It is said that Yang Peng was practicing hand crossbow in a secluded place. When the sun turned to the west, he could shoot with both hands alternately, and his hit rate within thirty meters was pretty good. It's a pity that this kind of consumption is obtained by his master without spending money. He has already wasted more than 200 rounds. Fortunately, the arrows of the hand crossbow can be recovered. If the master saw him, he would definitely pounce on him and strangle him to death to relieve his hatred. After summarizing his various feelings and experiences in shooting, he packed up his baggage and sped off in the right direction. Half an hour later, he finally returned to the cave where he lived.
Looking at the cave where he had lived for more than four years, Yang Peng's sadness surged into his heart again. He looked up at the Wangxian Cave on the main peak three hundred meters away, and tears appeared in his eyes again. Finally, he made a fist with his right hand and turned around to enter the cave.
As soon as Yang Peng entered the cave, he found a flesh-yellow rattan box more than two feet wide and three feet long placed neatly on the stone platform in front of the bed. There is a dark blue scholar's uniform folded neatly above, and a cowhide belt coiled in a circle is placed on the clothes. Yang Peng walked to the stone platform and found that the rattan box was polished until it was shiny, which showed that it was not recent. It should be the master's favorite thing. He took away his clothes and slowly opened the lid of the box. What he saw was his four-season change of clothes.
Yang Peng reached out and touched these things, and suddenly felt that there seemed to be a difference between the thickness of the box and the clothes underneath. He quickly opened his clothes and discovered that there was a hidden compartment at the bottom of the box. Opening the cover, six envelopes of silver sealed in big red paper were neatly stacked, and a sheathed sword was placed next to the silver coins! The bronze-colored hilt radiates a powerful light.
"Oh, this is the master's family heirloom, the Tianya Asking Heart Sword!" Yang Peng immediately reacted, because this sword had been seen in the master's cave, hanging on the stone wall above the master's bed. The master once said that this sword was originally used by his father. It can cut iron like clay and is indestructible!
Seeing how meticulous everything his master did for him, Yang Peng could no longer hold back his tears, and burst out in an instant, bursting into tears! Men don't shed tears easily, but they haven't reached the emotional point yet. More than an hour later, Yang Peng's mood finally calmed down. He took out the sword and felt it weighed about twenty kilograms. If he hadn't practiced martial arts with his master for more than four years, and if his lower body was extra solid after practicing plum blossom piles, he would never have been able to use this precious sword.
When he came to the plum blossom pile on the ground outside the cave, Bai Shujie looked carefully at the sword in his hand. The brass scabbard was still covered with snake skin. When you pull out the sword, you will find that the blade is similar to a Yanyue sword and the blade is about four fingers wide. It shrinks back to the width of three fingers, and then connects to the handle of the knife, which is three feet and two inches long. Thick back and thin blade, cold light flashing, hesitating.
"This is really a murderous thing! Although it is simple and unpretentious, it is full of murderous intent. Let alone slashing people, even if you hit it with the sheath, you have nine lives." Bai Shujie sighed inwardly, and then followed the instructions taught by his master. The plum-blossom sword manual was flashing and moving on the plum-blossom pile, practicing a set of concise sword techniques.
It is strange to say that Plum Blossom Boxing only has a frame and no specific moves. Actual combat against the enemy fully embodies the supreme state of winning without any moves, relying on adaptability. Because of this, the disciples of the Plum Blossom Sect spend every day practicing on the plum blossom pile, so their basic skills are the most solid.
At the same time, teaching Plum Blossom Boxing requires both civil and martial arts cultivation, so the Plum Blossom Sect has very strict requirements for selecting disciples. It is necessary to examine not only the fundamental character but also the understanding. Bai Shujie somehow got lucky and fell in love with Lin Hei'er, and eventually became his only direct disciple. Lin Hei'er taught him all his skills, stances, sword skills and hidden weapons.
