Chapter 1742: Kezhouqiu (4)
Everyone set off again and returned along the way they came. After walking for about an hour, they could vaguely see a rugged mountain road ahead.
Although the mountain road is rugged, it is better than this steep hillside. As long as everyone returns to the mountain road, everyone will feel much more relaxed.
Li Zhong and Wang Meng had a good meal and picked a bunch of fruits to take with them. Now they were in a good mood and beat the prisoners less often.
"There are still seven or eight days to go before Yuxia Pass. There are still more than a dozen 'rue fruits' here. Let's eat sparingly. It will be enough to get there." Wang Meng looked at the fruits in his luggage. , said with a smile.
"Yes." Li Zhong nodded, looked at Di Wu in the distance, and said with a half-smile, "I have to say, that boy has some skills. I couldn't bear to hand him over to the guards of Yuxia Pass."
"We have to ask them to add more money."
"Exactly!"
Both of them smiled and showed understanding.
But at this moment, a strong wind suddenly blew behind them. The strong wind carried mud and sand, which caused a commotion in the team.
"Bah! Bah!"
Wang Meng spat out the sand in his mouth, turned around with a look of surprise on his face, "Where did the evil wind come from?"
Li Zhong was also surprised, After watching for a while, I saw what seemed to be a small black shadow in the direction of the source of the wind and sand.
"What is that?" Li Zhong pointed to the distance.
Wang Meng followed the direction he pointed, squinted his eyes for a while, and suddenly exclaimed: "No! That thing is getting closer!"
"What?!"
Li Zhong's eyesight is not as good as Wang Meng's. He was about to say something else when he heard a roar coming from the wind and sand.
The next moment, a terrifying beast appeared in their sight.
This beast looks like a tiger, but it has two heads, hair like steel needles, a very thick tail, and a pincer at the end, which looks extremely sharp.
"What kind of beast is this?" Wang Meng asked in a trembling voice.
Although there is the word "fierce" in his name, he himself has nothing to do with bravery, otherwise he would not be reduced to escorting prisoners.
Seeing the beast approaching, Wang Meng’s first reaction was: run away!
With almost no hesitation, Wang Meng abandoned Li Zhong and the prisoners he was escorting, and fled in the opposite direction without looking back.
However, it was better that he did not run. This run seemed to anger the beast.
“Roar!”
Just hearing a roar, the beast kicked off its legs and actually spanned dozens of feet. It reached behind Wang Meng in just a few ups and downs.
Wang Meng was running desperately when he suddenly smelled a fishy smell coming from behind him. He subconsciously looked back and saw a bloody mouth falling from the sky!
“Ah!”
A shrill scream rang out from the barren mountain.
Wang Meng had almost no resistance, and his neck was bitten off by the beast in an instant, and then his stomach was disemboweled and his intestines were pulled out and eaten.
Such a bloody scene made everyone present extremely frightened.
Some people's legs became weak and fell to the ground, forgetting to even escape. Some people still had a glimmer of hope for survival. Even though their hands and feet were burned, they still tried their best to escape as far away as possible.
As for Li Zhong, before he knew it, his clothes were soaked with cold sweat, and he felt a chill under his crotch.
Seeing Wang Meng being disemboweled by a wild beast, he turned around and ran away without any hesitation.
But his speed couldn't compare to that beast. Before he could even run a hundred steps, he was slapped on the ground by a paw. Then there was severe pain in his chest. When he looked down, he was actually hit by that beast. The beast's tail pierces through!
This evil beast seemed to have identified Wang Meng and Li Zhong, turning a blind eye to the other escapees. It first disemboweled Wang Meng, and then devoured Li Zhong alive.
In just the blink of an eye, the two officers who were showing off their power before were reduced to a pile of corpses.
After killing two people, the evil beast seemed to be still angry. It stepped on Li Zhong's head and looked around with cold eyes.
Its nose sniffed, and then identified a direction.
That was the escape route of one of the prisoners. The prisoner was strong and strong. When he was snatching the "rue fruits" just now, he outlasted everyone and got two of them.
"Roar!"
After roaring, the evil beast kicked Li Zhong's head away, then ran wildly, chasing in the direction of the prisoner.
And just after it left Soon, a boy covered in yellow mud emerged from behind a rock on the hillside.
This boy is Di Wu.
He seemed not surprised by the tragedy that had just happened, and his eyes were full of indifference.
Coming down the hillside, Di Wu first came to Wang Meng's body.
