Chapter Thirty: The Saibei Camel Tries the Sword(1/2)
The three of them went down the mountain at the same time and rushed to Hengyang in the afternoon.
The three fast horses arrived in Hubei in a dusty journey. At this time, the three of them were a little tired. However, it was Yue Lingshan's first time to Hubei, and she was quite excited along the way.
At a tea shed in the wild, Zhang Yu and the others stopped their horses, preparing to have something to eat before heading to Hunan.
The owner of the tea shed diligently served tea to everyone, not only because there were many people like Zhang Yu, but also because of their appearance, they looked like gangsters.
The tea shed owner treats such people diligently so as not to offend them.
Zhang Yu threw a broken piece of silver into his arms and said: "You go down first and fry two small dishes. I won't need you to make tea. If we don't call you, don't come over."
The tea shop owner took the money and said overjoyed: "Thank you, sir..."
Zhang Yu looked at Yue Lingshan. Yue Lingshan smiled and took a package from the horse and opened it. Inside were three roast chickens.
Linghu Chong smiled and said: "Little junior sister, you are not so careful.
I estimate that 80% of it was prepared by my junior brother. But if you have good food, you also need good wine."
After saying that, he turned around and shouted: "The shopkeeper, the shopkeeper..."
The tea shop owner had just walked away after listening to Zhang Yu's words. In order to prevent others from seeing him upset, he lowered his head and hid behind the cupboard.
He was really considerate. When he heard Linghu Chong calling him, he quickly stood up and asked, "What are your orders, guest sir?"
Linghu Chong asked: "Is there any wine in the shopkeeper's shop?"
The tea shop owner said: "We have wine, but the locals don't make it very well."
Linghu Chong said: "Then you might as well bring a jar and serve it on the table."
The tea shop owner said, "Okay." He excitedly went to get a jar of wine and put it on the table.
Linghu Chong paid for the wine and opened the sealed wine jar, and was about to pour it for Zhang Yu.
But Yue Lingshan said: "Brother, you can just drink it yourself. Junior brother is still injured."
Linghu Chong looked at Yue Lingshan and said with a smile: "Why are you so controlling your junior brother before you even get married?"
"Master brother" Yue Lingshan said with a blushing face.
Zhang Yu saw Yue Lingshan's face turning red, so she said, "Brother, we have to hurry. I won't drink anymore, and you should drink less."
Linghu Chong drank wine and ate roast chicken and said, "I know."
The three of them were eating when suddenly the sound of horse hooves came quickly. When they arrived at the tea shop, it gradually slowed down.
Zhang Yu turned around and saw a hunchback with a weathered face getting off his horse and walking straight towards the tea shed.
"Huh?" Zhang Yu exclaimed. This hunchback is extremely ugly, but there is a faint ferocious look on his face, which is obviously not a good thing.
Zhang Yu naturally thought of "Saibei Mingtuo" Mu Gaofeng.
Yue Lingshan kept looking at Zhang Yu and saw Zhang Yu's strange look.
So he asked: "What's wrong, little senior brother?"
Zhang Yu shook his head and said: "It's nothing."
Mu Gaofeng has always liked to travel outside the Great Wall. Even if he happens to come to the Central Plains, a few people may not be so lucky to meet him on the road.
What's more, even if this hunchback is really Mu Gaofeng, so what? Zhang Yu thought that he could still have a fight with him.
The hunchback sat alone in the corner, quietly drinking tea and resting.
Although Zhang Yu was also eating and drinking, he focused part of his attention on your hunchback.
After a while, the hunchback finished resting and left alone without making a sound. The sound of horse hooves faded away, and no one cared.
After the meal, they untied their horses and left, but Yue Lingshan was shocked to see her mount.
He unexpectedly disappeared, and he couldn't help but shouted in shock and anger: "The shopkeeper's shopkeeper's place! Where is my horse!"
The shopkeeper came over timidly and almost cried: "Sir, this...this...this is none of my business. I really don't know."
Zhang Yu's heart moved and she said loudly: "It's that hunchback!"
Everyone looked at him and Zhang Yu said: "It was that hunchback who secretly exchanged his horse for his junior sister! Shameless!"
Yue Lingshan looked again and sure enough, there were three horses tied to the pillars.
But there are only two good horses. The other is an ordinary horse.
Zhang Yu looked at Yue Lingshan's unhappy look, so she said, "Junior sister, let's change it."
Only then did Yue Lingshan smile happily.
Several people saw that it was getting late, so they rushed away as soon as they raised their whips.
It would be better if we could get to the town around evening time, but if not, the three of us would have to sleep in the wild.