Yang Peng didn't sleep that night. After practicing the sword skills a few times, I took out the plum blossom dart and started practicing. First it was a single dart, then a double dart, and then three darts, all with ease. Because of the sword, Yang Peng paid more attention to the practice of left-handed darts. From now on, nine times out of ten, we will face the enemy in a battle formation, and what matters is the speed of killing. It is not a competition, there is no need to pay attention to anything aboveboard. Adding darts to the sword is the kingly way.
After packing everything and returning to the cave, Yang Peng began to prepare for departure. First, fill up all the magazines and magazine bridges, and then take out two hand crossbows and disassemble them. Yang Peng knew that he must be completely familiar with his weapons. Because of the accuracy of shooting, what you want is the feeling of flesh and blood.
Fortunately, Master Lin Qing'er packed everything back, including a lot of hand crossbow oil and hand crossbow wipes. Both of these hand crossbows shot more than a hundred arrows today. Cleaning the hand crossbows is an essential task. Naturally, Yang Peng did not dare to neglect the life-saving partners who would accompany him in the future.
In addition, men are born with a passion for crossbows. For Yang Peng, the work of cleaning and disassembling crossbows is simply a kind of enjoyment! Just look at the way he was humming a little tune that no one could understand and working hard with his hands.
In the middle of the night, Yang Peng took out all the silver coins from the secret compartment of the box, and then put two hand crossbows and bows and arrows in. I only kept fifty taels of silver with me, and the rest were put in boxes with clothes on top to cover them. Because he had already thought that it would be better not to reveal the crossbow since the security inspections of this era were not yet understood.
Besides, the main purpose of going out this time is to understand the situation. With the sword and plum blossom dart, ordinary scenes are enough to deal with it. If you can't cope with it, aren't there still thirty-six strategies? The four years of hard work on the plum blossom pile are not just for free. After packing everything, Yang Peng saw that it was still very early at dawn, so he had to lie down on the bed and prepare to sleep. Unexpectedly, my nerves were extremely excited. I tossed and turned in bed and couldn't fall asleep. In the end, he had no choice but to get up, take out two hand crossbows from the box, hold them in his arms, and then sleep peacefully.
Yang Peng got up at three o'clock in the morning the next day, put on the plum blossom dart's waistcoat, and put on the scholar's attire. Carrying the box in his left hand and twisting the big knife in his right hand, he came outside the cave and put it away. He kowtowed nine times to Wangxian Cave, then turned around and strode away. Yang Peng heard from his master that Youzhou City is located northwest of Tianhua Mountain, covering more than 400 miles of land. He has never had the chance to go to Youzhou, and in the memory of this body now, it seems that he has never been there. Thinking that he would soon see Youzhou in the Song Dynasty, he felt an inexplicable impulse in his heart. Impulse is the devil.
Because of impulse, Yang Peng ran straight to the northwest after leaving Tianhua Mountain. It was really crossing ridges and mountains, crossing ditches and crossing rivers. The hardships involved are simply indescribable to outsiders. As a result, he walked for three days, still wandering in the deep mountains and old forests, and he was so angry that he jumped to his feet. Fortunately, it was early summer, and he was good at darts, so he could find two rabbits, pheasants and other things to eat every day. For this reason, he wasted three more rounds of the hand crossbow. Because his master forgot to prepare flint for him, in order to make a fire to roast the prey, he had to take out an arrow and smash it against the weeds and then light a fire.
At noon on the fourth day, Yang Peng finally broke through the dense forest and saw a path at the foot of the mountain. When he came to the path, he put down the box and was about to breathe a sigh of relief when suddenly there were two sounds of "boo-pop", and he saw a loud arrow hitting the ground about a foot in front of him.
Before he could react, a dozen ragged guys rushed out of the dense forests on the hillsides on both sides. Yang Peng took a closer look and saw that among the two leaders, one was holding a bow and arrow, and the other was waving a crossbow with a handle in his right hand. The two men rushed over with people shouting and yelling from both sides, surrounding Yang Peng.
