Chapter one hundred and eighteen hatred
Guisi is a strange man in the eyes of locals. Although he has just started working for the first day, he clearly stated to his employer that he only worked half a day a day, but he is sure to do more than other porters. Winter is the off-season for business, so the employer didn't care much, but he didn't expect that Guisi actually had to transport the amount of money that others could only transport in a day, and he had to say goodbye after lunch.
The employer was very happy to encounter such a coolie. He only gave half a day of wages and saved a dinner, but the shipping volume was quite large. He was in the same mood as if he had picked up gold ingots. He specifically told Guisi not to go to other silk shops and could take care of him more. Guisi replied that I didn’t know how long I would do it, and he left the shop without saying a word.
After lunch, Guisi began to inquire about Chen Leng, and gradually found that Chen Leng was actually a celebrity. It was not difficult to find out about Chen Leng’s residence. Not to mention the name Chen Leng near the Navy, even the entire Anyang County Chen Leng was already very loud enough and was already known as a legend.
Not long after, Guisi arrived in Wei Village and chatted with an old man smoking a dry tobacco at the entrance of the village. The lonely and bored old man liked to chat with strangers, especially the stranger who was willing to listen to him talk more.
So he only spent one stick of incense to find out where Chen Leng lived, but he didn't dare to come to the door rashly because he knew that Chen Leng was definitely not the kind of boy he told his subordinates.
How could he be an incompetent person to be promoted to a fifth-rank general so quickly?
"Every time General Chen takes a special leave, he will go back to our Wei Village to stay for four days. When I came back a few days ago, I saw him. I will go back to the navy tomorrow. I will sit at the entrance of this village every day and see it. If nothing unexpected happens, General Chen will leave the village early tomorrow morning."
"Is it tomorrow?"
Gui Si was a little nervous. He didn't expect to find Chen Leng so soon. The sudden news made his palms wet.
"Is General Chen particularly powerful?"
"That's natural. The bandits on the Nanping River were so scared that they could urinate their pants when they heard General Chen's name. Rumors said that the people who were seeking a man outside the southern coastal border were extremely vicious and evil like black apes who ate raw meat and drank blood. They were beaten by our General Chen Nan for the next time and cried and called her mother."
Most lonely elderly people like to show off their prowess, just to relieve loneliness.
"That's how..."
Gui Si asked again: "General Chen's martial arts are amazing."
"Of course, I have seen General Chen kill the water bandits with his own eyes. He killed seven or eight of them by one... No, he killed dozens of them."
"Old man, how can you see him killing water bandits when you sit at the entrance of the village all day?"
"I... have seen it anyway."
Guisi looked around and saw that there was a small road that was about two or three miles away from the village. On the left was a wasteland, with a wide area of one mile and a narrow area of dozens of meters. It meandered along the Nanping River channel. Two or three miles away, it was up the Guan Road and went straight to the Navy.
The village left the right side of the road, which was not dense. A few years ago, the big trees near the navy built camp were cut down, leaving only a few small trees that were not strong, but it was enough to hide.
Gui Si's eyes circled around and returned to the lonely old man: "Old man, when will General Chen usually return to the navy? Is it dawn after leaving the village?"
"I won't wait until dawn, I can see him every time."
"Why?"
"I'm bored at home alone. I'm old and slept late and woke up early. After waking up, my home became deserted. I hurried here and saw the sunrise on the river and felt warmer."
The old man smiled, his smile bitterly.
Gui Si stood up: "Thank you, uncle, you should rest, I will come here to accompany you later."
The old man watched Gui Si leave, thinking that young people like to lie, and his son and daughter-in-law always say that they would come back frequently, but they would not see anyone all month.
But I didn't expect that Gui Si would really come back about an hour and a half later, carrying a big package on his back and carrying a roast chicken, some side dishes and two pots of wine.
Gui Si put the package next to him and opened the oil paper wrapped in roast chicken, and handed the old man a pot of wine: "We are two men and women."
The old man immediately became energetic. He was not poor. The money he put down every time his son and daughter-in-law came back. He would not worry about food. However, drinking by himself and having someone to accompany him to drink are two different feelings.
The roast chicken tastes average, but it is not as good as peanuts when served with wine.
Fortunately, there are peanuts.
The two of them drank two pots of roast chicken, peanuts and moonseed wine. After drinking two pots, the old man felt a little dizzy and satisfied, so he invited Gui Si to sleep at his home. The foreigner came here and there was probably no place to stay.
Gui Si shook his head and looked at the moon and said, "I won't sleep tonight, maybe I'll sleep for a long time in the future."
He took out a cloth bag from the package and placed it in the place where the old man often sat: "If you come out tomorrow morning to watch the sunrise, help me give this thing to General Shen, I want to join the army."
The old man thought to himself that it was no wonder. He was counting on me to walk through the back door, but it was fine, so he couldn't drink a pot of wine in vain.
He raised his wall with an oh and slowly returned home with a crutch, but forgot to ask why he didn't give me the things now?
Guisi sat alone at the entrance of the village and watched the moon pass another hour. The night was already very deep. Even if the Jiangnan Road was not as cold as the north, it was still so cold that it could not stand it in the winter night. Guisi rubbed his hands and felt that the time was almost over, so he stood up and walked towards the side of the road with his package. At this moment, he felt that the scenery by the river was also good, and he was in a mood to take a closer look at which location was better. It was good to insert a wooden sign to make a tombstone, but who had the sign for himself?
