Tokuyama thought to himself that it would be no problem to shoot through, and he could also hit the target, but he was not sure about both shooting through and hitting, and it was even more impossible to cut off the thick wooden stake with one knife.
There is no one stronger than him in his clan. Now that the situation is like this, he has to give it a try. He said in a deep voice to the clansman behind him: "Go get the bow and arrow!"
As soon as He Qizhou saw Deshan's expression, he knew that the matter would eventually be exposed, and said loudly: "Fourth uncle, let me do it!"
"Oh, who are you?" Ouyang Xuan opened his falcon-like eyes and stared at the man who came last and was also the thinnest.
"I……"
"He is my eldest cousin Deren, the warrior of our De family!" Ling'er shouted, fearing that He Qizhou would admit it himself.
"Okay, let's see what kind of talents our Pangu tribe has produced." Ouyang Xuanyin said with a smile.
Xiaoxue, covered under the hood, whispered to Qi Zhou: "Don't use a trace of your true energy."
"Yeah!" He Qizhou also knew in his heart that facing such an army, even if he had Xue Longma and Xiaoxue, he would not be able to escape.
Taking the bow and arrow that was originally intended to be handed to Deshan, he walked outside the line drawn by Ouyang Xuan, aimed at the armor tied to the wooden stake ten feet away, pulled the seven-doubled bow like a full moon, and then the Deshan family's crude
The feathered arrow pierced the armor with a "pop" sound and drove into the wooden stake.
Ouyang Xuan stepped forward and pulled out the feather arrow from the wooden stake with a slight pull. It penetrated about half an inch into the wood. The force was right, but the accuracy was a little lacking. He stuck it to the outside of the circle he had drawn, and murmured in his heart, De
There is indeed a master in this family! He said, "I missed the target. I'll give you another chance."
He Qizhou deliberately missed the shot. After hearing what Ouyang Xuan said, he adjusted his aim to the other side of the original arrow. This time he missed the target. He Qizhou pretended to let out a sigh of relief, as if he was surviving the disaster.
"It seems that you shot these people. Your archery skills are pretty good. Are you the one who chopped the tree stumps?" Ouyang Xuan asked.
"I'll do it!" He Qizhou took the straight knife from Deshan and said, "The knife was taken from the hands of the Qi people who were shot to death. I killed a few of them easily!" After saying that, he quickly rushed towards the wooden stake with the knife in hand.
, using the momentum, he slashed diagonally towards the wooden pile. This time, He Qizhou didn't know the material of the wood, so he didn't dare to make too many reservations. He used eight points of force, and the eight-foot-high wooden pile was chopped off.
It was more than two feet long and the cut was very smooth. He Qizhou cursed secretly that the wood was too soft. If he had known this, five points of force would have been enough.
"Okay!" "Okay!" Some men from the Virtue family cheered. Even the cavalry on the horse, many people cheered. The officer leading the team was a little moved and said: "Boy, wait until half a year for your family to mourn.
After the deadline, you can come to Zhongjing West Camp to find me, my name is Xiao Duo."
"Boy, you have become rich and you still haven't thanked General Xiao!" Ouyang Xuan said.
"Thank you, General!" He Qizhou said with a dull expression.
Xiao Duo was a little disappointed. Originally, he saw that the other party seemed quite smart and wanted to stay by his side as a personal guard. Now that he looked at it, he might just be a reckless man with brute strength, but he was definitely good at charging into battle, and he was also a soldier in the army.
You can use people like this.
"How's it going? Can we go?" Xiao Duo asked.
"How about waiting for one more punch?" Ouyang Xuan said.
"What should I say?" Xiao Duo could see that Ouyang Xuan was not fooling around, and his attitude improved slightly.
Ouyang Xuan turned to He Qizhou and said: "Deren, come here and punch me with your greatest strength!"
He Qizhou pretended to turn his head to look at Deshan, and Deshan said: "Sir, how dare we? Please stop making things difficult for this child."
"Do you want me to take you all back for questioning?" Ouyang Xuan said.
"Nephew, you, just go and punch me." Tokuyama said helplessly.
He Qizhou approached Ouyang Xuan and said, "I'm going to hit you, be careful." After saying that, he punched Ouyang Xuan in the chest. Ouyang Xuan was a little surprised. He was really powerful and he didn't want to suffer this.
Punch, hold your chest and step back half a step to avoid the punch, then use your right arm to open He Qizhou's fist, and cut He Qizhou's ribs directly with your left palm.
If you are a person who practices internal martial arts, you will know the consequences of being cut by a palm, but He Qizhou knew that the other party was trying to test whether he had internal skills. Even if he was disabled, he could not resist with luck, so he just subconsciously hid behind him.
He tried to hide, but his right rib was still firmly cut with a palm. Fortunately, the opponent withdrew his internal strength in time, and he only felt a little pain.
As everyone knows, if it weren't for what Xiao Duo said just now, Ouyang Xuan might not have withdrawn his inner strength in order to test it better. By then, a few broken ribs would be regarded as minor injuries.
Seven Meridians! This person's kung fu is not inferior to that of Zhan Tiancheng. He Qizhou secretly sighed that he was lucky. He almost couldn't hold back his kung fu and resisted. While covering his right ribs, he shouted loudly: "Why are you cheating?"
"Who is that?" Ouyang Xuan ignored him and asked Xu Muxue, who was covering his face with a hood in the distance.
"It's my sick wife, and my father who is infected with the cold has also come here from the hospital bed. What do you want?" He Qizhou shouted confidently.
