There are tens of thousands of miles between Langya City and the Rong grassland. Cheng Dalei rode alone on the road. The academy had already sent out news: Cheng Dalei's head would be used to pay for his master's life.
Cheng Dalei encountered several ambushes along the way. Although they did not threaten his life, they did cause a lot of trouble.
After leaving Xuzhou and entering Qingzhou, there were endless pursuits 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 did not 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. There were just a few idle men leaning against the wall to bask in the sun. There were not many shops on both sides of the street, just a medicine shop, a butcher shop, a tavern, and even a tailor shop.
Nothing.
After years of fighting, ten houses and nine empty houses, the empire is now divided among heroes. Most of the men who can pass the riding whip are taken to serve as soldiers. In towns like Shajiaji, those who are left behind are often old, weak, women and children.
There is no one to plow the fields at home, there is no one to support the mother in the house, the sister next door has gray hair, and she has never seen her lover brother again... This is what the veterans in the army sang day and night, which probably means this.
Cheng Dalei came to the tavern in the town and left the black cow behind without worrying about anyone taking it away. Because there are people like Cheng Dalei, the security in various parts of the empire is not good. However, if anyone wants to steal Cheng Dalei's
Black cows are asking for trouble.
He asked the boss to boil a pot of wine and bring half a catty of meat, steamed buns, steamed buns and the like to make it warmer. Cheng Dalei was going to take it away to eat on the road.
There was no one in the tavern. Winter was about to come, and Cheng Dalei was traveling from south to north again. The weather was getting colder day by day. Thinking of living in the open air these days, Cheng Dalei was miserable.
"Shopkeeper, are there any big families around here?" Cheng Dalei suddenly asked while sipping the soju.
"After years of war, all the rich and powerful people have gone south, and there are no big families left." The shopkeeper bowed his waist and said, "Why do you think of asking this, sir?"
"Ha, if you have nothing to do, just ask." Cheng Dalei asked again: "Are there any bandits nearby?"
"Oh, how could it not be possible? Master Bai from Baima Peak and Liu Heihu from Heihukou... are all famous mountain bandits in the area."
"Then are they coming to rob you?"
"This... I don't come here often." The shopkeeper said: "In a poor place like Shajiaji, there is nothing to grab."
Cheng Dalei chuckled and lowered his head to drink and eat meat. The reason why Cheng Dalei asked this question was simple: he had no money left.
Along the way, Cheng Dalei passed by many places. He spent money lavishly. When he met someone who had no money to live, he would inevitably throw some money away. Therefore, the money he got was usually spent in a short time.
And there are often only two ways for him to get money. One is to find a nearby wealthy family, climb over the wall in the middle of the night, and steal an ill-gotten gain. Of course, as for whether the other party's way of getting the money is righteous or not, Cheng Dalei actually
Not particularly concerned.
The second way to get money is from the bandits within a hundred miles. As long as Cheng Dalei comes to sign up, no matter which village or village, he usually gives money directly. After all, everyone is neither willing to fight with him nor do they want to
What does it have to do with this devil?
In fact, from Xuzhou to Qingzhou, Cheng Dalei encountered not only those who had connections with the academy and wanted to kill him, but also criminal thieves from all over the East China Sea, who came here because of their fame and wanted to live or die with Master Cheng. In contrast,
, the latter is more troublesome than the former.
After all, for those who want to kill him, Cheng Dalei can retaliate with a sword and kill him with one sword. For those who defect to him in admiration, it can be said that they will worship you at the drop of a hat and win you everything in the sky and on the earth. Cheng Dalei is not easy to deal with.
They use their swords.
It's usually a matter of being knocked unconscious.
"Sir, is the wine in the inn good?" the tavern owner asked.
"Yeah." Cheng Dalei responded casually: "Bring me a pot of wine and some hot steamed buns to eat on the road."
"It has been prepared for you a long time ago." The shopkeeper enthusiastically handed over the baggage: "Sir, please go slowly."
Cheng Dalei put the dry food on the horns of the ox, mounted the ox and continued on his way. He was wondering whether he should go to White Horse Peak, Black Tiger Pass, or both places.
This is already the junction of Youzhou and Qingzhou. Once we get to Youzhou, it will not be easy to encounter thieves and rob others.
For some reason, after leaving the town, his head felt heavier and heavier. Cheng Dalei glanced at the sun above his head, and his eyelids were so heavy that he could not open his eyes.
Could it be that he had caught the wind and cold? Since ancient times, heroes have been afraid of death, and good men have only been afraid of illness. If I fell on the road in the wilderness, in the cold weather, no one would know how I died.
Boom.
As soon as this thought came to mind, Cheng Dalei fell to the ground and barely raised his head twice. After all, he could not stop the flow of strength and gradually lost his strength.
…
Cheng Dalei didn't know how long it took before he regained consciousness again. He still couldn't muster the strength, and he vaguely felt someone speaking in his ear.
"Little sister, do you want to kill me now?"
"Sharpen the knife quickly and wait until he wakes up before killing him so that he will die clearly."
"If I send it to the official, I might get a lot of money in exchange for it."
Cheng Dalei opened his eyes in a daze and saw that he was tied to a big tree, surrounded by a deserted forest, and there was a man and a woman in front of him.
"Shopkeeper?" Cheng Dalei was stunned: "You..."
The woman was in her thirties, had a sharp knife in her hand, and looked quite pretty.
"Cheng Dalei, you didn't expect that you would fall into my hands today."
"Are you..." Cheng Dalei was confused.
"You heartless person, you have made me look like this, and you don't even remember who I am." The woman.
If Xu Shenji or Liu Facai were here and heard this, they would definitely think that something indescribable happened between Cheng Dalei and the other party.
But Cheng Dalei really couldn't remember who the other party was, so he had no choice but to use the system to check the other party's information. Then he opened his eyes wide with an expression of disbelief on his face.
"Li Ru..."
The woman sneered: "Huh, you didn't expect this day."
Cheng Dalei felt his head hurt. He wanted to pat his head, but his body was tied tightly with soaked hemp rope.
"Oh, I hunt geese all day long, but the geese peck me in the eye, and the boat capsizes in the gutter."