Chapter 2: Going down the mountain and encountering robbery
It is said that Yang Peng was practicing hand crossbow in a secluded place. When the sun turned to the west, he could already use both hands to shoot alternately, and the hit rate within thirty meters was not bad. It is a pity that his master did not have to spend money to achieve this kind of consumption.
Yes, more than two hundred rounds have been wasted by him. Fortunately, the arrows of the hand crossbow can be recovered. If the master saw it, he would definitely rush up and strangle him with both hands to relieve his hatred. Summarizing his various feelings and experiences in shooting, he packed up
What a baggage, he took the right direction and flew away. Half an hour later, he finally returned to the cave where he lived.
Looking at the cave where he had lived for more than four years, Yang Peng's sadness surged into his heart again. He looked up at the Wangxian Cave on the main peak 300 meters away, and tears appeared in his eyes again. Finally, he hit hard with his right hand.
He clenched his fist and turned around to enter the cave.
As soon as Yang Peng entered the cave, he found a flesh-yellow rattan box more than two feet wide and three feet long placed neatly on the stone platform in front of the bed. A set of dark blue scholar's clothes was neatly stacked on it.
They were neatly arranged, and a cowhide rolled into a circle was placed on the clothes. Yang Peng walked to the stone platform and found that the rattan box was polished until it was shiny, which showed that it was not recent. It should be the master's favorite thing.
He took away his clothes and slowly opened the lid of the box. What he saw was his four-season change of clothes.
Yang Peng reached out and touched these things, and suddenly felt that there seemed to be a difference between the thickness of the box and the clothes underneath. He quickly opened the clothes, and then discovered that there was a hidden compartment at the bottom of the box. When he opened the cover, he found six envelopes sealed in big red paper.
The silver was neatly stacked, and next to the silver coins was a sheathed sword! The bronze-colored handle radiated a bright light.
"Oh, this is the master's family heirloom, the Tianya Asking Heart Sword!" Yang Peng immediately reacted, because this sword had been seen in the master's cave, hanging on the stone wall above the master's bed. Master
He once said that this precious sword was originally used by his father. It can cut iron like mud and is indestructible!
Seeing how meticulous everything his master had done for him, Yang Peng couldn't hold back his tears anymore. He burst into tears instantly and burst into tears! Men don't shed tears easily, but they haven't reached the point of emotion. It lasted more than an hour.
After that, Yang Peng's mood finally calmed down. He took out the sword and felt it weighed about twenty kilograms. If he hadn't practiced martial arts with his master for more than four years, and his lower body was particularly solid after practicing plum blossom pile, he would never have been able to use this sword.
Mouth sword.
When he came to the plum blossom pile on the ground outside the cave, Bai Shujie looked carefully at the sword in his hand. The brass scabbard was still covered with snakeskin. When he took out the sword, he found that the head of the sword was similar to a Yanyue knife, and the blade was about four fingers wide. It shrank back to three fingers.
It is wide, and then connected to the handle, which is three feet and two inches long. The back is thick and the blade is thin, with a cold light flashing, and the mouth is unsteady.
"This is really a murderous thing! Although it is simple and simple, it is full of murderous intent. Let alone slashing people, even if you hit it with the sheath, you have nine lives." Bai Shujie sighed in his heart, and then followed the instructions taught by his master.
Plum Blossom Knife Manual, he flashed and danced on the plum blossom pile, practicing a set of concise sword techniques.
It is strange to say that Plum Blossom Fist only has a frame and no specific moves. In actual combat against the enemy, it fully embodies the supreme state of defeating the enemy with no moves and relying on adaptability. Because of this, the disciples of the Plum Blossom Sect are fighting every day.
They spent their time practicing on plum blossom piles, so their basic skills are the most solid.
At the same time, teaching Plum Blossom Boxing requires both civil and martial arts, so the Plum Blossom Sect has very strict requirements for selecting disciples. It must not only look at the character but also the understanding. Bai Shujie didn't know how he got so lucky that he was killed by Lin Heier
After seeing each other at first glance, he finally became the only direct disciple. Lin Heier taught him all his skills, stance, sword skills and hidden weapons.