"I..." Ouyang Xuan only said the word "I", and Xiao Duo had already turned his horse's head and shouted: "Let's go back to camp!"
Ouyang Xuan glanced at Xu Muxue again, had no choice but to get back on his horse, and chased after him, saying: "General Xiao, please don't be angry. Don't I want to find out the whereabouts of Gan Xing?"
"They are all my subjects of the Great Zhou Dynasty, how can they ignore the hatred of their family and the country for a few stinky money?" Xiao Duo really couldn't stand the suspicious behavior of Qinglong Temple.
"Alas, it's a pity that no one was left alive. It seems that Gan Xing either entered the Gobi or died long ago!" Ouyang Xuan said.
"Forget it, catching him will not be of much use except to shock the Qi State. Even if the guy is alive, it is not a concern. I will not waste time here anymore. I will leave for Jiayuguan tomorrow!"
"Then I wish the general another victory song..." Before Ouyang Xuan finished speaking, Xiao Duo had already galloped forward, and his cavalry and the men in black followed closely. The valley that was originally crowded with people disappeared in the blink of an eye.
The space became empty.
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On the seventh day of December, which was the eighth day after the army left, Deshan was preparing to take He Qizhou to Tongwan City. The reason why he set off so late was because every year from the first to the fifteenth day of December is the Xiazhou Winter Market, and Tongwan City is
Wancheng will gather herdsmen, farmers, and merchants from the prefecture and nearby prefectures and counties to support the consumption throughout the winter through the sale of goods.
In order to avoid meeting acquaintances of the Pangu tribe and to avoid exposing He Qizhou's identity, Deshan decided to set off seven days later. By then, the other Pangu tribe herdsmen should have returned. Deshan and two young men from the tribe were also set out together.
Zhuang, He Qizhou, Xu Muxue, and Tuoba Ling'er who were clamoring to accompany them; two cows and twenty-one sheep were added as tax; two camels, two hundred sheepskins, and five hundred kilograms of dried meat were the goods prepared for trading.
; Of course, the cargo also includes twenty barrels of "cheese" on two oxcarts.
Except for two barrels of real cheese, the rest of the wooden barrels only had a thin layer of cheese on top, and underneath were salt that was prohibited from private trading by the imperial court.
Because she has eaten well and slept well these days, Xu Muxue has recovered well. He Qizhou feels that she has detoxified more poisons in the ten days at Deshan's house than in two months in the desert, but this is only 30% of the toxins.
It's just that there is still a long way to go to recover. After Xiaoxue clears away the heat poison, he may have to take long-term medicine to strengthen the body and nourish the source to make up for the tortured internal organs.
Although Xiaoxue is getting stronger, the weather is getting colder day by day. Even if he wears Naruhito's wife's thickest leather jacket, he still can't stand the cold wind, so Xiaoxue sits alone on the bullock cart, covering his whole body tightly.
Yan Shishi came to withstand the wind and frost. While the others were riding horses, Tuoba Ling'er hung around He Qizhou like a little tit, asking him to talk about things in Nan Qi.
Although He Qizhou knew that Xiaoxue would be unhappy, he couldn't save his face. After all, the other party was helping him, so he talked about the scenery and buildings, famous mountains and rivers, customs and people along the way, which made the soul who had been living on the grassland a long and short sentence.
My son was very fascinated.
Ling'er was still clamoring to race Qi Zhou along the way. After losing, he complained that Qi Zhou's horse was better and wanted to switch horses, but the snow dragon horse would not let a stranger sit on it. Even if Qi Zhou tried to persuade him, he would not listen.
Ling'er, who refused to admit defeat, was still a little tearful.
It took a group of people half a day to arrive at the county. It was said to be the county seat, but it was just a slightly larger camp. Tokuyama said: This county government must move with the herdsmen once a year, so there are two county seats in one county.
Deshan handed over the tax-deducted cattle and sheep, and then issued a pass from the county government to enter the state capital, and then set off for Tongwan City. Before leaving, the group of monks heard that the De family was coming, and they all came to support Deshan.
They saw him off and prayed for blessings.
He Qizhou asked curiously: "Uncle Deshan, I saw that you just stuffed a bag of things for the boss to give to the county magistrate. This is easy to understand. Why do you still stuff things to the monk?"
"In fact, everyone knows that we sell smuggled salt and we can't do it without giving it to the county. The package contains fifty kilograms of salt, which is probably worth five taels of silver. We gave it to the monks of the Tianlong Sect out of our sincerity, but now the Tianlong Sect is becoming more and more snobbish.
Yes, only these monks stationed in the county all year round are true believers in Buddhism." Tokuyama said.
"You said that Tongwan City is still nearly two hundred miles away from here. We don't have a tent, so how can we spend the night?" He Qizhou asked. He was actually worried that Xiaoxue wouldn't be able to withstand the wind and cold.
"Today I live in the county town. When entering Tongwan City, the county government has to stamp the road. Then if I want to leave Xiazhou, I need Tongwan City to stamp it. I have to rely on the Salt Gang to get it. Oh, listen.
I said that the herdsmen in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty could move around freely, I really envy them." Deshan said with emotion.
The county town is a decent small town. When entering the town, you have to check your household registration and pass the gate. Deshan stuffed two small packets of salt into the two gatekeepers, and the camels and ox carts entered the town smoothly. Then there was the same process as in the county.
In this scene, a big bag of salt was stuffed in, and everyone's road guide was stamped with the seal of the county.