It Starts With A Mountain

Chapter 583

From Langya City to the Rong grassland, there are thousands of miles in between. Cheng Dalei rode alone on the road, and the academy has released news: Cheng Dalei's head will be used to pay for the life of the master.

Cheng Dalei encountered several ambushes along the way, although it did not threaten his life, it did add a lot of trouble.

After leaving the Xuzhou border and entering Qingzhou, there were fewer chases and ambushes on the road. After all, although the academy is a holy place for scholars all over the world, it mainly covers Xuzhou. In Qingzhou, the influence of the academy is much smaller.

But Cheng Dalei still didn't dare to take it lightly. He avoided the city all the way, and mostly camped in the wild to avoid unnecessary trouble.

On this day, Cheng Dalei came to a place called Shajiaji, where he planned to buy some dry food to eat on the road, and if possible, a few sets of clean clothes.

Cheng Dalei led the cow into the town, and saw that there were not many people on the street, just a few idlers leaning against the corner to bask in the sun. There are no shops on both sides of the street, nothing more than a pharmacy, a butcher's shop, a tavern, and not even a tailor's shop.

After years of wars, ten rooms and nine empty spaces, the empire is now divided into groups. Most of the men who could ride the whip were dragged to serve as soldiers. In a town such as Shajiaji, some old and weak women and children were often left behind.

There is no farming in the family, the old lady in the house has no one to support, the sister next door has gray hair, and I have never seen my brother in love again... Military veterans sing it day and night, which is probably what they mean.

Cheng Dalei came to the tavern in the town, put the black bull behind, and didn't have to worry about being taken away by anyone. Because there are people like Cheng Dalei, the security in all parts of the empire is not good, but if anyone wants to steal Cheng Dalei's black bull, they are asking for trouble.

He instructed the boss to boil a pot of wine, and then add half a catty of meat, steamed buns and other hot ones, and Cheng Dalei was going to take it on the walk to eat.

There was no one in the tavern. The weather was about to enter the winter, and Cheng Dalei was going from south to north again. The weather was getting colder day by day. Cheng Dalei is also miserable when he thinks of sleeping in the open air these days.

"Shopkeeper, is there any big family around here?" Cheng Dalei suddenly asked while sipping his soju.

"After years of fighting, the rich and powerful have all gone to the south. How can there be any big family?" The shopkeeper hunched over and said, "Why did the guest officer think of asking this?"

"Ha, just ask if it's nothing." Cheng Dalei asked again, "Are there any bandits nearby?"

"Hey, how could there not be, Bai Mafeng's Bai Dajia, Heihukou's Liu Heihu... They are all famous bandits nearby."

"Then are they coming to rob you?"

"This...I don't come here often." The shopkeeper said: "There is nothing to grab for a poor place like Shajiaji."

Cheng Dalei laughed and lowered his head to drink and eat meat. The reason why Cheng Dalei asked this is very simple: he has no money.

Along the way, Cheng Dalei passed by many places, and he spent a lot of money. When he met someone who had no money to live, he would inevitably throw out some money. Therefore, the money obtained is generally spent in a short time.

And there are often only two ways for him to get money. One is to find a big family nearby, climb over the wall in the middle of the night, and steal an ill-gotten fortune. Of course, Cheng Dalei doesn't really care about whether the other party's way of getting money is right or wrong.

The second way to get money is from bandits and thieves within a hundred miles. As long as Cheng Dalui came to sign up, no matter which village or village, he would usually give money directly. After all, everyone neither wanted to do anything with him, nor did they want to have anything to do with this devil.

In fact, from Xuzhou to Qingzhou, Cheng Dalei met not only those who had ties to the academy and wanted to kill him. There are also Jiang Yang robbers from the East China Sea, who come here because of their fame, and they have to follow the Cheng family if they want to live or die. In contrast, the latter is more troublesome than the former.

After all, Cheng Dalei could retaliate with a sword to kill him, and kill him with one sword. For those who defected because of their fame, it can be said that they bow their heads and bow their heads. Cheng Dalei is not good at using swords with them.

Generally stunned.

"Guest officer, is the wine in the small shop passable?" asked the tavern shopkeeper.

"Well." Cheng Dalei responded casually: "Boil me a pot of wine and put some hot steamed buns on it to eat on the way."

"It's been prepared for you." The shopkeeper graciously handed over the furoshiki: "Guest officer, please walk slowly."

Cheng Dalei put the dry food on the horns and rode on the ox to continue on the road. I was thinking about whether I should go to Baima Peak, or Heihukou, or go to both places.

This is the junction of Youzhou and Qingzhou. When you arrive in Youzhou, it will not be easy to rob someone.

For some reason, after leaving the town, my head felt heavier and heavier. Cheng Dalei glanced at the sun above his head, his eyelids were too heavy to open.

I shouldn't have caught the cold. Since ancient times, no one is afraid of death, and only a hero is afraid of illness. In this wilderness, if he falls on the road and the weather is cold, no one will know how he died.

thump.

As soon as this thought came to him, Cheng Dalei fell to the ground and barely lifted his head twice. After all, he couldn't stop the flow of strength and gradually lost his strength.

...

Cheng Dalei didn't know how long it took before he regained consciousness again, but he still couldn't lift his strength, and vaguely felt that someone was talking in his ear.

"Little sister, do you want to kill it now?"

"Sharpen the knife fast and kill him when he wakes up, let him die."

"If it is sent to an official, it may be exchanged for a lot of money."

Cheng Dalei opened his eyes in a daze, and saw that he was tied to a big tree, surrounded by a barren forest, with a man and a woman in front of him.

"Treasurer?" Cheng Dalei was stunned: "You..."

The woman was in her thirties, and with a sharp knife in her hand, she looked a bit pretty.

"Cheng Dalei, I didn't expect you to fall into my hands today."

"You are..." Cheng Dalei was at a loss.

"You unconscionable, I was tortured like this by you, and you don't even remember who I am." The woman.

If Xu Shenji or Liu Facai were here, hearing this, they would definitely think that something indescribable happened between Cheng Dalei and the other party.

But Cheng Dalei couldn't really remember who the other party was, so he had no choice but to use the system to check the other party's information, and then he opened his eyes wide with an unbelievable expression on his face.

"Li Ru..."

The woman sneered: "Hmph, you didn't expect today."

Cheng Dalei felt a pain in his head. He wanted to pat his head, but his body was tied tightly by the soaked hemp rope.

"Alas, I hunt geese all day long, but the geese peck at the eyes, and the boat capsizes in the gutter."