Volume 1: The Rising Storm in the Western Regions, Chapter 47: Earthly Evil
Rain in the mountains of the Western Regions comes and goes quickly.
When Zhao Rang was in the cave, he felt a fierce noise pouring into his ears. He could hardly hear anything, but it only lasted for less than a stick of incense, and then it turned quiet again.
Due to his own reasons, Ximen Dazhuang squatted at the entrance of the cave but stuck his butt out. He was soaked all over and looked as if he had peed his pants! So even when everyone came out of the cave, he still couldn't move.
"Are you taking a shit?!"
Zhao Rang turned around and asked.
Ximen Dazhuang embarrassedly moved his butt in again, but still didn't get up.
"Here, surround yourself! It's just a little rain, it will dry up in a short time!"
Zhao Rang took off his blouse and handed it to Ximen Dazhuang, asking him to wrap it around his waist as a shield.
The fat man probably couldn't walk very far because of his body heat. He could dry his pants with his own body temperature, so it was nothing.
Yuan Ke was pleased to see Ximen Dazhuang clumsily tied a knot around his waist with his blouse, but he said with some worry:
"It's easy to catch a cold when your clothes are wet, so don't catch a cold!"
Ximen Dazhuang grinned when he heard this and said: "
"Sister-in-law, don't worry, I've never been sick before, even sneezing..."
"Ah sneeze!"
Halfway through your bragging, God slaps you in the face!
Ximen Dazhuang rubbed his nose with the back of his hand. When he saw Zhao Rang staring at him fiercely, he couldn't help but feel strange and asked:
"What's wrong, Brother Rang?"
Zhao Rang said:
"What did you say about the first one earlier?"
Ximen Dazhuang thought for a while, then suddenly reacted and said to Yuan Kexin:
"My girlfriend, don't worry, I won't catch a cold!"
Zhao Rang shook his head at him.
"You do this action with me again."
Ximen Dazhuang didn't know what was going on, but he shook his head.
"Did you hear the water in your head?"
The mountain road after the rain was not as difficult as imagined. Even under the erosion of the rain, some stones that had been piled on the road had rolled down. It was considered that God had cleaned them up.
Moreover, the soil is soaked with water, and there is a solid feeling when you step on it.
At the current speed of travel, Zhao Rang estimates that he should be able to reach Chagan Tologai before dark.
Assuming there are no accidents!
Seeing this thought arise in his heart, Zhao Rang regretted it endlessly... he wished he could slap himself in the face!
The evil in the Western Regions, what are you afraid of?
Ximen Dazhuang, who volunteered to walk at the front, stopped first, turned his head and said to Zhao Rang:
"Brother Rang, three on the right, two on the left... No, five! Eight in total!"
After the rain, it was quiet in the mountains. After everyone stopped, there was still a "rustling" sound.
Soon the three people on the right appeared on the steep slope higher up.
The man in the middle was wearing a leather jacket and grinning.
After seeing Yuan Kexin and Ye Sanniang, she turned into an evil smile!
Zhao Rang didn't want to waste time by getting entangled with these lowlifes.
Although these eight people are definitely no match for them, even if they want to kill eight pigs, they have to kill them for a while, right?
Zhao Rang took out all the silver ingots he had on him, raised them high, and signaled to the leader.
The man's eyes were focused, and he seemed to think that Zhao Rang knew the rules, so he led his men on his left and right, and walked down the slope step by step.
The steep mountain road was like walking on flat ground under the feet of these bandits. Zhao Rang felt that it was the right choice not to take action directly just now.
Otherwise, even if one person is lucky enough to escape and not be killed, he can rely on his familiarity with the terrain to tangle with Zhao Rang and others. As the saying goes, a toad lies on the instep - if it doesn't bite, it will respond to them!
If they have a backup plan besides these eight people, it will only be more troublesome!
When the leader walked about ten feet in front of Zhao Rang, he also stopped. He pointed at the silver ingot in his hand and then at his feet, meaning to ask Zhao Rang to throw the silver ingot over.
These bandits all have thick eyebrows, high nose bridges, and deep eye sockets. They are natives of the Western Regions.
There were also four people from the Western Regions in Zhao Rang's team, but at this moment they were hiding behind Ximen's strong and broad figure, shivering.
They said to Yuan Kexin with trembling lips:
"You must not tell them that we sold our ranch to the Dawei people, otherwise they will definitely kill us!"
When he spoke, he tried his best to lower his voice.
But because he was too scared, his voice was rising and falling, but the bandit leader still heard a little bit.
The leader immediately became furious and pointed at the Westerners behind Ximen Dazhuang and cursed loudly.
Zhao Rang couldn't understand what he was scolding.
But the four Westerners couldn't hold on and collapsed! They crawled out from behind Ximen Dazhuang on their hands and knees, and kept kowtowing to the leader to beg for mercy.
The leader walked up to him and listened quietly for a while.
Because the distance was too far, Yuan Kexin didn't know what they were talking about.
However, Zhao Rang did not take action for the time being, thinking that the situation would stabilize. After all, the leader had just taken his own silver ingots, so he would not take action rashly.
It had only been a few hours since he had reunited with Ximen Dazhuang, but Zhao Rang's temperament had changed somewhat.
