ps: Today’s first update. In addition, this chapter also has some guest appearances by some faces you may be familiar with.
"What's wrong, Yan Mo?"
Zhao Hongrun asked in surprise as if he noticed Yan Mo's absent-mindedness.
"Nothing, Your Highness."
Yan Mo came back to his senses and said apologetically.
He thought for a while and decided not to tell Zhao Hongrun about the two witches. After all, witches were not easy women to get along with. According to rumors, they were good at raising poisonous insects with their own blood and could poison people without being seen.
For this kind of people, it is best to avoid them as much as possible. It is better to do less than to do more.
Seeing this, Yan Mo changed the subject and whispered to Zhao Hongrun: "Your Highness, the market in front is quite lively, why don't we go over and take a look?"
When Zhao Hongrun heard this, he looked up and saw that the market in front of him was bustling with people and bustling. He nodded and walked forward with the little girl Yang Toixing, followed closely by Yan Mo, Shen Yu and others.
After taking a closer look, Zhao Hongrun discovered that there were several buskers standing on the street shouting.
These people were all young, barely a few years older than him, but looking at them playing with guns and clubs, they looked like tigers and tigers, and they were definitely people with superb martial arts skills.
I saw two of the teenagers retreating and resting on a bench after swinging a gun and club.
At this time, a young man in white coarse cloth clasped his fists and said loudly to the Chu people gathered nearby: "Dear neighbors, the six of us brothers arrived in your place for the first time. Because we ran out of money, we had no choice but to go to the streets to beg for money. To make a living, I hope all my neighbors will support me."
After that, he turned around and shouted to a burly young man behind him: "Anu."
The young man named Anu walked up to the young man in white and clenched his fists to show off his muscles.
After that, the young man in white said in an exaggerated tone: "This little brother is amazing, he can break rocks with his bare hands!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the Chu people nearby let out a burst of distrust.
Seeing this, the young man in white was not upset and said with a smile: "Seeing is believing, let's wait and see!"
At this time, two other teenagers moved a boulder half a man's height from somewhere and placed it on the field.
I saw the young man named Anu walking up to the boulder, taking a deep breath, eyes wide open, and suddenly punched the boulder.
The boulder is motionless.
"Ha ha ha ha"
The people watching around burst into laughter.
Even Zhao Hongrun couldn't help laughing and shook his head speechlessly: "It's a shame they can break the rock with their bare hands."
The young man in white was obviously a little embarrassed. He waved his hands repeatedly and said, "It doesn't count this time. It doesn't count this time. My brother hasn't had any luck yet."
As he said that, he glared at Anu fiercely: "Anu, you haven't had enough to eat."
Anu scratched his head cooperatively, showing a simple and honest look, which caused another burst of laughter from the people around him.
"Do it well, you know? Otherwise we will all be hungry today!"
"oh……"
Amidst the roars of laughter from the onlookers, Anu rearranged his stance and quickly waved his fist, only to hear a loud bang. A large piece of the boulder half a man's height was actually shattered by him.
"hiss"
The people watching nearby looked at each other and immediately burst into loud cheers.
Zhao Hongrun and others were already dumbfounded.
Crushing rock with bare hands? How is that possible?!
"Is there some trick?" Shen Yu asked Yan Mo curiously. Yan Mo smiled bitterly and shook his head, indicating that he had no way of knowing.
Trick?
Zhao Hongrun glanced at the seemingly honest and honest Anu, and he vaguely realized that the other person's honest and honest appearance of pretending to be stupid, including the previous failure, were all fake.
That man indeed has the ability to break rocks with his bare hands!
Thinking of this, Zhao Hongrun turned to look at Zongwei Chu Heng and asked in a low voice: "Chu Heng, can you do it?"
The honest Chu Heng scratched his head, shook his head and said, "You can break it into pieces. But you can't do it like him."
Hearing this, Zhao Hongrun understood in his heart: Chu Heng was the strongest among his clan guards and the best at boxing and kicking. If even he couldn't do it, I believe that none of the other clan guards could do it.
At this time, the young man in white was replaced by a tall young man. He patted the latter's chest and introduced in the same exaggerated tone: "My brother Ayi, he can cross the Yangtze River with a hundred steps.
The arrow hit."
Perhaps due to the experience last time, the surrounding Chu people who were watching no longer looked suspiciously at this time, but looked at the performance of these boys with eager eyes.
At this time, several other teenagers erected a huge wooden board, and the young man named Ayi also had a bow in his hand.
At this time, I saw the young man in white standing in front of the erected wooden board, holding up a dry fruit in his hand, and vowed to the people of Chu around him: "Everyone, please watch out, this little brother is holding this fruit."
A piece of fruit, as long as the little brother shouts, it will start..."
At this point, there was just a whooshing sound, and a sharp arrow passed the finger of the young man in white at a slight distance, and accurately nailed the fruit to the wooden board behind him.
"Whoa whoa"
A sound of exclamation sounded, and the surrounding Chu people applauded.
However, the boy in white looked like he was dumbfounded and looked at his brother Ayi at a very slow speed: "Ayi, I haven't called start yet..."
"I heard you shout." Ayi said innocently.
"Ha ha ha ha"
The Chu people around them couldn't help but burst into laughter again. It was funny that the two brothers had made a mistake and almost injured the life of the young man in white.
But Zhao Hongrun didn't see it that way.
