Late at night, the bustling Niangpi Town became quiet, but some people were still making noises.
In an inn, all the lights in the guest rooms had been extinguished. It was dark and the wind was high. Several masked men in black climbed over the not-high wall, landed softly, and scanned the cars in the small yard with burning eyes.
The goods were not in a hurry to touch the goods, but were scattered in large quantities in various corners of the room. One of the men in black nodded, and then approached the goods with light steps.
With a "whoosh" sound, an arrow was fired from the dark place, and then with a muffled sound, a shadow in black fell to the ground.
The sudden change caused the other men in black to stop, and then immediately retreat, coming and going from where they came. Several men in black jumped over the wall neatly, but one unlucky guy was still hit by the second arrow.
When you fall on the wall and fall outside, you just don’t know life or death.
"Hmph, you dare to steal something with your little three-legged cat skills." A woman's voice came out in the darkness. She just snorted coldly and then said nothing more. I don't know if she left or continued to hide.
In another inn, the same thing happened, but these men in black were not as lucky as the wave over there. All the men in black who entered the courtyard died.
A man with a sword sat on the cargo, wiping the blood stains on the sword without a trace of dust on his clothes.
After a while, a young man came over with a sword and said, "Senior brother, there should be no more."
"Yeah." The man nodded.
"Brother, just because you didn't teach me the tea money, those people came to attack so recklessly?" The young man looked at the corpse on the ground with disdain. When they entered this town with a rather weird name, someone came to remind them.
What they call tea money.
"This is the rule here. You can live in peace if you pay for tea." The man said calmly.
"Is this their restless life? Isn't this too weak? Are all other caravans fools?" The young man curled his lips.
"Ma Hou, this is just a test. The real big move is still to come. In the Black Tiger Mountain area, there are many hills, and this trade road is where they are salvaging." The man said, and it seemed that he was still very familiar with this area.
familiar.
"Senior brother, why are you still here?" The young man also climbed onto the top of the cargo and sat down next to his senior brother.
"Where we want to go, this mountain road is the fastest. If we take other roads, we will have to go a long way, and it may not be safe. This world is too chaotic." The man sighed.
"As long as my senior brother is here, I don't believe that anyone will come to snatch our things." The young man smiled.
"Knowing that if that tigress doesn't come out, no one will be able to do anything to defeat my senior brother." The man rubbed the young man's head.
"Tigress? Are there really tigers in this mountain?"
The man looked at the innocent boy and said nothing.
In that restaurant, it was still on the third floor.
In the middle of the third floor is a living room with a few stools and a large coffee table. Earlier today, those people were chatting here. This is not only a reception room, but also a bedroom. On the other side of the coffee table
On one side, there is a large hollow screen, and you can vaguely see a huge floor-to-ceiling bed inside.
At this time, the third floor was illuminated by several candlesticks, and the things inside were vaguely visible. On the bed, the two maids who made tea today were lying naked on the bed, with flushed faces and satisfied expressions. One of them was in the middle.
The young man simply put on a thin woman's gauze and stood on the fence, looking at the sleeping town.
"A few little mice, a few escaped in one place, and died in another place." A man's voice sounded outside the door.
"I got it, step back and have a rest." The man said calmly, then raised the wine glass in his hand and gestured to a certain place in the town, as if inviting someone to toast.
In the small courtyard where several men in black were dead, the sword-wiping man squinted at the roof of the only three-story building in the town. He snorted coldly when he saw the nondescript man raising a glass to him to invite the bright moon.
Ignore it.
In the small woodshed behind the noodle shop at one end of the town, Xiao Yanyu had fallen asleep and Chen Mo was sitting cross-legged practicing. At this time, in a hidden corner behind Chen Mo, a thin bamboo tube stretched out.
A white gas curled out from the head of the bamboo pipe, and soon the cloud surrounded the small woodshed. Chen Mo also fell down in such an environment.
"Duk duk duk" there was a knock on the door of the woodshed.
The sound of "tuk tuk tuk" continued.
Seeing that the people in the woodshed didn't respond, the door was slowly pushed open. After a while, several men with their faces covered walked in.
A man came to Chen Mo, kicked him a few times, breathed a sigh of relief, and cursed: "You brat, aren't you quite capable? Why are you still fascinated by me?"
After saying that, the man was about to give Chen Mo a few hard kicks, but was immediately stopped by a companion: "Can you please calm down and don't wake him up by kicking him?"
A man walked in, looked at Chen Mo lying on the ground, then looked at the little girl on the side, and said, "These are the two little dolls that Lao Que said."
"Yes, they came from the direction of Laoque, that's right." said a man.
"Old Que, they are just a brother and sister who lost their family and wandered around. They are ordinary people, but this boy's skills are extraordinary. His punches knocked out all my big teeth." Another person complained.
After receiving the message from Lao Que, they went to the only way to wait, and immediately caught them and shipped the goods. But who would have thought that they would fall into the hands of this young man and have his money taken away by him instead. It was so embarrassing.
.
