Chapter 236: Picking the Wind Chime with the Sword
The caravans drove across the river one after another. As soon as each car reached the other side, it was stopped and searched by the gangsters.
Seeing this situation, Yi Ruoying felt a little relieved. From this point of view, it seemed that Manager Huo did not leak out the fact that Mr. Ma Da was hiding in the last carriage, so the underworld people would check the vehicles one by one.
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It's just that the other party searched so carefully, but they don't know whether the two people hiding in the luggage compartment can get away with it. But no matter what, as long as the carriage drives across the river, even if it is discovered by then, it will be on the other side of the river with the gangsters.
It is much better to fight than to be attacked by hundreds of flying arrows on the floating bridge.
Half an hour later, all thirteen carriages had arrived on the other side, and it was the turn of the last four-wheel carriage. Meng Huan, who was sitting in front of the carriage, was quite calm, with no trace of panic on his face, and raised his whip.
The horses drove the carriage onto the pontoon. The four little maids dressed up by Yi Ruoying, Bai Yiling and others did not dare to neglect, and each drove their mounts, following closely behind the carriage.
The carriage crossed the pontoon bridge and reached the other side. Meng Huan reined up the horse. Manager Huo, who was standing next to Chang Feixu, said: "Tell Mr. Chang, this time the little one went to the north to transport grain, and he happened to catch up with Master Chai.
The sixth wife returned to her hometown in Hunan to visit her relatives, and they walked together. The people in this carriage were the sixth wife, her sister, and her in-laws, all of whom were family members."
His words were already agreed upon by everyone. The expression on Chang Feixu's face did not change, and he didn't know if he heard what Manager Huo said.
The two minions had already walked to the front of the carriage and lifted the curtain in front of the carriage. As expected, there were four women sitting in the carriage, two of them young women, both in their twenties, and the older one.
She has a beautiful face and enchanting appearance. The other person is also as beautiful as a flower, but her face still has a little childishness. The other two are an old woman with gray hair and wrinkles all over her face. She must be at least fifty or sixty years old.
The other is a middle-aged servant with thick hands and feet.
The two young women were naturally Chu Yiyi and Hai Hongzhu, but the old woman and the servant were actually the two masters, Miaozhen and Miaojue, in disguise.
Hai Hongzhu pouted and sat in the car without saying a word, but Chu Yiyi spoke coquettishly, gave a half salute and said: "I am the Chai family, and I have met all the great heroes!"
The carriage was very empty and there was nothing else. Apart from these four people, it was impossible to hide anyone else.
The underworld leader who opened the car curtain glanced at the car and said: "Mr. Chai is very old, and he still begged such a beautiful wife. This sister-in-law is even more good-looking. Damn, this
The old guy really knows how to enjoy sex!"
But Chang Feixu, who was riding on the horse, snorted and scolded: "Asshole! Did I ask you to come down the mountain this time to see a woman? There is a luggage compartment behind this carriage, go and check it out!"
The subordinate Ying Ying claimed that he hurriedly climbed out of the front of the car and went around to the back to open the trunk. Huo Yifan, the steward on the side, was so frightened that his face turned pale and said: "Mr. Chang, those things in there are all women's clothes."
, it’s a lot of inconvenience to look through, it’s better not to check..."
Chang Feixu's face darkened and he glared at Manager Huo with a stern look, like a sharp sword! Manager Huo originally wanted to say more, but was so frightened that he couldn't say a word and swallowed all the words back in his stomach.
With a "clang", the luggage compartment behind the carriage was opened. Manager Huo was shocked. However, what surprised him was that Mr. Hua Bushi and Mr. Ma Da, who had been hiding in it before, were nowhere to be seen.
There was only a small rattan box lying flat in the empty luggage compartment.
The rattan box was only two or three feet long and over a foot high. It couldn't hide anyone, but the man still opened it and opened the lid. He saw that the box was really filled with women's clothes. , he reached in and rummaged around for a while, but couldn't find anything suspicious.
Since no one was found, the gangster jumped out of the car and gestured to his accomplices in front to let him go.
Meng Huan, who was acting as the driver, waved his long whip and was about to drive forward, but Chang Feixu suddenly shouted: "Wait!"
As soon as he urged his horse, he arrived in front of the carriage. His cold eyes swept over the faces of everyone in the carriage one by one. Suddenly, with a movement of his shoulders, a sword light flew out!
Chang Feixu's black-sheathed long sword was originally hanging on the saddle, but it was in his hand in the blink of an eye. The sword made no sound when it was unsheathed, but the sword light flashed through the space, but it made a "ding" There was a soft sound, but the copper wind chime hanging in front of the carriage had been cut into two pieces, and one half of it was picked up by Chang Feixu on the tip of his sword!
The faces of the women in the carriage were all shocked, and Hai Hongzhu even screamed "Ah!"
Chang Fei picked up the copper bell with his Xujian, but his eyes did not look at the tip of his sword at all, but stared at the people in the carriage. Of course, a martial arts master can restrain his breath and pretend to be incompetent in martial arts, but as long as he has practiced People with excellent martial arts have faster nervous reactions than ordinary people. They are especially sensitive to incoming sword lights and can often react based on instinct.
The purpose of Chang Feixu's move was to observe the reaction speed of everyone in the car at the moment of drawing the sword to determine whether they had martial arts skills. But now his eyes were fixed on Hai Hongzhu's face.
