Chapter two hundred and eighty fifth blood to turn dust and soil three
Along the way, although Zhao Kuangyin wanted him to join the Great Zhou Kingdom intentionally or unintentionally, Ling Tianyun said it in a perfunctory way. It was not that he did not want to join the Great Zhou Kingdom, but after all, he was burdened with a heavy hatred. His grandfather and all
While the great revenge of the dead relatives of the Feng family had not been avenged, he had no other thoughts. All his thoughts were on killing the murderers who were committing evil in the Feng family, especially those Khitan masters. Xiao Yujing used Yelu Wuji and Xiao Tianye
They have all been included in his must-kill list. He will only consider other things if he avenges the blood feud with his own hands.
Zhao Kuangyin did not force it, and his extraordinary conversation opened Ling Tianyun's eyes. At the same time, he also learned about the situation of Han's neighboring country, Dazhou, where the people were strong and the country was rich, which also made him yearn for it. Compared with the barren Han State,
Generally speaking, the Great Zhou Kingdom, located in the beautiful mountains and rivers of the Central Plains, was extremely prosperous and powerful.
The two chatted happily. They were both soldiers, so they must have some words in common, and their temperaments were roughly similar. They were both heroic people. Zhao Kuangyin and Ling Tianyun were ten years older, but Zhao Kuangyin insisted on being equal to Ling Tianyun's peers.
He calls himself the elder brother, while Ling Tianyun calls himself the younger brother.
It also took them a lot of time to cross the Wutai Mountains, which stretches for hundreds of miles from Daizhou. But as they rushed along the way, Ling Tianyun, who had been a military camp scout, keenly discovered that they had been secretly targeted by others.
They were following, but the movement and concealment methods of the following person were extremely good. Although they felt it, they didn't even see the figure of the following person. So they walked carefully along the way until they met
With this ragtag group of bandits, they felt that the feeling of being followed had disappeared. But they did not think that it was the spies sent by this bandit to follow them. Otherwise, how could there be such a ragtag group of bandits.
Ling Tianyun vaguely felt that the matter was not that simple, and that the group of people came to Mount Wutai for a certain purpose. Mount Wutai is a Buddhist holy land, as famous as the Songshan Shaolin Temple in the Central Plains. The group of uninvited guests came to the Buddhist holy land, but they did not know what was going on.
For Ling Tianyun, who has dealt with the Khitan people for many years, although this matter reveals an unusual and strange feeling, they are also in a lot of troubles now and have no energy to distract themselves.
The two of them galloped all the way, and the horse they sat on raised up layers of flying dust, which instantly filled the official road.
But it was said that the leader of the horse led the bandits straight to his lair, and he was filled with anger in his heart. The anger rushed straight up from the bottom of his heart like a raging fire.
On top of his mind. And he didn't care about the mud-covered follower Ma San who was following closely behind him. Although the rabble-like group of fellow brothers behind him looked a little ugly, their foot strength and body skills were not bad.
Agility. The speed of climbing a mountain is not the same as that of descending a mountain.
Behind them, there was a strange and skinny horse following this group of strangely dressed bandits. In addition to being skinny, the horse had almost all of its hair stripped off. The horse's body had patches of bald and mottled fur.
The variegated body had no luster. The horse followed the ragtag group of bandits in three leaps, and its speed did not lag behind those bandits who were agile in climbing the mountain.
Halfway up the mountain, there was a simple small village. Several bandits in civilian clothes fell limply in front of the village gate. There was no one on the sentry post. A wooden bridge over a natural chasm spanned this wide area.
There is a ravine of several feet, and under the wooden bridge is a cloud filled with smoke, and the bottom of the ravine like jagged rocks can be vaguely seen.
Ma Chenghui led the bandits from the wooden bridge to the gate of the cottage made of thick wood. When he found the bandits lying limply on the ground, he couldn't help but became furious and hurriedly sent people to check on the fallen bandits.
The aura. And he himself couldn't care so much, so he stepped into the gate of the cottage.
However, as soon as he entered the gate, he was shocked. The few brothers he had left in the stronghold fell to the ground, not knowing whether they were alive or dead. Unexplained anger rushed straight to his forehead. He picked up the Ghost Head Sword and thrust it inside.
Rushed. Then when he rushed into the mountain stronghold, he stopped abruptly. A few messy footsteps behind him were the bandits who were following closely. He did not look back, and no one reported to him.
But his heart sank. He knew that his brothers were in danger. It seemed that these people who had not shown up yet were well prepared.
His heart tightened, and Leader Ma immediately stabilized himself. He had survived many strong winds and waves. Although he still felt a little uneasy in his heart at this time, he had to force himself to calm down. Holding the Ghost Head Sword slowly
He had to head towards those caves, and he couldn't help but hold the ghost-headed knife tightly with both hands, feeling at ease for a while.
There was silence everywhere, only the cold wind blowing from the top of the mountain was blowing wildly. The dead trees around the mountain village were swaying gently, as if they were surrounded by strong soldiers on all sides. There was no trace of emotion on the forehead.
After sweating heavily, Leader Ma waved his hand to signal the brothers who had entered the village not to act rashly, and he walked cautiously towards his cave.
A strong uneasiness surged into his heart. Ma Chenghui had never felt such a strong feeling before, and his throat had long been dry because of the strong uneasiness. But before he got close to the cave where he was, he heard the sound coming from the cave.
There were a few steady footsteps.
And he was even more shocked. He subconsciously took a few steps back and raised the ghost-headed sword in his hand.