At this time, Wang Meng had turned into a puddle of mud. The "rue fruit" he packed in his luggage had long been taken away by the ferocious beast, but there was still some dry food scattered on the ground.
Di Wu picked up the dry food one by one with quick hands and feet, wrapped it in blood-stained cloth strips, and then came to Li Zhong's body.
In contrast, Li Zhong's body was still vaguely identifiable, except that his chest was pierced and his head was twisted off.
His luggage fell aside, Di Wu rummaged through it and took out a bag of dry food and two jugs of water, as well as some luggage.
There were marks on the luggage of the officers and soldiers, and he did not dare to use it. He could only gather these things together, wrap them all in cloth strips, carry them around his waist, and walk down the mountain without looking back
"Thatched Cottage Sutra" "Note: The prisoner is an evil beast, and likes to eat rue fruits. Anyone who steals its fruits will be chased and killed by this beast. There will be no escape within a hundred miles. The rue fruit has a special smell. If you eat it, you will get a fragrant aroma all over your body. , emitted from the pores. The rue has a keen sense of smell and is good at tracking this fragrance. If you accidentally take rue fruit, you can only have a chance of survival by blocking the pores of your body with mud to cover up the fragrance.
Time and space change, stars move, darkness and light come and go. alternately.
I don’t know how long it took, but the scene appeared on a busy street, and fierce yelling came from the distance:
“You bastard, don’t run away if you have the guts! If I catch you, I will peel off your cramps!”
The person shouting was a middle-aged man with a fat body and a fleshy face.
Running in front of him was a young man with unkempt hair and a steamed bun in his mouth. Although his steps were not big, his figure was strong and he was running in and out of the busy city without being disturbed by the man behind him. catch up.
The man was furious!
He was accompanied by more than a dozen thugs. Logically speaking, it would not be difficult to chase a child, but this was a bustling city with people coming and going. He and the thugs could not get away with each other, and instead he was held by a young man. Walk with nose in your mouth.
After chasing for a while, the middle-aged man suddenly realized something, stopped, and ordered breathlessly: "You, you, and you, the three of you come from the back alley of 'Fanchenju' Go around to the front and block him there!" "Yes!"
The three thugs took the order and got into the alley.
"You two." The man pointed at the two of them again and continued to give instructions: "Aren't you good at Qinggong? Go and wait upstairs at 'Yichun Courtyard'. This kid can climb walls and climb trees. He likes to sneak into crowded places. Just wait for him there. "
"Okay!"
The two thugs left the crowd, climbed up the roof, and climbed over the wall.
"The rest of you, chase me! We must catch this kid no matter what today, otherwise everyone will not have a good life!"
"Yes!"
As the middle-aged man gave an order Next, everyone was full of energy and chased after the young man again.
Although the young man was nimble, there were too many people rounding him up. He narrowly escaped the pursuers several times, but in the end he was still surrounded in a dead end.
He wanted to climb over the wall and enter Yichun Courtyard, but found that there were two people waiting for him above; he also wanted to drill a dog hole out of the courtyard of Fanchenju, but found that there were also people waiting there. Own.
After a moment's hesitation, the middle-aged man and others had already gathered around him.
"Little bastard! Are you running? Are you going to keep running?"
While panting, he rolled up his sleeves with a fierce look in his eyes, "Finally I caught you, Now I want to let you know what I, 'Ma Liu Ye', do!"
Seeing that there was no way to escape, the young man simply stopped running and turned around with a smile on his face. panic.
"Sixth Master, forgive me for being stupid, but you and I, the Black Tiger Gang, are not at odds with each other. Why did you lead people to chase me down the street?"
"Bah!" Mr. Ma Liu spat and said angrily: "Di Wu, you are trying to show off to me, right? Don't you know what you have done?"
"I really don't know, please Mr. Liu. Tell the kid, and let the kid understand." The young man said very sincerely.
“You little bastard, you still want to deny it? You don’t know where you deceived our Black Tiger Gang’s token, and you even pretended to be us to collect the protection fee for two months. You really eat the heart of a bear. The leopard is brave!"
"Oh, so that's what happened." Di Wu laughed nonchalantly.
“You think this is a trivial matter?” Mr. Ma Liu sneered, leading his men closer and closer, “We, the Black Tiger Gang, have always bullied others, and no one has ever dared to bully the leader of our Black Tiger Gang. On!”
"Master Six, what you said is wrong!" Di Wu waved his hands repeatedly and said with a smile: "This kid is not plotting against the Black Tiger Gang, but is sincerely helping your Black Tiger Gang."
