Chapter 42 Fengling Ferry
The sun is scorching on the official loess road. Even if it is just early April, for travelers who have been exposed to the sun for a long distance, the tea and wine banners flying across the road are far more attractive than the embroidered handkerchiefs in the hands of Yao Jie'er.
Two hundred miles away from Chang'an, Fenglingdu, located at the bend of the Yellow River, is the main throat connecting the northwest and the Central Plains. It must pass here from south to north. After the iron eagle and deer swept across the world, there is no such thing as a river and lake in Chang'an for hundreds of miles. Fenglingdu seems to have become the border of the river and lake. Going to Chang'an, no matter whether you are a dragon or a tiger, you have to be a rough person with your tail between your legs. Only when you come from Chang'an and pass Fenglingdu can you straighten your back upright.
The scorching sun hangs in the sky, Fenglingdu Town is full of people, the wine shops are full of railings, and the blacksmith shops with swords jingling. They are not as majestic and heavy as Chang'an, but only here can you experience the roughness of the northwest.
On the official road outside the town, whether it is a treasure cart or a merchant or a gangster, they all carry swords and swords with them. They don’t speak much, and only a few sounds come from the tea shop on the side of the road.
"Mengzi... is back home?"
On the cracked loess official road, Kou Meng was holding a stick in his hand, his robe was torn and there was a little blood. The bamboo chair was still on his back, and the sweat on his body wet the scabbed wounds. The stinging feeling was very uncomfortable, but because of the elixir, it was not only painful and tired, but it was also able to withstand it.
Hearing his mother's voice, Kou Meng laughed and turned around:
"Yes, go home."
"Good to go home..."
The voice was very weak, and after a word, there was no sound again.
Kou Meng waited for a while, put down the bamboo chair on the stone on the side of the road, looked at it, and confirmed that he was just asleep, and then he breathed a sigh of relief and carried the bamboo chair again.
Taking a few steps on the hot loess official road, Kou Meng turned around and looked at Chang'an City, which had disappeared from his sight, would be cured immediately, but he would not survive when he walked back.
Although the two people who followed him had left at some point, Kou Meng knew what the consequences were when he ran back secretly.
He was short of money for medical treatment and went to find out the right job, but was caught by his employer. Now someone must be staring at Huichuntang. As long as he dared to show up, he would definitely end up silence.
And that "little prince" talks about morality in the world. He will let him go the first time, but he will not let him go the second time. Once he dies, I will not be able to live alone.
Kou Meng gasped and looked at the end of the road behind. He knew that he could not go back, but he couldn't swallow this breath. It would be cured immediately!
"Let's go... go home... block the way..."
The old lady's voice rang again, and behind her was the sound of horse galloping bells.
Kou suddenly came to his senses and moved a few steps to the side of the road with his eyebrows stick. However, he injured his left leg on Yufeng Mountain. He limped and would inevitably not walk fast. Even if he had tried his best to dodge, there was still a huge force coming from behind.
The horse rubbed over the bamboo chair, and Kou Meng, who was holding the seriously injured body, stumbled on the ground. The old woman fell out and rolled around.
"mother!"
Kou Meng's face turned pale in an instant. Regardless of the pain on his body and the blood seeping out of the cloth strip, he knelt and crawled over, dragging the old woman up.
Fortunately, the bamboo chair was buffered and the fall was not heavy. The old woman's hair was always neatly scattered and she raised her hand:
"Mom is fine...Don't fight..."
Smack
A whip sounded from the official road, and the leather horse whip whipped on the back of the ragged man, and in an instant, it pulled out a hole in the already ragged cloth, revealing the blood-stained cloth below.
"You're deaf? You can't hear it even if you're so far..."
On the official road, a man in black riding a tall horse stopped in the middle of the road, holding a horse whip in his hand and looked angry. The man hung a sword and jade pendant around his waist, full of nobleness, and there were more than a dozen horses behind him. In the middle was a middle-aged man with black and white hair, with a jade crown on his head, a long cloud-patterned sword hanging on his waist, and a hooked nose with a jaw-bearded jaw, which looked quite imposing. Other travelers on the road had already avoided it.
The man holding the whip saw the sloppy man kneeling on the ground and didn't look back or speak, with annoyed in his eyes, "Why don't you get out..." He raised his hand and whipped again.
Smack
The strong wind suddenly erupted, and the stick sounded like a dragon.
This time, it was the sound of the whip that was swung by the stick of Qimei.
Kou Meng knelt on the ground without getting up, holding the old woman with one hand, swept the horse behind her with her eyebrows and sticks in her hand.
With a crisp sound of "click", the four legs of the horse were immediately swept off, and the fierce horse whined and fell on the loess official road. The man in black fell to the ground, unable to hide his shock in his eyes, and he rolled and crawled back a few steps.
The dozen horses behind them all retreated with fear, and more than ten people changed their expressions, "swish swish swish swish swish-" to draw out their carry-on swords.
Although the merchants and goats on the official road were surprised by the sloppy man's skills, no one dared to stop them and they all retreated a little.
This is the case in the world. If you have the ability to help others when you see injustice, you have to swallow your anger and pretend to be blind, otherwise you won’t live long. Moreover, most of the tourists on the official road recognize this group of people from the Tang family in Youzhou.
The one who was in the middle must be Tang Jiao, the head of the Tang family who was rumored to be admitted to the capital to be awarded the title of Ten Martial Arts. Whether in the world or in the city, the Tang family in Youzhou is a giant. When chatting in the tea shop, you can feel that the Tang family sword is not as good as the other three swords that have been passed down for a long time, but when standing in front of you, there are a few people in the world who dare to underestimate them.
The young man who fell off the horse first took a few steps back, and when he came to his senses, he looked furious and drew out the long sword from his waist:
"Damn it, you dare to hurt my horse..."
Kou Meng hugged the old woman and put it back on the bamboo chair, stood up with a stick of eyebrows. His face was almost distorted, and his earthworm-like veins were covered with arms, and his calloused hands seemed to be able to crush the stick of eyebrows.
The young man's words came to an abrupt end and took a few more steps with his sword in his hand.
"Tang Ying, come back!"
In the horse team, Tang Jiao held the hilt of the sword and whispered to his son.
Tang Yun held the sword, hesitated for a little, spitted on the ground, then returned to the horse team, drove a guard off the horse, and turned over.
Tang Jiao looked at the many business travelers and tourists on the road ahead, and was slightly silent, then gently clamped his horse's belly and continued to move forward without squinting.
The Jianghu is the place where news spreads the fastest, and the Jianghu people still want it.
Step on
Several tall horses walked past the road.
Kou Meng held the stick with his eyebrows and his eyes were red. He stared at the horse team passing by, but he did not move because the robe at his feet was pinched by a calloused hand and could not move.
Step on
Seeing that the horse team was about to walk all over, a horse ringtone suddenly came from behind the road and a woman's ordinary question:
"If you hit someone, leave. This is how your Tang family disciplines his children?"
Chapter completed!