The next day, before dawn, the old man woke up and felt that he had promised someone else's business last night. After thinking for a while, he remembered that he put on thick clothes and went out with a cane. He saw the cloth bag in the place where he often sat at the entrance of the village. He thought that the foreigner was really heartless and he was not afraid of losing it.
He sat leaning against the wall of the house and hugged the cloth bag in his arms, putting his hands in his sleeves and looking at the river bank, believing that the river surface would start to turn red soon, even in winter, you can see the sunrise, the red flowers of the river are better than fire.
He suddenly thought that he should not miss the situation, because the pot of wine seemed to wake up a little later than before. He was afraid that General Shen had already left the village, so he felt that the cloth bag in his arms became a little heavier.
At this moment, I heard the sound of two people laughing. Although I was still far away, the old man could hear that one was General Shen and the other was the young man named Chen, who seemed to be General Shen's good brother.
"Amber, don't come out so early next time. It's winter. As you get older, you'll have problems with your blood flow slowly. Hiding in the warm bed and lying for a while, then getting up and going out."
When the old man heard Chen's cold voice, he felt warm in his heart: "It's early for General Chen, you don't understand that we old guys are actually not warm in the bed."
Chen Ran smiled and said, "Amber, you are old and have no aging heart. Isn't it a person who is not warm in the quilt? It's the kind of soft jade that is warm and fragrant?"
"Chen Tuan, what you said is, Amber is powerless."
Chen Leng kicked Chen Ran lightly on the butt: "No big or small."
Chen Ran smiled and jumped away: "It's Amber who looks young, I always think Amber is younger than me."
The old man smiled so hard that he leaned back and closed, and the wrinkles on his face stretched a lot.
"General Chen, someone asked me to give you this thing. He is a foreigner... He said he wanted to join the army, but it was probably not good to go over and give you gifts by himself. He asked me to ask you so he asked me to give you something."
Chen Leng glanced at the cloth bag: "What is his name?"
"What's the name?"
The old man was stunned: "I forgot to ask."
Chen Leng took the cloth bag and threw it into the distance. At this moment, a crossbow arrow shot towards Chen Leng. Chen Leng retreated and pushed Chen Ran away: "Send Anbo home!"
The second crossbow arrow came soon, and this time he went to the cloth bag. Shenlong was a few meters away from the cloth bag, so he could only watch the arrow hit, and the cloth bag exploded with a bang, and countless powders flew out inside.
Chen Leng immediately tore off a piece of clothing to cover his mouth and nose, but an unpleasant smell had already penetrated into his nose.
“What does it taste.”
Chen Ran just put Anbo on his back, shook his body a few times and threw it forward.
Chen Leng frowned and pulled out the black thread knife from behind.
The third crossbow arrow shot over. Chen Leng split the crossbow arrow with a knife and saw clearly the direction of the crossbow arrow. So he rushed forward and just stepped on the fourth arrow and shot next to the position where Amber often sat. The soil was turned over and something was buried underneath.
With a bang, something exploded again, and the powder burst out, and Chen Leng felt dizzy in his head.
The black thread knife in his hand became heavier and heavier, and he felt a little unable to lift it.
Swoosh swosh swosh swosh swosh swosh... This time, there were five arrows in succession, and the crossbow arrow was extremely accurate. One arrow ran into Chen Leng's throat, one arrow ran into his face, one arrow went to his heart, and two arrows seemed to force Chen Leng to dodge in one direction.
Chen Leng's feet flew out to the side, and five crossbow arrows were nailed to the ground. When Chen Leng fell to the ground, he felt empty. Although his head became more and more dizzy, he still responded immediately. He pulled out the scabbard of the hunting knife and pressed it. The iron claws popped out and grabbed a tree not far away, and Chen Leng jumped away with force. Under his feet was a dug trap, with a thin layer of soil and weeds on it.
It was not dawn yet, so if you didn't pay attention, you wouldn't be able to tell it.
On the tree more than twenty meters away, Gui Si frowned slightly. It was beyond his expectations that he could not kill Chen Leng. The steps were all within his predictions. He was the best at killing people with these means. Although he rarely used it in the past few years, he never forgot every day he had in the world.
Chen Leng jumped out of the trap with the help of the scabbard. Before he landed, an iron feather arrow had already shot over. It was not a crossbow arrow, but faster, heavier and more vicious. In this state, Chen Leng seemed to be impossible to avoid it.
Chen Leng's reaction was indeed much slower, so he could only barely lift the black line knife up and block his chest. The iron feather arrow shot on the black line knife, and the huge force shocked Chen Leng and fell backwards.
The second iron feather arrow flew over the moment Chen Leng fell to the ground. He flipped over to the side. The iron feather arrow pierced into the ground with a thud. The soil he picked up hit Shen Leng's face and it hurt a little.
There was also a small but slightly sharp stone mixed in the soil, which cut a shallow blood mark on Shen Leng's forehead.
Chen Leng wanted to stand up on the ground, but his body became weaker and his eyelids became heavier.
Chapter completed!