if you have a three-foot sword in my hand, who can fight? Taking the enemy's head is like taking something out of your bag."
After a moment of pause, the old Taoist priest also shook his head and said, "It's a pity!"
Let's talk about it, I started to drink wine again.
Seeing him keeping him in hiding, Zhang Sixi was too lazy to pay attention to it!
The old Taoist glanced at him and said, "You don't want to know what a pity for me, the old Taoist?"
"In no mood!"
Zhang Sixi's answer was very straightforward.
The old Taoist shook his head, sighed and lay on the bed. After a while, he made a slight snoring.
Zhang Sixi blew out the lights, and the room suddenly became quiet. Soon, the lights in the entire inn room went out one after another, and the inn returned to peace.
In the dark night, a group of people arrived outside the inn. There were five people. One of them got off the horse and slapped the inn door. After a while, the waiter wrapped his clothes and opened the door. When he saw the few people outside the door, he said strangely: "What's the matter with all the guests?"
The big man knocking on the door said, "Nonsense, this midnight is the third day of the night. Of course, I am here to stay in a hotel. Could it be better to visit relatives? Open the door quickly and let your chef get up, get big fish and meat, and then prepare a few rooms for us. I have money."
After saying that, he took out a ingot of silver from his arms, and then shook it in front of the waiter.
The waiter stared at Yinzi with his eyes fiercely, and soon moved away with a little unbearable heart. He apologized: "I'm really sorry, my customers, we've been booked by someone. Now, let alone the room, we've even lived in the woodshed."
The big man stretched out his hand and grabbed the waiter's collar. He suddenly mentioned it to him and said viciously: "What did you say, let us live in the demolition house?"
The waiter was frightened and hurriedly said, "I don't mean that. We are a small shop here. There are not many customers and few rooms. But today, there were suddenly fifty or sixty people, and they were all in one go. There was really no extra room. There was an inn in front of us, so there should be no room available."
The big man said, "Man No. 56, I ask you, where did the No. 50 or 60 come from? Who are they?"
The waiter said: "Okay... I really think it's called Zhenwu Escort Agency."
"Okay, since there is no place here, let's go to other places to try it."
Someone spoke behind the man.
"snort!"
The man snorted coldly, relaxed his hands, turned around and left.
The waiter who had recovered his freedom felt like he had gone to the Hall of Hell, for fear that the man would turn around and slam the door.
The big man returned to the other people, turned his horse on his back, shook the reins, and several people walked into the town. After walking out for a while, the big man said, "The waiter just now should not have lie. They have indeed arrived here. Master, what should we do now?"
The man who was called the young master was just speaking and pondered for a moment when he heard this, saying, "They have fifty or sixty people, and it is not advisable to attack forcefully, not to mention that we don't know if the information is true. If I remember correctly, there seems to be a group of bandits in front of you. Just go and say that there is a big business coming."
"Yes, young master, I will go immediately!"
The big man said immediately.
The young master smiled and said, "Don't worry, they are moving slowly. Let's find a place to stay first and have a good rest. It's not too late to set off tomorrow morning."
The next morning, after the rest, after breakfast, the team set off again, but soon Zhang Sixi discovered something strange. Logically speaking, the escort should take the main road. There are many people on the road and the imperial court has many checkpoints, so it is naturally safer.
However, after leaving the town, I was still walking on the main road, but after a while, I turned into the small road. If someone wanted to get an escort, wouldn’t it give others an opportunity to take advantage of it?
However, for most people, it is the same wherever they go, and the team is not at all neat. After a day of familiarity, the originally cooled team has become lively at this moment. Although they dare not make loud noises, they are also laughing in a low voice in private without any sense of tension.
When looking at the people from the escort agencies, perhaps out of the professional habits cultivated by long-term escorts, they also paid close attention to the movements around them while walking, although they didn't know why Ye Kai chose to take this path.
There was no abnormality in the whole morning. In the afternoon, the team entered the mountain area. There was a simple path at the foot of the mountain that could only accommodate a carriage. The path was uneven and there were many steep slopes. However, the entire team only had three carriages used to pull boxes, and there was no shortage of people. The speed of movement was not much slower than that of the main road.
However, a road that seemed very ordinary aroused Zhang Sixi's alertness.
"Do you think there is something wrong with this road?"
The old Taoist priest who seemed to be unable to put down the wine gourd in his hand asked.
Zhang Sixi looked up at the mountain pass not far away, was silent for a moment, and said, "There is an ambush ahead."
A trace of surprise flashed in the old Taoist priest's eyes and asked, "Then don't you remind them?"
Zhang Sixi hesitated. He just wanted to get into Kaifeng. The less attention the better, the better. So try to avoid dealing with people.
The old Taoist priest seemed to see Zhang Sixi's thoughts, took a sip of wine, and said, "The so-called taking money to eliminate disasters for others. Knowing that there is an ambush ahead, if you don't tell them, you don't know how many of the people in front of you will become unjust dead. You have not fulfilled your duties."