Yang Peng saw that some of those people were holding hoes and some were holding wooden sticks, and he knew that they were not serious beards. So he put his hands inside his coat and clasped the two plum blossom darts, but still crossed his arms across his chest and asked carelessly: "What do you want to do?"
The guy with the gun waved the gun in his right hand and said viciously: "What are you doing? Cutting darts!" "Oh! You actually know that robbing is called dart cutting?" Yang Peng said with a smile: "You know I Do you dare to reach out for what you are doing? Who are you from? Could it be that there is a loophole?"
"Second brother, what did he say?" The guy turned around and asked the guy holding the crossbow. The guy with the crossbow blushed and said: "Brother, he said we don't understand the rules!" "How dare you say that we don't understand the rules? Boy, you better take out the money and we will let you go. Otherwise, hehehe !”
"What else? I have money, but I just won't give it to you." Yang Peng shuddered, and the fifty taels of silver in his pocket jingled, and then he said with a smile: "You haven't even finished reading the incision, I just No money." "Incision, what incision?" The guy holding the knife was at a loss. "Brother, I opened this mountain and planted this tree. If you want to live from now on, you can leave money to buy the road." The guy holding the crossbow said angrily: "I was so anxious just now that I forgot about it."
"Okay, I won't joke with you anymore." Yang Peng took out his hands, showed the plum blossom darts in his palms, and said to the two of them: "I don't think the brothers are real bearded men. Otherwise, you still have a chance to stand with me. Do you want to talk?" At this point, Yang Peng raised his hands, two white lights flashed, and there was a plum blossom dart nailed to the ground on the right toes of the two guys.
"What do you think? What do you think would happen if I stopped talking nonsense with you just now and went straight to your neck or head?" Yang Peng stepped forward slowly, leaned over and pulled out the plum blossom dart, and then continued: "Tell me , what’s going on with you guys?”
Only then did the two leading guys react. Throwing the gun in his hand to the ground, Pu Tong, Pu Tong knelt down in front of Yang Peng and said: "To be honest, brother, we are not Husbands at all, but coolies who escaped from Qianjin Village. Because we have no money to eat, and we dare not I went to the market town to find work, so I came up with this strategy."
By the way, as soon as Yang Peng heard that these dozen people were colleagues who ran away from the iron mine, it brought back the sleeping memory of another Yang Peng, and he felt even more uncomfortable and full of anger. "You guys, get up!" He let out a long breath and then said, "It's not a long-term solution if this continues. You gather all the brothers together, I have something to say." The two men turned around and said hello, and everyone gathered around. Yang Peng counted carefully, there were seventeen people in total. Although they are all skinny and unkempt, they are not very old.
"Brothers, to be honest, I also escaped from death in the Khitan Goudacao Valley four years ago. After all, we are all a family." Yang Peng said carefully: "If I can seek refuge with relatives and friends, or if I want to If you are going home, I can give you travel expenses. If you have no worries at home and have nowhere to go, you can follow me. As long as I have something to eat, everyone will not be hungry." After waiting for a while, Yang Peng continued: " If you are willing to leave, I will pay you travel expenses now, two taels of silver per person. Make a decision now!"
In the end, nine people wanted to leave. Yang Peng said nothing, gave each of them two taels of silver and sent them away. The remaining eight people included the two guys who led the robbery. "Now, I want to make it clear to you that it is very dangerous to follow me. If you don't do it right, you will lose your head." Yang Peng looked at the faces of the eight people one by one, took a breath and then continued: "So , I will give you one last chance, if you leave now, you can get five taels of silver."
After waiting for about three minutes, no one said anything. Yang Peng then asked with a smile: "What are your names? How old are you and where do you come from?" After everyone started arguing, Bai Shujie finally understood.
The man holding the other knife is called Zhang Xiang, 23 years old, from Liaocheng, Shandong. The guy holding the crossbow is called Zhang Yan, 20 years old, and Zhang Xiang's cousin. Both of them were deceived by ordinary people at the beginning of last year. Later, they couldn't stand it anymore and ran away risking their lives. The two of them have been orphans since childhood, and their parents and family disappeared without knowing when.