Yang Peng didn't sleep that night. He practiced sword skills several times, and then took out the plum-blossom darts to practice. First a single dart, then a double dart, and then a trio of darts, all of which were easy to use. Because he had the sword, Yang Peng
Peng pays more attention to the practice of left-hand darts. From now on, nine out of ten times we will face the enemy in a battle array, and what is important is the speed of killing people. It is not a competition, and there is no need to pay attention to what is fair and aboveboard. Adding darts to the sword is the kingly way.
After packing up everything and returning to the cave, Yang Peng began to prepare for departure. First, he filled all the magazines and magazine bridges, and then took out two hand crossbows and disassembled them. Yang Peng knew that for his weapons,
You must be completely familiar with it. Because the accuracy of shooting requires the feeling of flesh and blood.
Fortunately, Master Lin Qing'er packed everything back, including hand crossbow oil and hand crossbow wiping cloth. Both of these two hand crossbows shot more than a hundred arrows today, and wiping hand crossbows is an indispensable job.
. Yang Peng naturally does not dare to neglect his life-saving partners who will accompany him in the future.
In addition, men are born with a kind of enthusiasm for crossbows. For Yang Peng, the work of cleaning and disassembling crossbows is simply a kind of enjoyment! Look at him humming a ditty that no one can understand.
, you can see the way he exerts his strength with both hands.
In the middle of the night, Yang Peng took out all the silver coins from the secret compartment of the box, and then put two hand crossbows and bows and arrows in. He only kept fifty taels of silver with him, and the others were placed in the box with clothes on top to cover them.
.Because he had already thought that since the security inspections of this era were not yet understood, it would be better not to reveal the crossbow.
Besides, the main purpose of going out this time is to understand the situation. With the sword and plum blossom dart, ordinary scenes are enough to handle it. If you can't handle it, aren't there still thirty-six strategies? Four years of hard work on the plum blossom pile,
It wasn't for people who had to work hard. After packing everything, Yang Peng saw that it was still very early at dawn, so he had to lie down on the bed and get ready to sleep. Unexpectedly, his nerves were extremely excited, and he tossed and turned on the bed, unable to fall asleep. He finally had to get up and
He took out two hand crossbows from the box and hugged them in his arms, then fell asleep peacefully.
Yang Peng got up at three o'clock in the morning the next day, put on the plum blossom dart's waistcoat, and put on the scholar's uniform. He carried the box in his left hand and twisted the big knife in his right hand and went outside the cave to put it away. He kowtowed nine times to Wangxian Cave, and then
He turned around and strode away. Yang Peng heard from his master that Youzhou City is located in the northwest of Tianhua Mountain, more than 400 miles away. He had no chance to go to Youzhou, but in the memory of this body,
It seems that he has never been there. Thinking that he will soon see Youzhou in the Song Dynasty, he has an inexplicable impulse in his heart. Impulse is the devil.
Because of an impulse, Yang Peng left Tianhua Mountain and ran straight to the northwest. It was really crossing mountains and rivers, crossing ditches and rivers. The hardships involved are simply incomprehensible to outsiders. In the end, after walking for three days, he was still deep in the mountains.
Wandering around in the old forest, he was so angry that he jumped up and down. Fortunately, it was early summer, and he was also good at darts, so he could find two rabbits and pheasants to feed himself every day. For this reason, he wasted three more shots.
Crossbow. Because his master forgot to prepare flint for him, in order to make a fire to roast the prey, he had to take out the arrow and smash it against the weeds and then light a fire.
At noon on the fourth day, Yang Peng finally walked out of the dense forest and saw a path at the foot of the mountain. When he came to the path, he put down the box and was about to breathe a sigh of relief when suddenly there were two sounds of "boo-pop", and he saw a
The sounding arrow hit the ground about ten feet in front of him.
Before he could react, more than a dozen ragged guys rushed out of the dense forests on the hillsides on both sides. Yang Peng took a closer look and saw that among the two leaders, one was holding a bow and arrow, and the other was waving a bow with his right hand.