The other three women all reacted very slowly. It wasn't until Chang Feixu sheathed his sword that he suddenly showed a look of fear. Only the youngest and beautiful young woman screamed when the sword light came together. Although her reaction was comparable to martial arts. It's not as good as the masters, but it's obviously much faster than ordinary people.
In fact, this is because Miaozhen and Miaojue have profound cultivation and are extremely self-controlled. Chu Yiyi is even more alert and has already thought of the other party's probing moves, so he did not reveal any flaws. But Hai Hongzhu has no clue. She has little experience in the city and Jianghu, so her reaction was completely instinctive.
Chang Feixu stared into Hai Hongzhu's eyes and asked in a deep voice: "What is your name? Have you ever practiced martial arts?"
Hai Hongzhu was even more panicked. Just as she was about to deny it, Master Miaozhen sitting next to her said, "She is my daughter Hongzhu. She practiced boxing and stick for a few days when she was young. Now she is married to her sister." When we arrive in Nan'ao, I ask your Majesty, for the sake of her brother-in-law Chai Dashan, not to embarrass her."
Chang Feixu had already made up his mind when he asked the question. If the young woman denied that she had practiced martial arts, he would immediately turn against her and capture her. But at this time, the old woman admitted that her daughter had practiced martial arts, which made Chang Feixu Feixu hesitated.
He stretched out his arm, raised his long sword, and brought half of the wind chime on the tip of the sword to Haihong Zhuzhu, saying: "I saw that the wind chime hanging on your car was very interesting, so I took it off to have a look. I still have it. for you."
From the beginning to the end, he didn't even glance at the wind chime. His eyes were fixed on Hai Hongzhu's face. Hai Hongzhu stretched out his hand and tremblingly took off half of the wind chime from the tip of the sword. He was obviously very nervous, and said Li said: "Thank you... thank you, Your Majesty..."
Only then did she realize that she had almost cheated on him just now, but now she was truly terrified and uneasy at all.
Chang Feixu stared at Hai Hongzhu for a long time, then suddenly turned his wrist and inserted the sword back into the scabbard. He waved his hand and said: "Let them pass!"
He has seen that although Hai Hongzhu has practiced kung fu, his reaction and courage are very lacking. At most, he is just a beginner in martial arts. If Bai Dao in Guangdong Province wants to escort that important person, he will definitely send out his masters.
He was determined not to send such a half-empty rookie. Therefore, he completely eliminated his doubts.
Manager Huo bowed repeatedly and said, "Thank you, Mr. Chang, for being generous and letting us go. The Nan'ao Chai family is deeply grateful!"
The minions in front of them had moved away the roadblocks, and all the coachmen set off with whips whipped. The entire convoy moved forward slowly, passing straight through the gangsters on both sides of the road.
Once they passed the checkpoint, Manager Huo didn't dare to be lazy and shouted at the caravan to speed up. The coachmen drove the mules and horses desperately until they couldn't see the shadow of the robbers behind them. They ran for another five or six miles and turned around.
After going through several turns, Manager Huo ordered the convoy to stop.
He rode up to the carriage. Zhu Hong had already stepped forward to open the luggage compartment at the back and helped Mr. Hua Bushi and Mr. Ma Da out of the compartment.
Mr. Mada stretched his limbs and said: "Fortunately, that little guy wasn't careful enough. If he had been more careful and found that there was a mezzanine under the luggage compartment, we would have been in trouble."
Hua Bushi laughed and said: "It's a pity that you and I, two grown men, are crowded together in that mezzanine which is about a foot high. It really ruins the scenery. Next time I want to hide in, I must find a great beauty to be with me."
good!"
As he spoke, he glanced sideways at Yi Ruoying next to him, which made Yi Ruoying blush with embarrassment.
After hearing this, Manager Huo suddenly realized. It turned out that there was a mezzanine under the carriage of this carriage. Hua Bushi and Mr. Ma Da had previously hidden in the mezzanine to avoid the search of the underworld gangster.
At this time, Master Miaozhen and others in the carriage also jumped out of the carriage and came in front of Hua Bushi.
Master Miaozhen Taiheshi saluted and said, "Thanks to Master Hua's ingenious plan this time, we were able to get out of danger without fighting. We are really lucky!"
Hua Bushi suddenly shook his head and said: "We are just lucky enough to get through now, but we may not be out of danger yet."
Master Miaozhen frowned and said, "What do you mean, Master Hua? Is there any danger ahead?"
Hua Bushi said: "I don't know if there is any danger ahead, but we have exposed a flaw just now. Chang Laoer couldn't notice it for a moment, but if he thinks about it carefully, he might find it, so it's probably still
I will chase you."
Master Miaozhen looked sharply and asked, "What is the flaw?"
Hua Bushi said: "The flaw is the accent between Yiyi and Shitai. Yiyi pretends to be Shitai's daughter, but her accent is pure Mandarin, but when Shitai answered Chang Feixu, she spoke with a tinge
There is a Cantonese accent. It would be reasonable to say that the daughter's accent changed when she married her husband's family in Nan'ao. However, it is unreasonable for the daughter's accent to remain unchanged but her mother speaks Cantonese. Chang Feixu had not noticed it before, but this flaw is really not true.
Xiao, he will probably be able to discover it if he thinks about it for a moment."
Master Miao Zhen is a native of Guangdong. In order to save Hai Hongzhu, she used a local accent when speaking to Chang Feixu. In fact, even if she wanted to change her accent, she couldn't.