In his opinion, it was not so much an infringement as it was a way of teasing that the other party had already planned.
"Are you starting to know now?"
The young man in white glared at his innocent brother hatefully, picked up the basket beside him, and threw the fruit inside into the air without looking at it.
But at this time, there was a continuous sound of "Tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk", and all the fruits that the boy in white threw casually were nailed to the wooden board by his brother Ayi, and not a single one fell.
What superb archery skills! What a rapid rate of fire!
Zhao Hongrun was moved by this, but several of the clan guards beside him were already dumbfounded.
At this time, a young man with fair skin smiled and held a basket in front of the onlookers. They asked for money and supplies, but unfortunately, the people in Zhengyang County were not rich, although almost everyone gave.
But the amount given was not much, at most it was a few copper coins from Chu State.
It didn't take long for the young man to transfer to Zhao Hongrun.
Zhao Hongrun looked at the other person up and down. Seeing that the other person looked slightly shy and embarrassed, he smiled kindly at him and then gestured to Shen Yu: "Shen Yu, reward!"
Zongwei Shen Yu touched his arms, took out a bag of silver and gave it to the other party.
The young man looked at Zhao Hongrun in surprise, reached out and took out the bag of silver from the basket, padded it, and thanked him quickly: "Thank you so much, young master."
"No need." Zhao Hongrun waved his hand and then asked tentatively: "I see your brothers, they all seem to have extraordinary martial arts skills. Are you willing to join me? I will never treat you badly."
"This..." The young man had a look of embarrassment on his face, shook his head and said firmly: "My brothers have other ambitions. My brothers have accepted the young master's kindness. I'm sorry."
Seeing that the other party refused with such a firm attitude, Zhao Hongrun couldn't help but feel a little regretful. After all, in his opinion, these people were indeed rare talents.
Suddenly, Zhao Hongrun faintly felt a line of sight, and subconsciously raised his head. He happened to see the boy in white, after whispering a few words to the white-faced boy, turned to look at Zhao Hongrun, and nodded at Zhao Hongrun kindly. He nodded, as if thanking Shen Yu for the bag of silver.
Looking at the other party's firm and pure eyes, Zhao Hongrun sighed secretly: People with that kind of eyes will not be tempted by money.
He shook his head regretfully.
Suddenly, out of the corner of his eye, Zhao Hongrun saw Yan Mo beside him turning his head and checking his body frequently. He was puzzled and asked in a low voice: "Yan Mo. What's wrong?"
"..." Yan Mo did not answer Zhao Hongrun immediately, but looked at the crowd behind him with a somewhat solemn expression.
Among the crowd behind them, the two witches they had just met were standing there, seemingly admiring the street performances of the six teenagers. However, the attentive Yan Mo noticed that these two witches From time to time, he looked at the group of them with his eyes.
…
Yan Mo watched the other party calmly push his way forward in the crowd. He insisted on pushing towards Zhao Hongrun for some unknown purpose, and Yan Mo was startled and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
Are you being targeted?
He had a creepy feeling, and a slight chill ran up the spine of his back.
You must know that those two are witches. Even Yan Mo, who is from Chu, cannot figure out whether these pretenders really have any strange abilities.
"Be careful." Yan Mo gently pushed Shen Yu beside him.
Shen Yu was stunned when he heard this, and a solemn expression immediately appeared on his face.
At this time, the two strangely dressed witches were standing behind Zhao Hongrun.
Suddenly, Yan Mo instinctively noticed something, stretched out his hand and grabbed it suddenly, and caught one of the witches reaching behind Zhao Hongrun.
In her hand, she held a silver needle in shock, and the position of the needle was green.
"What do you want to do?!" Yan Mo asked in a deep voice.
The witch's eyes turned cold as her wrist was pinched, and her right hand suddenly pulled out a one-foot-long dagger from the scabbard tied horizontally behind her waist, and without saying a word, she struck at Yan Mo.
"There is an assassin!" Shen Yu, who had already been warned by Yan Mo, quickly protected Zhao Hongrun and Yang Yanxing behind him. The remaining three, Zhang Ao, Li Meng, and Chu Heng, surrounded the two witches.
"Little brother, lend me a weapon."
Protecting Zhao Hongrun and Yang Yanxing as they came to the young man in white, Shen Yu picked up the guns, sticks and several swords scattered on the ground, and stepped forward to help Yan Mo and others.
The surrounding Chu people had already dispersed.
"Yan Mo, continue."
Shen Yu threw a sword to Yan Mo.
Unexpectedly, Yan Mo, who was clearly a military general, could not use the sword.
…
Yan Mo looked at his palm in shock, and saw that the spot where he had just grabbed the witch's wrist turned strangely red.
"Be careful of the other party using poison!"
"Poison?" Shen Yu, Li Meng, Zhang Ao, and Chu Heng were stunned when they heard this. They were quite baffled. They were born in the Wei Dynasty and did not know the voodoo of Chu State.
Just when they were in a daze, one of the witches suddenly rushed towards Zhao Hongrun and threw out a silver needle with her right hand.
"Your Highness!!"
Just when Shen Yu and others' expressions changed drastically, they suddenly heard a clang and the silver needle was bounced away by a sharp sword.
The owner of the sword, the young man in white, was seen holding a fist in his left hand and looking at the miko with a bitter and hateful expression.
"I said, this sister, who has no grievances and no grudges, why did she cut off the wealth of the younger brothers..." (To be continued.)