The two men shouted and led people from both sides to rush over and surrounded Yang Peng.
Yang Peng saw that some of those people were holding hoes and some were holding wooden sticks, and he knew that they were not serious beards. So he put his hands inside his coat to buckle the two plum blossom darts, but still folded his arms around his chest, and asked carelessly
Said: "What do you want to do?"
The guy holding the gun waved the gun in his right hand and said viciously: "What are you doing? Cutting darts!" "Oh! You actually know that robbing is called cutting darts?" Yang Peng said with a smile: "You know me?
Do you dare to reach out for what you are doing? Who are you from? Could it be that there is a loophole?"
"Second brother, what did he say?" The guy turned around and asked the guy with the crossbow. The guy with the crossbow blushed and said, "Brother, he said we don't understand the rules!" "How dare you say that we don't understand the rules? Boy,
You'd better be obedient and take out the money, and we'll let you go. Otherwise, hum!"
"What else? I have money, but I just won't give it to you." Yang Peng shook his body, and the fifty taels of silver in his pocket jingled, and then he said with a smile: "You haven't even finished reading the incision, I just
No money." "Incision, what incision?" The guy holding the other handle was at a loss. "Brother, I opened this mountain and planted this tree. If you want to live from now on, leave money to buy the road.
." The guy holding the crossbow said angrily: "I was so anxious just now that I forgot about it."
"Okay, I won't joke with you anymore." Yang Peng took out his hands, showed the plum blossom darts in his palms, and said to the two of them: "I don't think the brothers are real bearded men. Otherwise, you still have a chance to stand with me.
Do you want to talk?" At this point, Yang Peng raised his hands, two white lights flashed, and there was a plum blossom dart nailed to the ground on the right toes of the two guys.
"What do you think? What do you think would happen if I stopped talking nonsense to you just now and went straight to your neck or head?" Yang Peng stepped forward slowly, leaned over and pulled out the plum blossom dart, and then continued: "Tell me.
, what’s going on with you guys?”
Only then did the two leading guys react. They threw the guns in their hands on the ground and knelt down in front of Yang Peng.
The coolies who escaped from the village. Because they had no money to eat and did not dare to go to the market town to find work, they came up with this strategy."
By the way, when Yang Peng heard that these dozen people were colleagues who ran away from the iron mine, it brought back the sleeping memory of another Yang Peng, and he felt even more uncomfortable and full of anger. "Get up!"
After a long sigh, he said: "It won't be a long-term solution if this continues. Gather all the brothers, I have something to say." The two men turned around and said hello, and everyone gathered around. Yang Peng counted carefully, there were seventeen in total.
Although they are all skinny and unkempt, they are not very old.
"Brothers, to be honest, I also escaped from death in the Khitan Goudacao Valley four years ago. After all, we are all a family." Yang Peng said carefully: "If I can seek refuge with relatives and friends, or if I want to
If you are going home, I can give you your travel expenses. If you have no worries at home and have nowhere to go, you can follow me. As long as I have something to eat, everyone will not be hungry." After waiting for a while, Yang Peng continued: "
If you are willing to leave, I will pay you travel expenses now, two taels of silver per person. Make a decision now!"
In the end, nine people wanted to leave. Without saying a word, Yang Peng gave each of them two taels of silver and sent them away. The remaining eight people included the two guys who led the robbery. "Now, I want to make it clear to you.
"It's very dangerous to follow me. If you don't do it right, you will lose your head." Yang Peng looked at the faces of the eight people one by one, took a breath and then continued: "So, I will give you one last chance. If
Those who leave now can get five taels of silver."
After waiting for about three minutes, no one said anything. Yang Peng then asked with a smile: "What are your names? How old are you and where are you from?" After everyone made a fuss, Bai Shujie finally
Got it.
The guy holding the crossbow is named Zhang Xiang, 23 years old, from Liaocheng, Shandong. The guy holding the crossbow is named Zhang Yan, 20 years old, and is Zhang Xiang’s cousin. Both of them were deceived by ordinary people early last year.