Those who can use money will never use the knife.
Anyway, having Ximen Dazhuang by your side means you have a living "Tongbao Bank", so you don't have to worry about not having enough money at all.
As a result, Zhao Rang just breathed a sigh of relief.
The leader waved his hand!
He took out the big sticks slung on his back from the left and right sides, and smashed them all to death with one stick at a time!
The incident happened so suddenly that Zhao Rang was stunned on the spot.
It wasn't until the strong smell of blood wafted towards him that Zhao Rang came back to his senses.
The leader's expression did not change at all. Killing four people, still his compatriots, seemed to be no different from trampling four ants to death.
Taking a step forward, the leader looked at Zhao Rang and said in standard words of great authority:
"Woman, stay! You gave this, go over!"
It means that because of Zhao Rang's initiative to give money, they can go over. But Yuan Kexin and Ye Sanniang have to stay...
As for what to do if you stay, everyone knows.
Zhao Rang's right hand had already grasped the handle of the knife.
Such bandits who care so little about human life, even if they have not offended him, Zhao Rang will not let them go easily if they just meet by chance!
On this road, because of them, I don’t know how many innocent souls and dead bones have been added!
Although Zhao Rang is lazy, he still has his own justice!
Before they left home, he and Ximen Dazhuang liked to be "heroes" and deal with injustices!
It's just that sometimes I go too far and often make jokes.
For example, when the old man wanted to get off his horse, they thought he was old and weak and had difficulty getting on the horse, so they helped him get back on the horse again.
For example, when the bride was sitting in the sedan chair and sobbing because of her reluctance to part with her, they thought it was because they were unwilling and forcing someone to do something difficult, so they robbed the sedan chair and sent it back.
Such "chivalrous acts of justice" are too numerous to mention.
It is conceivable that when they encounter such a villain who regards human life as nothing, of course they must get rid of him quickly!
"Protect your sisters-in-law!"
After Zhao Rang finished speaking, he jumped out and struck the leader's head with the blade!
After hearing this, Ximen Dazhuang muttered:
"I said we were friends before, but now we are sister-in-law... It seems that what I thought was right!"
But the mumbling was just mumbling, and he still stepped back, opened his arms, blocking Yuan Kexin and Ye Sanniang behind him, and stared at the five people on the other side who had not yet made any move.
People who do business without capital are all desperadoes with their heads in their belts. Of course they have real skills, and they are not the same as the bully Mr. Zheng in Yangguan.
Seeing Zhao Rang approaching with a sword attack, he didn't even blink.
"Clang!"
Zhao Rang's blade was blocked by the crossed maces of his left and right hands!
Weapons like maces are extremely heavy, weighing at least thirty or forty pounds.
In Dawei, very few people in the world use such heavy weapons.
However, people from the Western Regions are tall and strong, and anyone with a bit of strength will find heavier weapons to be useful.
And the mace in their hands can actually be retracted.
After blocking Zhao Rang's knife, he held the bottom with his other hand and pulled it down. It actually grew several feet longer, about a head longer than the height of the two of them.
Zhao Rang immediately drew his sword and changed his moves, slashing one sword to the left and right, and slashed horizontally on the stick.
The two of them originally held the stick with one hand, but they changed into a yin and yang handle with both hands.
The palm pointing upward is the yang handle, and the palm downward is the yin handle.
Once the yin and yang handle is released, this mace can not only hurt people with the fangs at the front end, but the body of the mace can also turn into an iron rod.
The stick is the ancestor of all weapons, capable of attacking and defending.
The stick is divided into three parts. The head of the stick can be used to counter attack, and the center of the stick can be used to block and change the handle. The changes are endless.
Coupled with the mace's own weight, when the strength is enough to support it, it will be like a sea-fixing needle. Not only can it be flexible, but it can also make itself invincible.
Zhao Rang stabbed Xu Huang, the man on the left.
As he leaned back to avoid the sword's light, he slashed to the right.
Of course, this knife was blocked by him, and then he struck the white cloud cover again, slashing vertically from top to bottom!
At this time, the person on the left realized that the sword he had just used was just a feint, and he immediately picked up the tail of the stick and hit Zhao Rang's face with the fangs of the stick.
Before the stick arrived, the "whirring" wind was already blowing on Zhao Rang's face.
In addition to swinging the mace vigorously, the inertia it brings is even more amazing!
Although Zhao Rang was not afraid, he knew that the sword in his hand was just an ordinary steel knife. No matter how exquisite the forging process was, it was still far from a sword that could cut gold and cut jade.
If they fight head-on, the blade may break if touched, so they can only retreat and distance themselves, away from the power of the mace.
After talking about what had just happened, Zhao Rang felt that it would be difficult to break through the mace that the two men had a tacit understanding of with just one hand, so he immediately changed to holding the knife with both hands.
Others think that if one hand is agile, it must be faster to hold a knife, but this is not the case!
Holding the knife with both hands will not only not reduce the speed, but also increase the strength! Whether it is changing moves or using the knife at a tricky angle, it is completely impossible to achieve when holding the knife with one hand!
Especially when the opponent is holding a heavy weapon, gripping the handle of the knife tightly with both hands, and then mobilizing the energy infusion can make the extremely fragile blade become harder and have excellent toughness.