"Well, there should be two parties. There are quite a few people. There must be twenty or thirty people."
"Have you seen any of them today?"
"Um...no."
After briefly understanding the situation at the far end, Jiang Yichen stopped talking.
Ever since he heard the sound of fighting, he felt vaguely uneasy.
On the way here, they encountered ten groups of people.
Seven groups went north and three groups went south, totaling forty-nine people.
According to his request, Chu Shan Gu described to him the general physical characteristics and attire of these men and horses in detail, and wrote them down one by one.
It has only been a few hours so far, and Chu Shangu still knows it by heart, so what he sees will not be wrong.
Since it is certain that these people did not just go from the south, it can only mean that they came from the north.
Under the current situation, Jiang Yichen definitely would not think that the fight between the two parties here was just a coincidence.
What worries him is how involved the two are with the Niu family's father and daughter.
Combining the information obtained from Pinghai County, he deduced that the Niu family and his daughter should arrive in Baiju Town as early as tomorrow afternoon.
So he still had most of the day to make other preparations.
But this inference is not completely reliable.
Because he ruled out the possibility of the Niu family's father and daughter traveling at night.
Of course, he couldn't find any reason why the Niu family's father and daughter would travel together at night.
After all, under the premise that the whereabouts have been exposed, the road ahead is long and difficult, and it is not wise to blindly seek speed.
Before he could figure out the key, he heard Chu Shangu say: "According to what the shopkeeper said, the Qili Kiln is not a small place. Although it has been abandoned for some time, it is not a problem to provide shelter from the wind and rain. Do you think they can
Was it because they came to ambush in advance and there was a conflict over the important positions that led to the big fight?"
Chu Shangu just lacked experience in the world of martial arts, but after living a long time, his brain was not slow, and he was already able to learn to analyze.
"rational."
Jiang Yichen confirmed Chu Shangu's inference, or he was more willing to believe that the facts were just as Chu Shangu said.
"Is this a fight?"
Zhang Laoer packed up a bunch of valuable things and walked out of the small wooden house. He saw Liang and Chu sitting motionless as if talking about something. He soon noticed the sound of fighting coming from the direction of Qili Kiln.
"Brother Zhang, please sit down. Let's wait for a while and check the situation before leaving."
"Eh, okay."
Zhang Laoer had long noticed that the atmosphere in the room was a bit solemn, but if Brother Liang didn't take the initiative to ask, he didn't want him to get involved, so he sat back in his chair and waited patiently.
Hearing the sound of fighting in the distance becoming a little clearer, Jiang Yichen said: "Brother Chu, tell me how the battle is going."
Chu Shangu responded and squinted his eyes to observe carefully.
"These two groups, the smaller one has two, four, eight...eight people."
"There are a lot of people, there are still more than twenty people."
"Among those eight people, two are relatively strong, three are a little average, and the remaining three are less powerful."
"However, although there are only a few of them, their personal combat power is much stronger than that of the one with more people. At least the three more average ones can be equal to two of them."
"The problem is that the more than 20 people are not scattered. They have clear tactics. It is more like they have a clear division of labor, advance and retreat in an orderly manner, and are like a whole."
"Although those eight people were strong, they could not take advantage of them. Instead, they were defeated continuously under siege."
"Well, that's not quite right. Looking at the trend, the twenty or so people should have wanted to surround the eight people and annihilate them, but the more aggressive two people rushed left and right, constantly destroying the opponent's encirclement.
"
"But the strength of the two of them was exhausted after all, so the eight of them had to retreat to lengthen the front line to avoid being surrounded prematurely."
"And the direction in which they retreated happened to be where we were."
After Chu Shangu finished describing the general situation of the battle, Jiang Yichen said, "What do you think?"
Being asked such an unreasonable question, Chu Shangu was stunned for a long time and said, "Brother Liang, what do you mean?"
Then he said generously: "I, Mr. Chu, am not that mercenary person who only accepts the weak and fears the strong. If, Brother Liang, you think you want to save me, we will go and save him."
Jiang Yichen couldn't react to this answer.
What does it mean to be profit-seeking and to accept the soft and fear the hard?
Jiang Yichen corrected him: "I mean, Brother Chu, how do you judge the situation?"
Chu Shangu said: "Oh, I misunderstood. In my opinion, if there are no changes, those eight people will have to hand over their lives here sooner or later."
He added: "A few people have seen a lot of blood on their bodies. I think there were probably about thirty people on the other side before. After a hard fight, they are already a little exhausted."
Jiang Yichen said: "Brother Chu said he wanted to save them, but how about saving them?"
Chu Shangu said: "That's natural. Anyone who bullies a minority by bullying is a woman!"
At this point, Chu Shangu's temper got the better of him. He clapped his hands on the table and asked, "Should we save him or not?!"
Jiang Yichen shook his head and said: "I don't want to cause trouble unless forced to do so. Let's wait and see what happens."
Chu Shangu's face suddenly darkened, he turned his head and continued to stare at the distance, murmuring: "You really are a bitch!"
After a few back and forth, Zhang Laoer, who had been silent all this time, realized that Liang and Chu were not familiar with each other, and that the identity of this little brother Liang was a bit complicated, and the surname "Liang" was probably just that.
This Chu brother changed his mantra to a different sound and used it to command.
Jiang Yichen asked again: "Now it's possible to see clearly what the two parties are wearing and what weapons they are using?"
If you lose your temper, you still have to do your job. Chu Shangu replied: "Those eight people seem to be dressed as traders, while the more than 20 people are all dressed in black and masked."
Jiang Yichen held his chin and muttered: "Trader? You just came out of the town at this time. If you hurry up, you can get to Caoyan Town before dark."