Later, when I couldn't stand it anymore, I ran away risking my life. The two of them had been orphans since they were young, and their parents and family members disappeared without knowing when.
The remaining six people are: Cheng Shijie, 19 years old, from Cangzhou; Duan Zhixian, 18 years old, from Yuncheng, Shandong Province; Zhan Jinguo, 18 years old, from Yanzhou, Shandong Province; Yin Mingde, 19 years old, from Cangzhou; Zhou Dayong, 20 years old
, from Jining, Shandong; Liu Zhiliang, 16 years old, from Jincheng, Shanxi.
Bai Shujie figured out the origins of these people, and then asked: "Zhang Xiang, what is the boundary here? Is there a place to eat?" Zhang Xiang clasped his fists and said: "Brother, not far to the north is Pianling, and there is a small market town there.
, there is an inn." "Okay, you lead the way, we will rest at Pianting Ridge today. Let everyone take a good bath and fill their stomachs." Bai Shujie waved his right hand and said loudly: "Brothers, let's go!"
With quick eyes and quick hands, Zhang Yan leaned over and grabbed Yang Peng's box, and followed Zhang Xiang as he strode forward. As soon as the rest of the people heard that they would have something to eat, their spirits immediately rose, and they rushed forward around Yang Peng.
Less than an hour later, Zhang Xiang in the front shouted: "Brother, the house in front is a remote ridge, everyone hurry up and catch up!" Those people were all young men in their teens and 20s, and they rushed forward in a hurry.
Go. Yang Peng is strong and strong, and his plum blossom boxing skills are amazing. Like a bolt of lightning, he reaches the market town in about ten minutes.
When he arrived at his destination, Yang Peng discovered that the so-called market town was just a dozen or so households. However, because they stood on two roads and a small road passed through the middle, there was an inn in the middle. When he got closer, he took a closer look.
, it turned out that it said "Zhangjia Old Store". The store owner, who was engrossed in writing something, saw Yang Peng walking in the door dressed as a scholar, and quickly came out of the counter and said: "Sir, are you here? Are you eating or staying in a hotel?
"
Yang Peng leaned against the counter, tapped the counter with his right middle finger and asked: "Boss, there are eight followers behind me, can you stay here?" "If that's the case, there is a main house in the small yard behind me.
And two side rooms." The shopkeeper bent down and said, "But the shop fee is three cents a day, not including food."
"Okay, I'll take it." Only then did Yang Peng know what the actual price was, and then asked, "What kind of food do you have here?" The store owner bent down again and said, "It depends on what you said.
There's nothing you can ask for in this corner. The better thing is just pork stewed with vermicelli." Yang Peng nodded and said, "That's good, hurry up and get ready! By the way, is there a tailor shop or something nearby?
"
"There is one store, just three stores to the north." The store owner said with a smile: "Sir, do you want to make some clothes?" "Brother, we are here!" With Zhang Xiang's loud roar, eight people rushed over.
Come in. "It's not that I want to make clothes, but these people I found want to make clothes." Yang Peng smiled bitterly and shook his head and said, "I want to take them to the city to do business, and it seems that it won't work without making clothes.
"
"Okay, everyone, please come with me. Once you have settled down, I will go over and invite the tailor to measure everyone." The shopkeeper looked at Zhang Xiang and others, nodded with a smile, and then led everyone to
In the backyard, Yang Peng discovered that there was indeed a main house in front of him, and the two side rooms on the left and right seemed slightly larger.
As soon as the store owner left, Zhang Xiang shouted again: "Haha, I never thought I would live in an inn one day!" Yang Peng was so angry: "What are you yelling about? Hurry up, take a shower and wash yourself.
Clean up, it’s time to eat soon!” Considering that these people need to be nursed back to health, Yang Peng was not in a hurry, so he stayed in this old shop. Because the pork vermicelli is made every day, and in addition,
He is a young man, and he seems to be a completely different person after half a month. Especially today, everyone is wearing new clothes designed by Yang Peng, and they look and feel very energetic.