But Zhang Yu was already prepared. The big bag he carried on his horse was wrapped in three large canvases.
At night, the three of them can find some sticks and set up three large tents.
The sun was warm this afternoon, and it was almost winter. This kind of weather was very pleasant.
The three of them galloped on the road. Seeing that Hengyang City was only a hundred miles away from here, they felt even more energetic, and their fatigue from the past few days could not help but dissipate a lot.
Turning around the intersection, Zhang Yu suddenly saw a carriage appearing on the road ahead, with several corpses lying beside the carriage.
"Stop!" Zhang Yu shouted and grabbed the horse's rein.
The three people got off their horses and slowly approached the body. The carriage was lying across the road, the carriage had overturned on the ground, and the horses were trapped in place and could not move.
Zhang Yu took a deep breath and stepped forward to sniff the corpse.
After the action, he sighed: "A total of ten people died. Two of them were in the carriage, and they seemed to be the owners. There were no other things."
"Steal wealth and kill lives!" After Zhang Yugang finished speaking, Linghu Chong and Yue Lingshan thought of this word.
Yue Lingshan looked at the corpse on the ground and said coldly: "Brother, should we take a detour?"
Zhang Yugang was about to speak when suddenly the sound of horse hoofbeats was heard in the distance.
It was getting closer and closer in an instant. It was obvious that the person who came was riding a fine horse.
After another moment, she heard the sound and turned around the intersection. Yue Lingshan looked along the sound.
My chest was shaking and my eyes were about to burst into flames. It turned out to be the hunchback who was changing horses in the tea shed that day.
Although the hunchback did such a thing, he obviously didn't have a deep impression on Zhang Yu and the others.
He saw many corpses on the ground at a glance, but he did not turn around and run away. Instead, he got off his horse.
Yue Lingshan took a step forward and said angrily: "Do you still remember me, hunchback?"
The hunchback looked up at her with squinted eyes, and said with a smile: "Who are you? I have never seen a hunchback before."
Yue Lingshan said coldly: "Humph, you secretly changed my horse, but you didn't even remember who I am?"
The hunchback laughed loudly and patted the horse he was riding on. It was Yue Lingshan's good horse before.
He smiled and said, "It is true that I accidentally picked up this horse from the wrong place. Hey, people in the world, why bother worrying about such trivial matters? Didn't you also ride my horse well?"
Yue Lingshan shouted angrily: "You are shameless." With a roar, the long sword had already stabbed the hunchback.
Zhang Yu's eyes lit up. Yue Lingshan's swordsmanship had definitely improved a lot. He guessed that this was Jade Girl's swordsmanship.
The hunchback took a step forward with a stern look in his eyes. Yue Lingshan immediately raised her sword back. The hunchback snorted coldly and placed his palm on the spine of Yue Lingshan's sword.
Yue Lingshan took two or three steps back, then stood firm and her face turned red, as if she had suffered internal injuries.
The hunchback looked at Zhang Yu coldly with a grin on his face.
Zhang Yu raised his brows, stepped forward and put his palm on Yue Lingshan's back.
Yue Lingshan immediately improved greatly, and her complexion quickly returned to normal.
Zhang Yu saluted the hunchback and said, "But Mingtuomu Peak in Saibei, Senior Mu? The three juniors are disciples of the Huashan Sect."
The hunchback smiled and said: "Yes, it is a certain family. Mr. Hua Shanyue's disciple is indeed extraordinary.
Although you did something wrong today, you are still juniors after all. I also want to give Mr. Yue some face, so you can leave now."
It turns out that he is indeed "Saibei Mingtuo" Mu Gaofeng. Mu Gaofeng originally came to Hengshan to join in the fun.
He was of extremely poor character, so when he saw the good horses the three of them were riding, he naturally wanted to change them.
Zhang Yu felt disgusted when he saw Mu Gaofeng's shameless look, but this hunchback had extraordinary martial arts skills. Zhang Yu didn't want to get too entangled.
So he said to the donkey down the slope: "The juniors still have important matters, so we don't dare to disturb the seniors. We will leave immediately after resting."
Mu Gaofeng said "hmm" and did not leave, but walked towards the three of them.
Zhang Yu's heart tightened and he was secretly on guard, but Mu Gaofeng walked straight past the three people and walked towards the carriage.
Yue Lingshan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and Zhang Yu also put down his right hand on the hilt of the sword.
Mu Gaofeng asked: "What's going on with these people?"
Zhang Yudao: "The three juniors have just arrived, but they seem to have encountered robbers."
But she didn't expect that Yue Namu Gaofeng would search the corpse. Yue Lingshan suddenly became angry and said: "The hunchback is extremely shameless."
To be continued...