Zhang Sixi was already a little shaken, but when he saw the old Taoist priest who seemed to have nothing to do with him, he asked, "Don't you tell them so much?"
The old Taoist priest said, "I didn't say there was an ambush ahead. This is what you said. I won't take over other people's credit. Well... if you are delaying, it will be too late!"
He is completely an adopted son who has nothing to do with me.
Zhang Sixi suddenly felt speechless in his heart. He looked up at the people around him. In fact, most people just wanted to make a living like him, but no one was willing to lose their lives because of this. If he knew and didn't remind them to prepare, his conscience would be uneasy.
conscience?
Zhang Sixi suddenly felt a little funny. Can his dignified Jinyiwei still find a trace of conscience?
Even so, Zhang Sixi still couldn't watch the group of people entering other people's ambush circle without any knowledge.
Gripping his teeth, his heart made a fuss, and he immediately made up his attention. He rushed forward in a hurry, and soon rushed to the front of the team, shouting loudly: "General's Head, wait!"
Regarding the escort agency, Zhang Sixi now knows three people, one is the chief escort Ye Kai, the other is Ye Yingyu, and the other is the task that was also arranged last night, which is the escort Li Erniu, who tested himself that day.
Hearing this, the few people stopped pulling the reins. Li Erniu said aloud: "Wang Liu, what are you doing?"
Zhang Sixi was too lazy to talk nonsense and immediately said: "I think there might be an ambush ahead. Should I send someone to inquire first?"
Li Erniu glared with big eyes and said, "What do you mean?"
Zhang Sixi said: "The birds in front screamed in shock and did not return to their nests, and were unwilling to leave, which means there are things that scares them below. We are also an escort agency, and the escorts are all valuables. It is natural for some people to covet them. Moreover, the terrain ahead is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is also mountainous. Our team can no longer concentrate. If there is an ambush, the best ambush location will be in front."
Li Erniu was stunned when he heard this. After Zhang Sixi finished speaking, he said, "Where are you talking nonsense? Get out of here, don't delay the trip!"
"Slow down!"
Ye Kai made a sound to stop him, looked at Zhang Sixi in front of him carefully, and asked in a deep voice: "Are you sure there is an ambush ahead?"
Zhang Sixi said: "In case, the head of the chief escort should send someone to check it out."
Ye Yingyu watched Zhang Sixi leave. Her lonely back suddenly felt familiar, but she couldn't remember where she had seen it for a while. After Zhang Sixi's figure disappeared into the crowd, she turned her head and asked, "Father, is there any possibility that what he said?"
It was vaguely, she felt that she should believe Zhang Sixi.
Ye Kai was looking at the mountain pass in front of him, walking for many years, having experienced his own experience. And he had planned what risks he had on that road. There was indeed a group of bandits in this place. The reason why he chose this road instead of a small road was because the road was close and it only took one day to pass through the bandits' sphere of influence. Although it was safe to walk the main road, there were three court checkpoints along the way. Therefore, after weighing the trade-offs for a long time, Ye Kai felt that it was necessary to take risks.
Just now, when Zhang Sixi reminded him, Ye Kai looked at the front carefully and felt something was wrong. He did not directly answer Ye Yingyu's words, but said: "Erniu, send a few people to the uphill in front to see, and the others are on guard!"
Although this place is also at the foot of the mountain, the terrain is still flat. The entire team can quickly gather together, unlike on the path ahead, where the entire team is a long snake, which is extremely easy to be cut off, divided, and then eaten one by one.
After receiving the order, Li Erniu immediately ordered a few elves escort disciples and went to the front to inquire.
When Zhang Sixi returned to the end of the team he was in, the entire team had already begun to gather in the middle, and the carriages holding boxes were surrounded in the middle.
"It seems that they still listened to you."
The old Taoist priest joked.
Zhang Sixi glared at the old Taoist priest, and it was him who asked him to go, which almost exposed himself.
The old Taoist priest pretended not to see it and said, "Don't you prepare a weapon? Will you fight with others with your fists later?"
Zhang Sixi said angrily: "I'm young, I just fist with my fist. Do you use your wine gourd?"
The old Taoist priest said, "I will leave this matter of using a knife and a gun to you young people. How can I withstand the troubles of an old bone? Well, it seems that there is indeed an ambush."
Zhang Sixi turned his head and saw that, sure enough, many people came from the mountain pass. From a distance, they looked dense, like ants on the ground. Seeing this, the disciples of the escort agency quickly turned around and ran back.
What appeared in this place was definitely not a friend, either a friend or an enemy. The escort agency immediately drew out its weapons. For those who had just joined the escort agency, they did not expect to encounter an enemy after just two days of joining the escort agency. The key is that the situation in front of them is not a joke.
Suddenly, some guys who were planning to come in and make a living began to retreat, and some even their stomachs began to tremble.
"I guess someone is going to run away. Look, there is one here."
The old Taoist priest said that he pretended that the enemy who came over in front of him had not seen it.
Before he could finish this, someone bent over and began to quietly slip backwards.
Chapter completed!