It turned out that Yang Peng considered the long term and did not choose clothing such as a mandarin jacket. Instead, he customized a dark blue suit based on his own scholar's clothing and the style of a hunter's clothing. The top has four pockets and the bottom is tied with a belt.
Trousers. At the same time, Yang Peng ordered white shirts for everyone. From inside to outside, each person had two sets.
Zhang Xiang, who had always been carefree, took two new sets of clothes with both hands, and the seven-foot tall man burst into tears. Under his influence, eight people neatly knelt in two rows in front of Yang Peng and kowtowed.
Yang Peng quickly asked everyone to stand up, and then said seriously: "Brothers, once we are brothers, we will be brothers forever! I will set a rule: from today on, except for our parents and teachers, we will not do anything to anyone in the future.
No one should kneel down! As the saying goes, there is gold under a man’s knees. His head can be cut off and blood can flow, but he will never kneel down! Do you hear me? Even if you are the emperor."
Eight people shouted loudly: "I heard it!" Yang Peng roared: "Have these more than half a month of pork stewed vermicelli been eaten in vain? Like a woman, I didn't hear it!" "There is gold under the man's knees! Head!"
It can be broken, blood can be shed, and you will never kneel down!" "Okay! I hope you remember today's oath!" Yang Peng nodded and said, "You have been recuperating here for more than half a month, and your health has begun to improve. Starting tomorrow
Now, let’s continue on our way! Let’s break up and go get ready separately. Liu Zhiliang told us to prepare two days’ worth of dry food on the counter and we’ll check out together tomorrow.”
After breakfast the next day, Yang Peng paid the bill and realized that the nine people spent 16 days with food and accommodation, plus custom-made clothes, a total of thirty-one taels of silver. Considering that he would go to a big city in the future, Yang Peng
Another taels of silver were given to each person as pocket money. This time, everyone was so happy that they almost lost their way.
"Don't be too happy too early!" After walking out of the remote ridge to a barren hillside, Yang Peng stopped and said with a gloomy face: "Since you are following me, you must remember: you are not allowed to visit the brothels, and of course you are not allowed to molest.
Women from good families! In addition, you are absolutely not allowed to gamble! If I find out that you have committed these two crimes, I will definitely kill you!"
"Also, Liu Zhiliang has been doing business with his father since he was a child. He also went to a private school and passed liberal arts and science. He will be our general manager from now on." Yang Peng took out a small leather bag that he had ordered from a tailor and handed it to Liu Zhiliang and said, "Here's what's inside
It’s a hundred taels of silver. From today on, you will be responsible for our logistics and food.”
"The eight of you can't always be like a piece of loose sand. From today on, I appoint Zhang Xiang as your squad leader. Cheng Shijie has a solid foundation in martial arts. Duan Zhixian is good at martial arts and hunting. You two will serve as deputy squad leaders. The words of the squad leader and deputy squad leader are orders.
From now on, everyone must obey the orders and prohibitions! Anyone who violates the orders will be severely punished!"
"Now, Cheng Shijie leads a brother to explore the road in front, Duan Zhixian leads a brother to rear, and Zhang Xiang leads the other brothers to provide support in the middle. The three groups maintain a distance of 500 meters, which is one mile. The target is Cangzhou.
, set off!" Cheng Shijie is from Cangzhou, Hebei Province and has seen the army. Hearing Yang Peng's order, he immediately stood at attention and loudly responded: "Cheng Shijie obeys the order! Yin Mingde, follow me!"
After waiting for three minutes, Yang Peng asked Zhang Xiang to lead the team and set off, and told Zhang Yan and Zhan Jinguo to follow later. On the way, Yang Peng asked Zhang Xiang for a handle crossbow and looked at it carefully. In the previous life
When he was a child, he heard about the hand crossbow. He knew it was a homemade hand crossbow. When loading arrows, you need to pull down the handle and load one arrow at a time. The probability of malfunction of this kind of product is about 60%. In addition,
It has a smooth bore, with an effective range of about twenty meters. Among the original bandits, many bandit leaders wore this thing.
What happened after all? Let’s look at the breakdown next time.