It was almost dusk when Shuang Xie and Lei Buji's carriage left Liuzhuang again and headed east.
Although they have made it clear to the villagers that they are not liars, and the villagers seem to believe them, because of the previous episode, they are absolutely determined to let them spend the night in this village's inn again. Refuses.
After all, there are only three of them, and there are dozens or even hundreds of people in the village who have been deceived. Who can tell whether there will be some unwilling villagers who come to attack or cause trouble at night?
In short, as long as they stay in this village, it is impossible for the three of them to sleep peacefully.
Therefore, the three of them simply asked the innkeeper and the villagers for information about the two swindlers before, and then turned around and set off again on the grounds that they "had to go after the swindlers immediately."
Anyway, it's not too late now. If they go now and run faster along the road, they should be able to reach the next station shortly after dark.
In this way, their carriage went all the way east until the sunset, and the twilight was closing, and the horse couldn't help but slow down.
Seeing the sky getting dark, Lei Buji hung a lantern on the front of the car, carried it on a pole, and continued on his way.
After walking at night for about half an hour, we finally arrived at the post house.
Fortunately, the business of this inn was not very good today, and there were still many vacant rooms. After the three people opened the door, when they said they wanted three rooms, the waiter's attitude became enthusiastic.
The waiter let them into the store and closed the door again. Before the teapot was brought out, Lei Buji's stomach was already growling.
Buji had a hard day today. After driving all day, he didn't stop for a good meal. He just ate some dry food that he brought with him with his two elder brothers. Now that he had sat down, he naturally hoped to come. If your mouth feels hot, it’s best to bring some soup and water.
This guy also had good eyesight. When he served the tea, he looked at the three of them and asked: "You three, our cook here sleeps late... Do you want..."
Sun Yixie was very wise. Before the other party could finish his words, he had already taken out some money and stuffed it into his hand: "Second brother, watch Zhang Luo. If there is any money left, you can keep it. Think of it like we’re treating you to a drink.”
The waiter lowered his head to see the amount of silver in his hand and immediately said with joy: "Hey, hey! Okay, you guys wait, I'm going to tell the kitchen to prepare the food and wine!" After saying that, he ran to the kitchen like a fly. went.
When he walked away, Huang Donglai suddenly smiled: "Brother Sun, why are you so generous today? This is not like you."
"Heh..." Sun Yixie said, "You are asking knowingly."
Lei Buji didn't have as good a tacit understanding as them, nor was he smart enough to guess what they were talking about, so he asked, "Brother, what are you talking about?"
"Hey~ don't worry, you'll know soon." Sun Yixie was still giving it a try at this moment.
After waiting for a while, when the waiter started to serve them food, Lei Buji understood that the money was indeed not given in vain.
Before Lei Buji picked up the chopsticks, Sun Yixie grabbed the shop assistant and asked about the two liars.
Even though he is just a shop assistant, the waiter of this official station is no better than the waiter of an ordinary private inn. He is a well-established company and is strictly under the control of the army. The most annoying thing about these people is that they have that so-called... The big boss of the world is trying to show off to himself - what kind of person is he in the world? In their eyes, aren't they just ordinary people? Why are they so crazy? If you dare to show off and cause trouble here, the officers and soldiers will come and wipe you out in a minute.
Therefore, Sun Yixie, a "common man", is also very sensible and just "money opens the way".
There are very few people in this world who can't get along with money.
As the saying goes, the handler's hand is short, so it's not too much for the guy to get these "tips" and answer a few questions, right?
So, Sun Yixie struck while the iron was hot and asked everything he wanted to ask clearly. Unfortunately... After asking around, he got a lot of useful information, but only about the whereabouts of the two liars. Man I really don't know.
Obviously, the fake Sun Yihe and the fake Huang Donglai had never stayed at this inn before.
That's right. This inn is too close to Liuzhuang. The two swindlers fled overnight. They wouldn't just escape a village and two miles away. They at least got the next big county seat and sneaked into the city before they could escape. Rest assured; because there are many people in the county, it is also convenient to sell stolen goods. Unlike this post house, where there are only a few people up and down. Two people carrying a large amount of gold and silver can knock on the door and check in in the middle of the night, even if no one reports to the official. Will be remembered by the guys.