"What? What do you mean?”
Ma Liuye raised his eyebrows and stopped temporarily.
"As we all know, there are four major gangs in Huayang City, namely the Jianlong Gang, the Broadsword Gang, the Manniu Gang, and your Black Tiger Gang. Five years ago, during the 'gang merger talks' in Huayang City, you The Black Tiger Gang defeated the Broadsword Gang and the Barbarian Bull Gang, but lost to the Sword Dragon Gang by one round in the final battle. As a last resort, they could only call themselves the second best in the past five years, and had to give up many resources. Right?" Di Wu said eloquently.
Seeing his good temperament and extraordinary conversation, Ma Liuye was frightened for a moment and stood there without taking action immediately.
"The Black Tiger Gang was suppressed by the Jianlong Gang. The brothers must be dissatisfied. They have been looking for opportunities to take action these years." When Di Wu said this, he suddenly stopped and glanced at everyone, showing a profound expression.
“Half a year ago, the imperial court sent officers and soldiers to rectify the gang strength in Huayang City. All the three major gangs lost a lot of good guys, but your Black Tiger Gang got the news in advance, so that all the good guys in the gang were hidden. Get up and recruit again temporarily I recruited some refugees as gang disciples, and finally let those refugees be taken away by the government in your place. Am I right?”
When Master Ma Liu heard this, he couldn’t help but look surprised: “What about you? Everybody knows?”
"Hey, what's so difficult about this? These tricks can fool the Manniu Gang and the Broadsword Gang, but how can they fool me?"
Di Wu smiled slightly and continued: "According to my estimation, your Black Tiger Gang should The preparations are almost complete, and we will start to do it in the near future. In fact, I admire the Black Tiger Gang very much and have wanted to join your gang for a long time, but I have never had the chance, so I came up with this idea."
"The solution you came up with is to pretend to be our Black Tiger Gang to collect protection money?" Ma Liuye said coldly.
“No, no!”
Di Wu chuckled and said: “The reason why I stole the Black Tiger Order and came to this street to collect protection money was because I wanted the Sword Dragon Gang. Taking it lightly made them think that the Black Tiger Gang had suffered great losses in the last court crackdown. The gang was short of manpower and could only let a teenage boy come out to collect protection fees. Furthermore, they would probably send someone to follow me. , Mr. Liu, you also know that I don’t have any other abilities, boy. His ability to hide in Tibet is top-notch, so it’s okay if the Stegoron Gang doesn’t come, but if they do come, they will definitely return in vain. Doesn’t this buy you Black Tiger Gang time, and you can catch the Stegoron Gang by surprise? ?”
"Huh?"
Hearing this, Mr. Ma Liu felt a little confused. After being stunned for a moment, he said in surprise: "So, are you really doing it for our Black Tiger Gang?"< br>
"Of course!" Di Wu said with a smile: "I really admire the Black Tiger Gang, especially heroes like 'Master Ma Liu'! I only have one wish, and that is to serve you by riding beside Master Liu. "It's the work of a dog and a horse."
"Good boy, you can talk!"
Master Ma Liu nodded slightly and smiled on his face.
But at this moment, a black-clothed thug next to him suddenly stepped forward and whispered in his ear: "Sixth Master, don't listen to his nonsense! You have forgotten what the gang leader said before setting off. "
These words instantly made Ma Liuye wake up.
The black-clothed thug continued: "The gang leader said, this guy has a brilliant tongue, and the most powerful thing is his mouth. Don't listen to his nonsense! After you catch him, no matter what, seal his mouth first." Mouth, break both legs, leave only one breath, and take it back to the gang to make a decision!"
Ma Liuye took a deep breath and his expression changed again. It became gloomy.
He signaled the men around him with his eyes. The thugs immediately understood and surrounded Di Wu's position.
Di Wu had been secretly observing Ma Liuye's reaction. He had already succeeded halfway, but he did not expect that the situation would reverse.
He didn't hesitate, and immediately took out a dagger from his sleeve and threw it straight at Ma Liuye.
The tip of the dagger was glowing with green light, and it was obviously smeared with poison, but Ma Liuye was not confused at all. He drew out the big knife and thrust it forward, and flew the dagger with a sound of "Dang!"
"Good boy, the fox's tail is finally showing!"
Ma Liuye sneered and shouted: "Fuck me! Beat me to death! Both legs are broken, leaving one Take it back and give it to the gang leader!”
“Yes!”
The surrounding thugs responded in unison and pounced on them almost simultaneously.
(End of Chapter)