The remaining six people are: Cheng Shijie, 19 years old, from Cangzhou; Duan Zhixian, 18 years old, from Yuncheng, Shandong Province; Zhan Jinguo, 18 years old, from Yanzhou, Shandong Province; Yin Mingde, 19 years old, from Cangzhou; Zhou Dayong, 20 years old , from Jining, Shandong; Liu Zhiliang, 16 years old, from Jincheng, Shanxi.
Bai Shujie figured out the origins of these people, and then asked: "Zhang Xiang, what is the boundary here? Is there a place to eat?" Zhang Xiang clasped his fists and said, "Brother, not far to the north is Pianling, and there is a small market town there. , there is an inn." "Okay, you lead the way, we will rest at Pianting Ridge today. Let everyone take a good bath and fill your stomach." Bai Shujie waved his right hand and said loudly: "Brothers, let's go!"
With quick eyes and quick hands, Zhang Yan leaned over to grab Yang Peng's box and followed Zhang Xiang as he strode forward. As soon as the rest of the people heard that they had something to eat, their spirits immediately rose, and they rushed forward around Yang Peng.
Less than an hour later, Zhang Xiang, who was in the front, shouted: "Brother, the house in front is a remote ridge. Everyone, hurry up and catch up!" Those people, all young men in their teens and twenties, rushed forward in a hurry. go. Yang Peng was strong and strong, and his plum blossom boxing skills were amazing. Like a bolt of lightning, he arrived at the market town in about ten minutes.
When he arrived at his destination, Yang Peng discovered that the so-called market town consisted of only ten or twenty households. However, because they stand on both sides of a road and a small road passes through it, there is an inn in the middle. When I took a closer look, it turned out that it said "Zhang's Old Store" on it. The store owner, who was engrossed in writing something, saw Yang Peng, dressed as a scholar, walking in. He quickly came out of the counter and said, "Sir, are you here? Are you eating or staying in a hotel?"
Yang Peng leaned against the counter, tapped the counter with his right middle finger and asked: "Boss, there are eight followers behind me, can you stay here?" "If that's the case, there is a main house in the small yard behind me. And two side rooms." The shopkeeper bent down and said, "But the shop fee is three cents a day, not including food."
"Okay, I'll take it." Only then did Yang Peng know what the real price was, and then asked, "What kind of food do you have here?" The store owner bent down again and said, "It depends on what you said. There's nothing you can ask for in this corner, the better thing is just pork stewed with vermicelli." Yang Peng nodded and said, "That's good, hurry up and get ready! By the way, is there a tailor shop or something near you? "
"There is one store, just three stores to the north." The store owner said with a smile: "Sir, do you want to make some clothes?" "Brother, we are here!" With Zhang Xiang's loud roar, eight people rushed over. Come in. "It's not that I want to make clothes, it's that these people I found want to make clothes." Yang Peng smiled bitterly and shook his head and said, "I want to take them to the city to do business. It seems that it won't work without making clothes."
"Okay, everyone, please come with me. Once you have settled down, I will go over and invite the tailor to measure everyone." The shopkeeper looked at Zhang Xiang and others, nodded with a smile, and then led everyone to backyard. Yang Peng found that the main room in front of him was indeed a main room, and the two side rooms on the left and right seemed slightly larger.
As soon as the store owner left, Zhang Xiang shouted again: "Haha, I never thought I would live in an inn one day!" Yang Peng was so angry: "What are you yelling about? Hurry up, take a shower and wash yourself Clean up, it’s time to eat soon!” Considering that these people needed to be nursed back to health, Yang Peng was not in a hurry and stayed at Zhangjia’s old shop. Because they make pork vermicelli every day, and they are all young guys, after half a month, they feel like a different person. Especially today, everyone is wearing new clothes designed by Yang Peng. No matter how you look, you are in high spirits.