Since they didn't find any information about the scammer, Sun Yixie and the others had no choice but to give up. After eating and drinking, the three of them went back to their rooms to sleep. Tomorrow morning they would continue on their way to chase the two scammers.
Seeing this, some people may ask, how did they know to go east to catch up?
The endorsement in the book here is not what the villagers told them, but what Huang Donglai deduced himself through previous investigations.
After all, those villagers had limited abilities, but Huang Donglai was different. When he heard that the two crooks were riding horses, he immediately thought of going to the stables to have a look. Sure enough... As soon as he went there, he found two sets of hoofprints that were obviously different from normal horses. Different traces.
Wrapping the horse's hooves in cloth and letting the horse walk slowly can indeed eliminate the sound of the horse's hooves to a certain extent. However, when both people on the horse are carrying heavy luggage, walking like this will undoubtedly leave behind Two rows of deep and irregularly shaped horse hoof prints came; Huang Donglai... It was by following these two sets of hoof prints that he knew that the fake Shuang Xie ran away from the east entrance of the village.
They had just left Liuzhuang and were walking on the road. Huang Donglai sat outside the carriage with Lei Buji for a while, following the two rows of abnormal horse hoof marks to confirm whether the two crooks had turned off the road. Go, but soon after leaving the village, he found that the two sets of hoofprints stopped somewhere, and then turned into two rows of deeper and newer hoofprints, gradually blending in with other normal horse hoofprints on the road. together.
It can be seen from this that the two fakes untied the cloth from the horses' hooves shortly after leaving the village, and then beat the horses and headed east.
Coming out of the east side of Liuzhuang, you have two choices: first, walk along the path and turn into a forest. Yes, it is the forest where Sun and Huang met the black shop. From there, walk through the forest and water, and then pass a village. , you can reach Zhoukou by walking along the north bank of Yinghe River for half a day.
The second is to walk along the official road. In terms of straight line distance, it is farther than the above method, but the final destination is the same... or Zhoukou.
Therefore, if nothing else happens, the next stop for the two scammers will be Zhoukou.
According to the rules of charlatans, after you succeed, you either sell and divide the stolen goods, then take a break and wait until the money is almost spent before preparing for the next "deal"; or you strike while the iron is hot and use the money you defrauded from the previous deal. Money and property will be used as the cost of your next fraud, and then you will get a bigger one.
Of course, this refers to the rules among gangs that engage in large-scale fraud. There is another way to use women to defraud, which is called "hawking" or "sticking close to each other". Its variations are The "immortal jump" we are familiar with today... is like that. Since it is a "surprise attack", half deception, half blackmail, and half robbery, the money you can get for each crime is very limited, so there is no such rule. It is usually Scam a ticket and change places. One order after another will basically not stop.
Back to business...
Early on the next morning, Sun Yixie, Huang Donglai and Lei Buji had all rested well, and the horses pulling the carriage had eaten and drank enough. The group set out on the journey of "pursuing fraud" again.
They are also quite anxious about this matter. Although it seems that the two counterfeiters are just defrauding people and property, they should leave it alone to ensure that one day they do something to rob men, dominate women, kill people and steal goods. It's all blamed on Shuang Xie, how frustrating it is.
Therefore, their carriage moved faster that day, covering dozens of miles in just half a day.
Of course, they are fast, and there are others faster than them.
Just as noon was approaching, the dust suddenly flew up on the official road, and hoofbeats clacked... In the blink of an eye, a group of men, about fourteen or five people, riding powerful horses came from behind Sun Yixie and the others.
But I saw that the leader had a white face, a long beard, a green cloak, and a five-ring sword on his back; and the men on horseback behind him were all heavy-backed, with sinister faces, and they were not good at first glance.
When this group of people was still some distance away from Sun Yixie and the others, the white-faced man leading them saw the trident behind the carriage.
Speaking of Brother Sun's unique weapon, it is really "unique". At least among the more famous people in the world, he is the only one who uses this weapon, so when people see this, they will think of him; before In Liuzhuang, the waiter at the inn also changed his expression because he saw the trident behind the carriage...
There is no doubt that the two people who pretended to be Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai also faked this weapon. It can even be said that the fake trident was the key prop for them to pretend to be Shuangxie. .
"Ah!" The white-faced man watched intently for a few seconds. After confirming that he was not mistaken, he immediately screamed and then shouted, "People in front of you, please stop! Stop!"
