After getting the news from Liu Qingming, Cheng Dalei and the others rushed to Kill Hukou. The two places were about five hundred miles apart, and they traveled non-stop.
In this way, we can see the strange thing about Cheng Dalei's black jade black moon beast. He rushed so hard without showing any sign of fatigue. He often left Xu Shenji and Yinmu behind. As for the two of them,
Grab horses along the way to keep your speed and not be slowed down.
But the horse could hold up, but the people on the horse could not, especially Xu Shenji. He was indeed old and could no longer adapt to such a high-intensity journey. In order to take care of him, Cheng Dalei had to stop midway and eat something.
Physical recovery.
The three of them were eating by the river. Cheng Dalei was worried and thinking about the next journey. If he kept up the previous pace, he would be able to reach the tiger's mouth in about three days. Of course, this is if everything goes well.
Therefore, Lin Shaoyu must be able to survive at least three days, but I don't know if he can survive it.
“See through the ebb and flow of clouds and clear skies, and penetrate the harsh conditions of the world.”
At this time, a long song suddenly came from the distance. Cheng Dalei turned his head and looked over, and saw a Taoist priest riding a donkey with a white flag dangling in his hand.
There was no one around, he sang loudly, the sky was high and the sky was vast, like a stage set for him.
"Master, this old man looks a little weird." Xu Shenji.
Cheng Dalei nodded: "Pretend to be a ghost, but let's see what tricks he plays."
Then, in the sight of the three people, the Taoist priest came here on a donkey. When he approached Cheng Dalei, he bowed slowly and said, "May I ask if this is Master Cheng from Toad Village in Liangzhou?"
Xu Shenji felt a warning in his heart. With Cheng Dalei's reputation, he really shouldn't be hidden by human beings. But he didn't know where this veteran came from. If the news leaked out, it would probably cause a lot of unavoidable trouble.
Unknowingly, his hand was already pressing the handle of the knife. Although Xu Shenji didn't have much skill, he was still very fierce when he really tried his best.
Cheng Dalei signaled him to calm down with his eyes, his eyes fell on Lao Dao, and he said with a smile: "What do you call your Excellency?"
The Taoist turned over and jumped off the donkey's back, sitting on the ground like Cheng Dalei.
"I have no name or surname. People in the world call me a Taoist ghost hunter."
"Taoist ghost hunter?" Cheng Dalei pondered the name and said with a smile, "I wonder how you know me?"
"In the world, everyone knows Master Cheng's name. Everyone in the world admires Master Cheng's character. I came here specifically to show Master Cheng a path."
"Oh, I don't know where my path is, and I still need to ask for advice?"
The old Taoist pointed to the west and said: "Master Cheng should not come here, he should go to the west."
"What should I say?" Cheng Dalei said, "I will go back to the west."
"I should have gone back." The Taoist priest cracked his mouth and showed his yellow teeth: "Master Cheng's family doesn't know anything. The news about your coming to Bingzhou has been spread. The princes in the world want to kill Master Cheng for his meritorious service, and the gangsters want to kill him.
Master Cheng's family has become famous. The veteran group of the General's Mansion, the Ten Killers of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and the four great talents of Yangzhou...etc. These people, placed in the world, are all masters who can defeat a hundred. Now in this grassland,
There is already a big net to kill Master Cheng, shouldn’t everyone go back?"
"Veteran group, ten killers, four talented men?" Cheng Dalei frowned slightly.
"The veteran group is the dead soldiers in the hands of the general's government. They are all veterans of the battlefield. They have figured out a set of killing skills from the battlefield. They are simple and direct, but they are fierce and cruel."
Cheng Dalei nodded: "Compared to the Ten Killers and the Four Great Talents, are they all the same organization?"
The old Taoist nodded: "The identities of the Ten Killers of the Prime Minister's Mansion are extremely mysterious. We only know that they are extremely good at assassination. Once they take action, no one can avoid them. And the four great talents are four strange people recruited by Yangzhou Li Xing."
"The name sounds very impressive." Cheng Dalei praised.
"So I have a word of advice, everyone should just go back and forth from wherever you are. After all, your life is at stake."
"Thank you, Taoist Priest, for your advice. However, I still have a question that I would like to ask. I would also like to ask Taoist Priest to help me clarify my doubts."
"Cheng, please tell me?"
Cheng Dalei nodded and said: "It is said that among the four great talents in Yangzhou, there is a Zhou named Wangchuan. Could it be you, the Taoist priest?"
The Taoist ghost hunter was startled, his expression froze, his eyes suddenly sharpened, and his robe sleeves raised.
Cheng Dalei pressed the spring with his hand, unsheathed his sword, and pierced the Taoist priest's throat.
At this time, the old Taoist had just raised his hand in the air. As his breath died, his arm dropped weakly, and a black powder flowed from his sleeve.
Xu Shenji's face showed a solemn expression and he said: "There are rumors in the world that this week Wangchuan is good at using a kind of soul-breaking smoke that can kill anyone who touches it. It should be this thing. Thanks to the boss's timely response, otherwise we would all have caught it.
His way."
"Easy to say, easy to say." Cheng Dalei waved his hand.
The General's Mansion, the Prime Minister's Mansion and even Li Letian are all collecting intelligence about Cheng Dalei. And Cheng Dalei is a person who attaches great importance to intelligence work. How could he know nothing about the world's masters?
In fact, Cheng Dalei had some knowledge of the Veteran Group of the General's Mansion, the Ten Killers of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and the so-called Four Great Talents of Jiangnan.
The four great talents are Taoist priests, monks, scholars, and swordsmen. Each of them has a surprising ability, which is so secretive that many famous masters have fallen into their hands.
This week Wangchuan was one of them. He pretended to be a ghost and got close to Cheng Dalei, just to release the soul-breaking smoke at a sufficient distance. However, he did not expect that Cheng Dalei's sword was faster than he believed.
Although he survived a crisis, Cheng Dalei did not take it lightly. Although Zhou Wangchuan had malicious intentions, Cheng Dalei felt that the news he brought may not be false. The road from here to Killing the Tiger's Pass must be full of crises, and a master like
cloud.
Looking at Zhou Wangchuan's corpse on the ground, Cheng Dalei frowned slightly. Since the Taoist priests are here, the monks, scholars, and swordsmen must not be far away, or they may have already arrived.
The wind blows, the grass moves
Show a hundred armored men.
They hid themselves among the reeds and advanced in an orderly manner, displaying their strong bows and crossbows as the wind blew and the grass swayed.
Cheng Dalei climbed up and looked into the distance, saying: "Look at the leather armor on his body, he looks like one of Yangzhou Li Xing's men."
"Tsk." Xu Shenji set up a pavilion with his hands and said with emotion: "I thought they would send four masters, but instead they sent a hundred warriors. This... is a bit unethical."
When the sound came to the ground, a hundred warriors had already drawn their bows and arrows, aiming at the three people who were looking in the distance.
"Master, what should we do now?"
"Don't be afraid, we have a clever plan." Cheng Dalei took a deep breath and suddenly shouted: "Run!"
The three of them got on their mounts, and Cheng Dalei turned around and knocked down two arrows, then ran desperately towards the distance.