Chu Shangu seemed to have guessed what Jiang Yichen was going to say next, and hurriedly continued: "Ordinary traders are better off. Eight of the vendors know martial arts. I don't believe it if they are not just Jianghu people in disguise."
"Wearing disguises is to cover one's tracks, but why cover one's tracks?"
"The weapons used by those twenty or so people are a bit strange. Now I can count them, twenty-three."
"What kind of weird method?"
"A meteor hammer with four heads, a combination of long whips, and something that looks like an umbrella but looks like a multi-edged flying sickle when it is opened and closed. In short, they are all very rare. I can't describe them at the moment. It's still the same eight-person hand.
The guys inside are simpler, six hold swords, one holds double thorns, and one holds a dagger."
It was a long paragraph, and Jiang Yichen was in a trance after only hearing the first half of the sentence.
He had already heard the identities of the twenty or so people. He had inquired about what happened on the night of the Hundred Flowers Conference after leaving the valley. Counting the time when they intercepted and killed Buji Island, this should be regarded as the third appearance of "that group of people".
?
After all, someone from the imperial court came.
So who are those eight people?
Chu Shangu suddenly said in surprise: "Hey, it seemed that the Dao Thunder Halberd just appeared out of thin air?"
He rubbed his eyes and looked at Zhang Laoer with a puzzled expression.
Seeing this, Zhang Laoer nodded repeatedly and affirmed: "Yeah, Brother Chu is right, the Thunder Halberd was raised out of thin air. However, looking at the sky, it seems that it is going to rain."
Hearing this, Chu Shangu looked up and saw that it was indeed not bad. The sky had just turned dark, but it became gloomy in the blink of an eye.
"Tsk, tsk, can that person still control the wind and rain?"
"I don't think it looks like it. The thunder halberd didn't come down from the sky, and it didn't make any thunder."
"Yes, yes, here comes the Dao Thunder Halberd again. Hey, there are also fire snakes and ice picks. Is that man doing tricks? There are so many tricks?"
"That's not clear."
The more he chatted with Zhang Laoer, the more excited he became, but when Jiang Yichen didn't say a word, Chu Shangu frowned and said seriously: "According to my observation, they will probably retreat to us if they don't use a stick of incense. When they get there,
By that time, I am afraid that three or two of these eight people will lose their lives. You must make a decision as soon as possible whether to save or not."
Unexpectedly, Jiang Yichen said, "I didn't stop you."
"you!--"
Chu Shangu was furious for a moment and was about to get up to save others when he saw Jiang Yichen fumbled for some banknotes from his arms.
I can't help but wonder, what is this for?
I saw Jiang Yichen pulling the confused Zhang Laoer to the side of the horse, and then forced the banknotes to him.
"Brother Zhang, I'm afraid I won't be able to come to your house to disturb you tonight."
"Take these banknotes and lead the horse away. We will stay in Caoyan Town for the night and send a message to my little brother."
"Tomorrow morning, I can send a message to my sister-in-law through the official post office to say goodbye."
"After tomorrow, there is no need to run this teahouse anymore."
"You said you want your sister-in-law to live a more comfortable life, how can you leave her alone at home all day long without a company, and even have to worry about your safety?"
"Take my sister-in-law to the north to see the prosperity of Youjing. If you want to find a place to enjoy your old age, I think Jinzhou City would be good."
"Trade is developed there, and you can also be useful, old man."
After saying that, Jiang Yichen helped Zhang Lao Er onto the horse, carefully explained how to help him convey the message here, and then left.
Feeling the firm strength coming from his hands, Zhang Laoer was speechless the whole time and let his tears flow freely.
In the end, we could only say goodbye to "Brother Liang" who had just met each other on the way from afar.
"Three thousand taels is not a problem for ordinary people to use for ten or eight years, but you are quite generous."
Seeing Zhang Laoer walking away, Chu Shangu said to the side.
Jiang Yichen didn't say anything, but he was just glad that he unceremoniously plundered the dead man's silver in the valley, and now he was able to squander it so lavishly.
Chu Shangu asked again: "It's just Youjing, how can you be sure that Jinzhou City is not afraid of war?"
Over the years, Jiang Yichen has learned a lot about the foreign troubles that occurred the year he was born, but after all, it is the tip of the iceberg, and he is even more unfamiliar with Jinzhou City, but the Niu family and his daughter "escaped" from Jinzhou City.
The peace of mind that General Niu chose must be that even if war breaks out, things will not easily go wrong.
But he was too lazy to explain too much to Chu Shangu, so he just said "I don't know".
Chu Shan gasped for breath and said: "The people here have sent you away, will the people over there save you?"
Jiang Yichen smiled and said: "I said I won't stop you, and no one can stop you now."
Chu Shangu scolded: "Thank you, Mr. Chu, for thinking so highly of you. I didn't expect you to be so timid. You are such a bitch!"
Chu Shangu already raised the knife as he spoke. Just when he was about to walk out of the tea room, he turned around and asked, "What are you afraid of?"
Jiang Yichen pointed to the sky and said, "I'm afraid of rain."
Chu Shangu didn't look back and sped away in the direction of Qili Kiln.
The rain is not spring rain, it is dense and dense, coming in waves, soft and lingering.
The rain is summer rain, it comes as it comes, crackling with great force.
In the heavy rain, Chu Shangu saw the figure in the battle scene with thunder halberds appearing frequently, like a silver dragon dancing wildly, dazzling and dazzling.
Then I heard a woman yelling like a silver bell: "Uncle Fourth Master, hold on!"
Immediately afterwards, in addition to the sound of heavy rain and the sound of gold and iron, there was also a chilling sound of piano that penetrated the ears, disturbing people's emotions!
It was difficult for him to hold the knife firmly!