It turned out that Yang Peng considered the long term and did not choose any clothing such as a mandarin jacket. Instead, he customized a dark blue suit based on his own scholar's attire and the style of hunter's attire. The top has four pockets, and the bottom is trousers with a belt. At the same time, Yang Peng ordered white shirts for everyone. Two sets per person, inside and out.
Zhang Xiang, who had always been a carefree man, burst into tears when he took over two sets of new clothes with both hands. Under his influence, eight people knelt neatly in two rows in front of Yang Peng and kowtowed.
Yang Peng quickly asked everyone to stand up, and then said seriously: "Brothers, once we are brothers, we will be brothers forever! I will set a rule: From today on, except for our parents and teachers, we will not do anything to anyone in the future. Anyone kneels down! As the saying goes, there is gold under a man’s knees. The head can be cut off and the blood can be shed, but never kneel down! Do you hear me? Even if you are the emperor."
Eight people shouted loudly: "I heard it!" Yang Peng yelled: "Have these more than half a month of pork stewed vermicelli been eaten in vain? Like a woman, I didn't hear it!" "There is gold under the man's knees! It can be broken, blood can be shed, and you will never kneel down!" "Okay! I hope you remember today's oath!" Yang Peng nodded and said, "You have been recuperating here for more than half a month, and your health has begun to improve. Starting tomorrow Now let’s continue on our way! Let’s break up and go prepare ourselves. Liu Zhiliang informed us that there will be two days’ worth of dry food on the counter and we’ll check out together tomorrow.”
After breakfast the next day, Yang Peng paid the bill and realized that the nine people had spent 16 days of food and accommodation, plus custom-made clothes, for a total of thirty-one taels of silver. Considering that he would go to a big city in the future, Yang Peng gave everyone another one or two coins as pocket money. At this moment, everyone was so happy that they almost couldn't find Bei.
"Don't be too happy too early!" After walking out of the remote ridge to a barren hillside, Yang Peng stopped and said with a gloomy face: "Since you are following me, you must remember: you are not allowed to visit the brothels, and of course you are not allowed to molest. Good women! Also, you are absolutely not allowed to gamble! If I find out that you have committed these two crimes, I will definitely kill you!"
"Also, Liu Zhiliang has been doing business with his father since he was a child. He also went to a private school and is proficient in liberal arts and science. He will be our general manager from now on." Yang Peng took out a small leather bag that had been customized by a tailor and handed it to Liu Zhiliang and said, "Here's what's inside It’s a hundred taels of silver. From today on, you will be responsible for our logistics and food.”
"The eight of you can't always be like a piece of loose sand. From today on, I appoint Zhang Xiang as your squad leader. Cheng Shijie has a solid foundation in martial arts. Duan Zhixian is good at martial arts and hunting. You two will serve as deputy squad leaders. The words of the squad leader and deputy squad leader are orders. From now on, everyone must obey the rules and prohibitions! Anyone who violates the rules will be severely punished!"
"Now, Cheng Shijie leads a brother to explore the road in front, Duan Zhixian leads a brother to rear, and Zhang Xiang leads the other brothers to provide support in the middle. The three groups maintain a distance of 500 meters, which is one mile. The target is Cangzhou. , Let’s go!” Cheng Shijie is from Cangzhou, Hebei Province and has seen large armies. After hearing Yang Peng's order, he immediately stood at attention and responded loudly: "Cheng Shijie obeys the order! Yin Mingde, follow me!"
After waiting for three minutes, Yang Peng asked Zhang Xiang to lead the team and set off, and told Zhang Yan and Zhan Jinguo to follow later. On the way, Yang Peng asked Zhang Xiang for a handle crossbow and looked at it carefully. In his previous life, he had heard of Bie Bao Zi. I know it's an earthen hand crossbow. When loading arrows, you need to pull down the handle and load one arrow at a time. The probability of malfunction of this kind of product is about 60%, and coupled with the smooth bore, the effective range is about 20 meters. Among the original bandits, many bandit leaders wore this thing.
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
