Chapter 1: A crisis on the road
Qingshan Town is located in the southernmost part of the Cangmang Mountains. It is a remote area. The former dynasty and Qi State fought for years and were unable to do so, so there was no official government office.
The town has a quiet environment, with only a few hundred households. Although the sparrow is small, it has everything. Don't look at this small Qingshan town, with teahouses, restaurants, pawn shops, banks, gambling houses, brothels, blacksmiths, and medicine sellers.
Quite a few.
There is also a small Jianghu sect on the Qingshan Mountain in the east of the town - the Qingshan Sect. Although there are only a few dozen members, they all have some skills and can be considered famous for hundreds of miles around.
Every spring, a steady stream of hunters, miners, and herbal gatherers pass through Qingshan Town and enter the Cangmang Mountains. Several caravans also enter Qingshan Town. Most of them are businessmen who purchase animal skins, claws, ores, medicinal materials, and game.
The merchants in this town are also crowded with customers every day.
The Qingshan Sect maintains law and order in the town on a daily basis and collects some management fees from the merchants. Most of the disciples of the Qingshan Sect are children in the town. They have joined the sect since they were young and learned boxing. Therefore, the fees are not heavy, and their attitudes are also polite. The merchants
He was also willing to pay, so everything went well for decades.
Because more and more people have gone to the mountains to collect herbs recently, nearby hunters will also bring some game out of the Cangmang Mountains. Most of these hunters are people from nearby villages, so many people are not willing to go all the way to sell a few prey.
Then enter Qingshan Town.
Therefore, game is sold every three days five miles outside the town. This is a small market composed of dozens of nearby hunters.
In the early morning, when the sky was still dark, a boy about thirteen or fourteen years old, dressed like a waiter, came out of the town and went straight to the market where game was sold.
This young man's name is Yicheng, and he is a waiter at the Ke Laiju Hotel in Qingshan Town. The shopkeeper sees him as a smart man, so he always goes there every time he buys game.[
Because the hunters only sell there for about an hour or two at a time, and then go into the mountains to hunt, so Yicheng always arrives very early. Otherwise, even if he arrives late, he can still buy game, but the quality will be poor.
It won't be too good.
Although Yicheng is only thirteen years old, he has practiced basic martial arts for nearly ten years, and his physical fitness is not worse than that of adults. Therefore, the five-mile journey only took less than half an hour. Yicheng arrived at the market, and Orion
The market has just opened, and some of the best game is still available. Yicheng comes every time he goes to the market, so he can distinguish the quality of game from bad.
After wandering around the market, Yicheng bought a few kilograms of venison, a roe deer, several pheasants and hares, and bought everything the shopkeeper told him. Yicheng didn't waste any time and hurried back to Qingshan Town to shop.
The business here has been very good these past few days. I went back late and delayed the business again.
Since getting up early in the morning, Yicheng has not been idle. He is carrying twenty or thirty kilograms of things on his way. Although he is strong, he is still a little tired after walking more than half of the way. The weather is no longer as refreshing as the days of spring.
, it’s not yet noon, and the sun is already making people feel anxious.
Yicheng found a place in the shade, put down the game meat, sat down and rested for a while. Yicheng looked around and saw no one on the road, so Yicheng walked deeper into the forest.
People have three urgent needs. Yicheng relaxed in the woods and immediately felt refreshed. Just as he was about to walk out of the woods, Yicheng heard someone's voice. Yicheng took a few steps forward and looked forward from the dense forest.
More than ten feet away, a burly scarred man was shouting proudly to a middle-aged man lying on the ground wearing official clothes:
"Haha, I didn't expect that, Mr. Zhang, although I kill people like crazy, I still don't deserve to die. Hehe, I was chased by you for thousands of miles, all the way from the capital to here, but I was lucky enough to break through the Wuzong
, you can die here peacefully today!"
"Ahem, Wei Ming, I really didn't expect you to break through Wuzong. I, Zhang Yi, chased you for thousands of miles. I thought I could capture you this time, but in the end I fell short. But don't be too proud, even if you
Is it possible to break through Wuzong?
Hey, it's not like there are no masters in Qingtian Mansion. You have committed dozens of murders, and as many as ninety people have died in your hands. Do you think you can get away with it?" Although this man was struggling to speak, his tone was still.
Not timid.
"Hmph, if I kill you, I will find a place to disguise myself and hide my name. Who knows that I am Wei Ming? Haha, the money I have now is enough for me to live the rest of my life. Don't worry, I will give you a stick of incense every year from now on.
, burn some paper money, want
If it weren’t for you, how could I break through in a crisis? Haha, you can become a rich man underground, I’ll treat you well! Okay, I won’t talk nonsense to you, I’ll send you on your way.” Wei Ming finished.
, stepped forward and punched Zhang Yi in the face.
If this punch hit, nine of Zhang Yi's ten lives would be lost, so he raised his right hand to block it with difficulty.
"Crack!"
Zhang Yi's right hand made a sound of broken joints.
"Ah! Despicable, you actually used poison!"
This time it was Wei Ming who shouted. His fist was pricked by a thin needle, and a drop of black blood seeped out from the wound. It was obvious that the needle was coated with poison!
"What's so despicable about dealing with a conscienceless person like you? You've been poisoned by a heart-eating poison. If you don't take the antidote after a quarter of an hour and the poison enters your heart, you're just going to taste the heart-eating pain!" [
"You, if you are cruel, give me the antidote and I will let you go. Otherwise, I will have no problem killing you before the poison takes over."
Zhang Yi's right hand was broken. He reached into his left hand and took out a porcelain bottle, holding it in his hand. He said to Wei Ming: "Humph, do you think I will believe you?"
"What do you want?"
"You step back ten feet and I will throw the antidote to you, otherwise I will crush it immediately." Zhang Yi shook his hand and made a gesture of crushing the porcelain bottle.
"Okay, I'm sorry you don't dare to cheat!" Wei Ming was afraid that Zhang Yi would die with him, so he immediately shouted, thinking in his heart that even if he retreated ten feet, Zhang Yi would not be able to escape.
After saying that, Wei Ming stepped back ten feet and said to Zhang Yi: "Throw the antidote over here."
"Humph, go on!" Zhang Yi shouted, but the medicine bottle was not thrown in the direction of Wei Ming, but towards the dense forest next to it.
"Zhang Yi, you are looking for death!" Wei Ming cursed loudly when he saw that Zhang Yi was playing tricks on him.
"Huh, I'm just asking for death by throwing it to you. If you don't want to die, just go find it yourself!" After saying that, he stepped back. He was seriously injured, but at this time he could only grit his teeth and hold on. He didn't have time to spare.
many.
"Damn it, let's see how I kill you later!" Wei Ming cursed and ran towards the dense forest to avoid losing time and die from the poison.
But there was movement where the porcelain bottle had just been thrown down. It turned out that by coincidence, the porcelain bottle happened to hit Yicheng. Then Wei Ming came towards this side. Yicheng was depressed and wanted to deal with it by himself.
Questions have all encountered this kind of thing, and if they try to run away now, Wei Ming will surely catch up and kill him.
A note to readers:
Chapter completed!