"I'm telling you, please pay your new course fees first." The waiter at the noodle stall rubbed his palms at the door. "It's really cold here, I have to go back and put on the quilt."
"Take it." The man who came in last threw a piece of silver to the waiter. The waiter took the silver, bit it, and left with a smile on his face.
The man walked up to the little girl and knelt down, pinched her cheek with his hands, looked around, and said, "The embryo is good. She should be a beauty when she grows up and can be sold for a good price."
"Second brother, who should I sell it to? Xiaowa Village, Black Tiger Mountain, or other mountains?"
"Let's take it back to the mountains and raise it first. Then we can sell it when it grows up. Maybe we can enjoy it for a while."
After hearing what the second brother said, everyone couldn't help but laugh.
"What to do with that brat?"
"Tie it up tightly and sell it. With such good skills, those mountains may be interested in it, and maybe it can be sold at a good price."
Just when the two people were about to tie up Chen Mo with hemp rope, Chen Mo suddenly opened his eyes and hit one person on the neck with a powerful hand knife. The person's head tilted to an astonishing angle and his neck was broken.
At the same time, he kicked with his right foot and hit another person in the temple, knocking that person to the ground. He didn't know whether he was alive or dead.
The sudden change caused the remaining four people in the house to freeze. They suddenly realized that the situation was not good. The man named Second Brother reacted fastest, pulled out the dagger from his waist, and stabbed him.
As soon as Chen Mo stood up, he saw the man stabbing him. He hit the outside of the man's elbow with a punch on one side of his body, breaking the elbow directly. Chen Mo grabbed the dagger with his other hand, and then gave the man a knife in the abdomen.
He let out two painful screams in succession.
Chen Mo ignored his pain and rushed towards the three people who were about to attack him. At this moment, they just wanted to escape. One person stabbed each other, and the three people covered their necks and opened their eyes, as if they didn't understand what was going on now.
He fell into a pool of blood with despair.
"What are you doing? Can you keep your voice down? If you disturb Mr. Lan, you will take care of it yourself. Then I..." The waiter appeared again with a face of complaint, but when he saw several people lying in a pool of blood,
The man's pupils shrank and he was about to shout when he felt a chill on his neck. A dagger had already pierced his throat and he fell down.
After cleaning up a few people, Chen Mo slowly walked up to the man who made a dull and painful sound and squatted down. Then he took out the broken blade hidden next to him, inserted the knife into the man's thigh, and at the same time blocked his last hole with a piece of wood.
, he heard the waiter say before that he couldn’t make any noise, as he would disturb someone.
"Shh." Chen Mo made a gesture and continued: "I ask, you answer, don't play tricks."
The man nodded.
"Who are those old people?" Chen Mo took the wood from his mouth and asked.
"Yes." The man was sweating and nodded. He still doesn't believe that this young man is so fierce and ruthless.
"How many other accomplices are there?"
"No, no more, it's just us." Seeing the young man about to use the knife, the man begged for mercy: "Really, really, I have no accomplices."
"What about the rest of the town?"
"Brother, let me tell you this, there are no good people in this town. It's just that our businesses are different, and we each do our own thing."
"Then what the waiter mentioned today is the border between Liuzhou and Hezhou?"
"Then I didn't lie to you, this is indeed the border between Liuzhou and Hezhou."
"It's such a mess here, why don't the government care about it?"
"This is the Black Tiger Mountain area. It's very chaotic. There are steep mountains and forests, and there are many hilltops. The court is busy fighting wars, so how can it care about this place? Besides, Master Lan from Niangpi Town has hands and eyes that can reach the sky, and he knows everything about black and white.
, otherwise this Niangpi Town will be even more chaotic." The man told everything he knew like beans poured out of a bamboo tube.
"Black Tiger Mountain?" Chen Mo remembered the hilltop that Guo Shengwen had mentioned. It turned out that Black Tiger Mountain was not the name of a bandit den, but the mountainous area here.
"Yes, this is Black Tiger Mountain, and there is also a bandit den called Black Tiger Mountain. It is the most powerful mountain here. However, there has been civil strife in Black Tiger Mountain recently, and other mountains are not peaceful either."
Chen Mo didn't say anything, thinking carefully about whether to continue moving forward or take a detour. If so, he could go north to cross the river. But he didn't know where the ferry was, and if he went north now, he might have to take a long detour.
If you go, you can't be sure you'll encounter other troubles if you eat.
"You can't take a detour if you encounter trouble." Chen Mo thought for a while.
"Is there anyone particularly strong?"
"I don't know about this. I only know that there is a tigress in Black Tiger Mountain that is very strong. I have never seen how strong it is."
That's right, marginalized people like them don't know much.
"Brother, can you let me go?"
"Okay, I'll send you on your way." After saying that, Chen Mo wiped his neck with a knife.
Chen Mo was not in a hurry to leave. There was still some time before morning, and leaving at this time might cause unnecessary trouble.
Chen Mo resettled Xiao Yanyu and sat down cross-legged again.