Shouhu Gang is named because the mountain looks like a tiger and the mountain road is long and narrow. As for whether there are tigers here - no one can say clearly.
Because a tiger is an extremely ferocious animal, but also cunning. It may not come out when it encounters a group of people passing by, but a pedestrian walking alone will definitely be in danger if he encounters him, with a narrow escape from death.
If a tiger never misses an attack, then naturally there will be no one alive to publicize it.
Of course, I said so much, not because I want to talk about tiger, but because tiger is like an excellent assassin.
Cruel, calm, and sure to kill with one hit.
And a good assassin should be like a tiger.
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When the Taiping Escort Bureau escorts long-distance escorts, they usually put several commissions together and then send one or two escort teams to complete the work together. Although this is a little slow in terms of time, it is safer. However, it has a very high guarantee and the overall efficiency is also very high.
Today, the team led by Yu Maosheng, the head of the Taiping Escort Bureau and the chief escort officer, has collected five orders in one breath. They are to deliver a batch of goods all the way north from Yueyue City to the capital, then move around, and finally Arrive at Luoyan County, known as the Northwest Station.
A total of twenty people secured eight boxes, which were all valuable and rare treasures that were not easy to see. After leaving the capital, it was already half completed. Before leaving for Luoyan County, these eight boxes had been completely delivered to the employer. Here, it can be said that everyone is happy.
Despite this, the twenty people still split into two teams and each carried two boxes to the last stop of the trip - and these boxes were filled with worthless bits and pieces. In most cases, There will be some used books in the bottom, and occasionally even dry firewood and rocks can be filled in to save money.
So what are they doing?
Of course, it is to deceive others - there is no need to hide the identity of their escorts, because any thief with a little knowledge can tell who is the escort and who is the traveler in the corridor, but even a thief with the best eyesight, he Can you still see what's inside through the box? Therefore, once they encounter a situation where the two sides are equally powerful, the escorts can escape by immediately discarding the box of worthless soil and garbage.
But this time Director Yu went to the "Northwest Station" to explore, not to send anything there, but to bring something back.
Speaking of this transaction, it seemed very strange from the beginning of the entrustment - this mysterious customer did not come to the Taiping Escort Bureau in person, but assigned his subordinates to send a letter explaining the specific details of the transaction, as well as the extremely generous Di paid half of the deposit in advance and promised to make up the balance when the transaction was completed, but the strange thing was that he didn't even leave his name, and the time and place for picking up the goods was not determined. He only told Mr. Yu to wait until the goods were picked up. For now, keep that thing in the escort office, and he will come and get it when he needs it.
In addition, Bureau Chief Yu was instructed to meet with a Hu businessman at the "Xianyang Inn" in Luoyan County. At that time, both parties would hang yellow pennants around their waists as a secret code and pay with one hand and deliver the goods with the other. The money for the business is naturally included in the remuneration paid in advance by the customer.
And what is it that requires so many tedious and mysterious steps?
What Yu Maosheng got in his hand was a broad-edged sword in a lead box. This sword was forged by Western craftsmanship. It was about one meter long. The extremely exquisite pattern, with one thick, two thin, and three blood grooves on each side, makes people's hearts palpitate inexplicably.
In order to match its sad and beautiful appearance, the asking price of this sword is also ridiculously high, which even surprised Yu Maosheng. However, compared with the several strange legends about it told by this Hu Shang, it is still It's a small witch who sees a big witch.
The sword's original name is unknown, but among people's word of mouth, it became known as "Gareth's Curse".
In the Kingdom of Gurangel, a master forger named Gareth was ordered to cast a magic weapon from rare materials for King Langel. After it came out, King Langel wanted to prevent Gareth from casting the second magic weapon. Two identical weapons, so he was brutally killed, and it is said that before his death, Gareth cursed the owner of the sword in the most vicious words.
Perhaps the curse really came true, King Rangel was eventually assassinated by his close associates, the Kingdom of Rangel was destroyed, and the artifact changed hands, but Gareth's deathrattle did not seem to be eliminated and was still continuing silently. ——The courtier who assassinated the old king and the founder of the New Wrangel Kingdom was also not free from misfortune. He died of a sudden illness in just over two years. When the New Wrangel Kingdom was attacked and destroyed more than ten years later, This sword was taken back to the Kingdom of San Polo as a trophy, and was even given as a gift to the crown prince of Xie Gao in the following days.