In fact, people couldn't hear his roar clearly at all.
Not to mention that the road was wide and easy to lose the sound, but the messy sound of horse hooves on his side was enough to drown out the words in his words.
Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai in the front could only vaguely hear someone shouting from the sound of hooves behind them, but they couldn't hear a word of the words clearly, so they naturally didn't pay attention.
As soon as the white-faced man saw that he had finished yelling and not yelling, the anger in his heart burned even higher, as if oil had been poured on him. He immediately whipped his horse and whip and led a group of brothers in pursuit.
No matter how fast the carriage was, it couldn't be faster than the horse. In less than a minute, the group caught up, stopped the carriage, and surrounded it.
Lei Buji took one look at the appearance of this group of people and said to himself: Come on, this is definitely looking for trouble again. After we fought in Luoyang, we were intercepted and surrounded basically every day. I'm almost used to it. Look at the expression of the leader. , the whites were red, and he was obviously angry. It seemed that I really had a fight this time.
"In the car, don't let grandpa do it, get out!" The white-faced man was not polite. After stopping the car, he shouted loudly.
When he shouted like this, it was impossible for Sun Yixie and Huang Dongrui to continue huddled in the carriage. After all, this was the carriage of a carriage, not an armored vehicle. It would not be safe to huddle in it...
"What are you doing? Are you trying to rob someone in broad daylight?" Huang Donglai asked the other party as soon as he got out of the car.
"Robbery?" Hearing this, the white-faced man gritted his teeth and repeated the two words. Then he flicked his beard, stood up from his horse, and snorted coldly, "Humph! Who robbed whom?"
After he dismounted, he stopped there. Sun Huanglei and the others looked him up and down, and found that this man was indeed an extraordinary-looking man.
This white-faced man, besides having a handsome face and a long beard that extends past his throat, is also about seven feet tall, has a narrow waist, broad arms, and a fan-faced figure, plus the weapon on his back. , The calluses on the tiger's mouth, anyone can tell that this is a practicing master.
"Oh? If you surround us like this, can we still rob you?" Huang Donglai asked.
"Stop pretending!" the white-faced man shouted angrily, "Tell me, are you Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai?"
As soon as this question was asked, Sun and Huang looked at each other and understood... It was probably the two impostors who had caused the trouble and found them.
"Brother, it seems to me that you are also a Taoist. Before asking someone's name, shouldn't you tell them your own name first?" Sun Yixie took over the conversation at this time and asked in a tone of provocation.
The white-faced man sneered when he heard this, and then said: "Okay, I'll let you guys know it to death today!" He paused, and patted his chest, "The land is far away, the mountains are dangerous, and it's difficult for an eagle to fly... I am Dao Meichi, the fifth ring of Yingcheng. Yang, the head of Meijiazhai, remember it for me later!"
In his words, there was more than just self-introduction. The first two sentences were the incisions of "Thirteen Roads", indicating that he was the prefix of "earth" in "Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang", and he was ranked first among the land's green forest roads. The power of the second gear.
Sun Yixie naturally understood this slang, and he calmly continued: "Oh~ It turns out to be Master Mei, whom I have admired for a long time..." In fact, it was the first time he heard it, but it didn't matter, "Since he is a hero on the Green Forest Road, he is not It's easy to talk about those wild bandits on the roadside..." He paused for half a second and then said, "I'm Sun Yixie, these two are my brothers Huang Donglai and Lei Buji... I didn't know that Master Mei Da was so aggressive today. Why did the earth stop us?"
"What's the matter?" Mei Chiyang twitched the corner of his mouth, "Huh... you are still pretending to be stupid now?"
Huang Donglai knew that even if Brother Sun replied a few words, he would probably be greeted with chatter. He didn't know how long it would take for the other party to get to the point.
Therefore, Brother Huang simply interrupted and said: "Master Mei, let me tell you this. At this moment, the three of us are also chasing a pair of fake 'Sun Yixie' and 'Huang Donglai'. As far as we know , these two scammers are pretending to be us and cheating everywhere recently. As for how many places they have been and how many people they have deceived, we only know of one Liujiazhuang at the moment... I guess you are also a victim, or a victim. The person is here to show off, so don’t argue with us there and get to the point quickly and don’t waste everyone’s time.”