I saw a few burly men walking out of the cave, all dressed in leather attire. There were five of them in total. The group of people exuded a fishy smell like goat's milk, which surged out from the cave.
Everyone was wearing a small felt hat on their head. Their appearance was different from the ordinary people nearby. They had high nose bridges and deep-set eye sockets, and their eyes glowed with a fierce light like an eagle.
, the beard all over his face shows his tough temperament.
"Khitan people" was the first thought that flashed through Ma Chenghui's mind. He did not expect that the people who came to his village at this time would actually be five Khitan people. Those five Khitan people exuded a strong blood-evil aura.
, mixed with the fishy smell of the goat's milk, a strange smell surged out, making Ma Chenghui feel suffocated. When the eyes of the five Khitan people fell on him, he felt all over his body.
There was a sudden chill, as if being stared at by five ferocious beasts.
The strong uneasiness that surged in his heart became more intense with the appearance of the five Khitans, and he bit his chapped lips gently. The bandit leader forced to suppress the panic in his heart.
, he didn't know that his back was already soaked, and when the cold wind blew, he suddenly felt like he was covered in ice, and his whole body felt like he had fallen into the ice.
"Are you the boss of this village?" One of the Khitan people asked Ma Chenghui, who was so frightened and at a loss what to do, with endless majesty in his tone, a condescending attitude, and an eye-catching twinkle in his eyes.
The chilling light made the frightened leader Ma feel even more uneasy.
"Yes, I am exactly that. I don't know what the business of the five of you is in my village. It is unethical for the five of you to come here uninvited and hurt my brother."
Although there were layers of uneasiness in his heart, Leader Ma Da, who had seen a lot of things in the world, still didn't want to lose face in front of his brothers. He held his chest high and answered with great pride. His tone was even more aggressive, and this momentum cannot be weakened.
Regarding the other party, he knew that these five Khitan people must not be ordinary people, but he still had that arrogance. Even if he was embarrassed, he could not lose his momentum. This was what he often said in front of his brothers.
"I don't know how many shabby cottages like yours have been taken down by me. You guys are a bunch of rabble, and I haven't put them in my eyes yet. This time I came to your cottage for one thing, and I want you to cooperate with us.
, If you work together, you will live, if you don't, you will die. It's that simple, if you don't cooperate, there will only be one end, death."
Another Khitan man couldn't help but frown when he saw the unyielding aura of the big horse leader. He shouted in a more stern and domineering tone. The other Khitan men stood aside calmly, but their eagle-like postures
Their eye-like eyes emitted a chilling light. They all held a sword shaped like a crescent moon in their hands, and even the sword and the scabbard were shaped like a crescent moon. From the sheathed
There were waves of chilling blood-evil smell coming from the scimitar.
"You are Khitan people, and you must have some agenda when you come to our country. I am a bandit, and I live on a knife's edge. I don't know what kind of cooperation you are talking about. How to cooperate? I am in a good mood, I think.
Listen to what you are talking about about cooperation."
Ma Chenghui knew that they must look down on his small village, but since they came here, they wanted something from each other. The so-called cooperation must have something to ask of him. Thinking of this, he felt slightly at ease. Since the other party
If you have something to ask for, then this small village of yours is not in any danger for the time being, and the lives of your brothers and yourself are also safe for the time being. That’s why he asked the other party so confidently, originally he was the point of a knife and the mouth was bleeding.
He lived a normal life, but he had no idea why he was attracted by the other party.
"It's very simple. Find out for us the mysterious bandit den in Wutai Mountain, and you should have seen the two pedestrians just now. As long as you manage to keep them in Taiping Town for an extra day or two, even if
Our cooperation is successful. As for the reward, you will not be disappointed."
The Khitan who started to speak spoke again, and the four Khitan people beside him all retreated behind him intentionally or unintentionally. Obviously this Khitan should be their leader, and the Khitan
After saying that, a cold light appeared from his eyes, piercing directly into Ma Chenghui's eyes.
As soon as he caught the Khitan man's gaze, Ma Chenghui was frightened, and he almost opened his mouth to agree, but a sharp stabbing pain in his brain forced him back from the words he was about to open his mouth to agree to.
This is an old problem of his. Sometimes it happens often, sometimes it happens suddenly. As for what the problem is, he doesn't know. He can only call it a headache.
"There are so many copycats nearby, why do you want to find us?" A stinging pain in his head immediately woke him up, and he was even more frightened. He didn't expect that the Khitan man opposite could do any sorcery.
He controlled himself and made a decision secretly in his heart. He didn't believe that some pie would fall from the sky, and it would be an advantage for him.
"It's very simple. You are the least popular group of bandits. Only bandits like you can avoid making people suspicious and can handle these two things well. It's best to find a way to get close to the two people you just met.
Pedestrians, see what kind of people they meet when they arrive at Taiping Town, and then report to us."
"Okay, I am in a good mood today, so I will agree to it. But according to the rules of the world, should I give you half of the reward first?" Ma Chenghui had already made a decision in his heart, and Ma Chenghui readily agreed. He had already made up his mind.
He decided that it would be better to seek the skin of a tiger than to conspire with the Khitans. He still had an unspeakable pain in his heart, which was related to the Khitans. Although he was a bandit and had robbed and killed people, he hated the Khitans even more.
If it hadn't been for the sale of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, and if it hadn't been for the extremely cruel Khitan people, he would probably have become a wealthy local man, enjoying the life of a fairy with three wives and four concubines. But this
Everything changed, and he became a low-ranking bandit leader in Wutai Mountain.