To this day, this sword has passed through more than a dozen owners. They were either brave knights or illustrious monarchs. There was even a descendant of a down-and-out noble who miraculously acquired the sword in a short time. They revived their kingdom within a short period of time, but each of them has not lived more than ten years since possessing this sword, and even some of their close people suffered because of it-died in wars, plagues, assassinations, Hangings, and strange diseases that suddenly kill people without warning.
One story may be accidental, but the combination of a dozen similar stories is either inevitable or a rumor.
But there will still be people chasing this "magic sword" that is cast a magical color by the death curse, because there is never a shortage of curious people in the world, and it is worthwhile to prove its existence even if it takes life.
Or maybe, people in this world are lucky, and they always think that they are the exception - after all, the previous holders of this sword have created a glorious legend in a very short period of time, so even if they die, Under the evil sword that devours the Lord, this life will not be wasted.
Yu Maosheng did not comment on the authenticity of this story. He was very aware of some gray areas in the industry. Many businessmen would make up some unique ghost stories as gimmicks for their products in order to raise prices. The ones he handled were similar to I had three or four gadgets, but I had never heard of any of them really "appearing", so I didn't have any burden in my heart. After getting the goods, I returned home without stopping.
Until he was intercepted on Shouhu Gang, there were nearly twenty people on Yu Maosheng's side, but the other party... only had two people and two riders.
One is short and one is tall, one is fat and one is thin, one is male and one is female.
Of course, both of them had their faces covered, and even covered a wide area. Basically, they used a cotton bag to dig out a total of three holes for their eyes and mouth. Yu Maosheng based it on their body shapes. and voice to determine gender.
"We, brother and sister, only want the things, not our lives." The short, fat man's lips moved, "Hand over the things, and you can leave."
"Little brother, wait a minute." Yu Maosheng did not get angry immediately. Although these two people came with bad intentions, the escorts have connections with the green forest and the Jianghu. Sometimes they can get the number right by relying on slang words, " I wonder which King of Hell you two are eating under?"
Shouhu Gang is a mountain road, and bandits usually are, but these two people dared to block the road so arrogantly, they must also be famous people on the green forest road.
"Director Yu, you don't need to test our identities. We don't rely on the king of the mountain to make a living - this time, we came here just for the thing in your hand." The tall and thin woman's figure Niao Tingting is quite handsome, but her voice sounds like she must be at least thirty years old.
The short and fat man also helped: "You should know what we want - you should only be carrying that treasure now."
"Now that you know my identity, you still dare to come and rob my bodyguard?" Yu Maosheng's name was Xiang, but the other party also made it clear that they came for the sword in his hand.
"It's okay if you don't rob it - you should give me a price!" The woman said with a smile: "How much did you charge for taking this treasure for me? We can pay double. I wonder if you are willing to do it this time?" "
This is a naked provocation. Yu Maosheng ran an escort agency, not a brothel. How could he sell off his employer's belongings if he offered a higher price? Do you still want the reputation of the escort agency in the future? This woman was also sure that Yu Maosheng would not agree, so she deliberately said this to arouse the other party's anger.
Yu Maosheng is really a little angry this time. The head of one of the three major escort bureaus in the Central Plains, the chief escort officer, and the boss personally escort the escorts. Even if there are some short-sighted people who dare to rob him, he still dares to look down on him like this. The escort, with an angry look on his face, had already put his right hand on the weapon hanging on his waist: "It seems that there will be a battle between us today."
"No." The short and fat man stretched out his fleshy palm and put his fingers together: "I still say what I said, as long as you keep the things, there will be no relationship between us from now on - you have lost some money. But at least he’s still alive.”
"If you have a life, you can make money. If you lose your life, who will you keep the money for?"
"Stop talking nonsense, wouldn't we make more money by kidnapping you two and sending them to the government in exchange for some silver reward?" There is more than one bodyguard in the Taiping Escort Bureau, and there are two who came out to follow Yu Maosheng this time. The man who urged the horse to dance with the sword was one of them. He was also a bad-tempered master. Since he was destined to take action, he might as well swing the sword himself first.
But when he saw the bodyguard leader leaping forward on his horse, he slashed the Pu Dao Lun Di Hu Hu Feng with one hand towards the Tianling Cap of the short, fat man. In just one round, he was cut off from his horse and chopped into two pieces.
"Song Biaotou!" Seeing this situation, Yu Maosheng couldn't help but exclaimed. Song Biaotou was good at martial arts, but the sharpness of the other party's sword was obviously beyond his expectation. He felt sad for Song Biaotou's death in his heart, but he was strong. The enemy must not make any mistakes, so he quickly put his two spears together and blocked them in front of the male and female robbers: "The others will leave first with their things, Lao Wu's team will stay with me!"
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