Chapter 306: The Road to the South (21)

At the Daliang City Gate, two human heads were hung on one left and one right. The flesh on the human head on the left had corroded, revealing an extremely scary skull. The human head on the right was still bloody and bloody. Although it was the twelfth lunar month, there were still a few flies flying from unknown places, buzzing around the human heads.

In addition to the terror at the city gate, Daliang City was filled with joy, firecrackers kept ringing, people were visiting each other in new clothes, and everyone was living a peaceful first month.

Xicheng District is centered on Tianjing Temple. There are crowds of people inside and outside the temple courtyard, bustling with people, shoulder to shoulder. Some burn incense and pray for blessings, some go to the temple to join in the fun, paintings, candy and snacks, and many small vendors who sell candies and snacks also do business, and there are also many jugglings.

Hou Hu was fresh all the way, looking around, and was extremely happy. He saw something as white as sand and asked, "Brother Xiaowu, what is this?"

Xiao Wu is already a tall and half-old man. He has been in the streets and alleys of Daliang City since he was seven or eight years old. He is very familiar with the market. He told Xiao Wu: "This is a good thing, you have never eaten it." He took a copper and bought a small bag of white sand, handed it to Hou Hu and said, "Try it."

Hou Hu tasted suspiciously, but felt that the sand was sweet and melted in his mouth. He had never eaten such a good thing before. After a few bites, Hou Hu still wanted to eat it, so he licked his mouth and looked at Xiao Wu.

Since Hou Hu arrived at the Daliang Hou Mansion, he has become a troublemaker who has seen people in the Hou Mansion. Today he climbed onto the roof and broke the tiles. Tomorrow he broke the wine jar, or caught a few disgusting insects from the corner of the garden for no reason. The maids were so scared that Hou Hu was born in a villain, and his status was far inferior to Hou Zonglin in the hearts of the servants. In addition, Hou Zonglin had a much quieter personality, and his subordinates took care of Hou Zonglin meticulously. Not only did he be lazy or unintentionally, he also made some small troubles from time to time. Hou Hu only knew how to wander around the mansion every day and did not understand these things at all, so he naturally became extremely happy.

Hou Hu admired Xiao Wu very much. As long as Xiao Wu returns to his house, he becomes Xiao Wu's shadow. No matter where Xiao Wu goes, Hou Hu will follow him like a shadow. Xiao Wu accidentally talks about the excitement of Xicheng, which makes Hou Hu yearn for it and insists on pestering Xiao Wu to go. In desperation, after Xiao Wu reported to Ajige, he took Xiao Wu out to Xicheng.

I bought another pack of sweet sand. Xiao Wu said: "This thing is called white sugar. It is so sweet that people cannot eat too much. If you take it back, put less in water, it is a good sugar water." (The sugar-making area in my country is also very old. There are two earliest sugars: one is honey; the other is maltose. In ancient times, there were many names for maltose, such as oat, yam, shop, and rice. Jia Sijie's "Qimin Requirements" recorded in detail five ancient sugar-making methods. During the Tang Dynasty, the sucrose-making method was introduced from India, which further improved China's sugar-making technology and began to produce white sugar.)

Hou Hu took the sugar, opened the paper bag, licked it with his tongue, and felt that his whole body was extremely comfortable. When he was enjoying it, the paper bag was suddenly knocked out and the sugar fell to the ground.

Several men wearing dirty long gowns knocked off the sugar from Hou Hu's hands and kicked the vendor who bought the sugar to the ground.

Hou Hu was furious. Seeing that the people coming were all tall and strong, he did not make any noise, and quietly took out the flying knife that he had used to since childhood.

A guy with a few long hair on his chin stood aside with his hands in his arms and said domineeringly: "I told you that you are not allowed to sell sugar in Xicheng, otherwise you will be beaten once and once." The vendor did not dare to fight back, but just lay on the ground and protected the sugar in his arms. Another man used his feet to step on the sugar.

Hou Hu used to be a famous figure in the market. Since he worked with Feiyingtang, he no longer hangs in the market. When he saw Xiaohu being wronged, he took a step forward and reached out to pinch the man's neck. Xiao Wu has been practicing martial arts with Du Gang for seven years. He is very strong and the man is as thin as a hitter. Xiao Wu lifts him up. He has difficulty breathing and makes a sound of "ho, ho" in his mouth.

This guy had several helpers around him. When they saw that the hair was suffering, they rushed up and surrounded Xiao Wu.

Xiao Wu is a famous troublemaker. Over the past year, he followed Du Gang into Feiying Hall. He had too much work and only had few wandering around the city. He didn't even know any of these rogues who dominated in Xicheng District.

These people were holding extremely short sharp knives in their hands. This kind of knives was a blood hole when stabbed on their bodies, but because the blade was short, it would not take human life. It was the most popular weapon for slanderers to use to slander people. These people slowly surrounded them with short knives, with sharp eyes, but no one took the lead in attacking, and just kept pushing them over.

Xiao Wu's heart was dark. Master Du Gang once said that when there are more people fighting against fewer people, they are not afraid of their opponents rushing hard, and most afraid of their opponents taking action at the same time after they siege. Such opponents are generally experienced and difficult to deal with.

"I am Xiaowu, Nancheng, and I am friends with Lao Liutou. What do you call me?" Xiaowu strangled the long-haired throat while reporting to his house.

A big man sneered: "What is Lao Liutou? Boy, let him go, otherwise he would not want to go out from here."

Seeing that even the overlords in the west of the city did not take these people seriously, Xiao Wu couldn't guess the identities of these people. However, the hero did not suffer any loss in front of him, so he smiled and said, "Everyone has no grievances, why bother to force each other? You guys disperse, I will let them go. I will come to Nancheng another day and I will invite you guys to drink."

Xiao Wu was unwilling to cause trouble, so he loosened his hand that strangled Changmao. Changmao, who had almost been holding his breath, sniffed for two heavy breaths, and shouted suddenly: "What are you talking about? I'll do you mean for me."

Several people surrounding Xiao Wu heard the sound and stabbed him with their swords.

Xiao Wu pinched the side of Changmao's neck, and Changmao fell to the ground without any hesitation. This was the trick Du Gang taught Xiao Wu, and Du Gang's move came from Hou Dayong. Changmao fell to the ground with soft hair, and Xiao Wu raised his leg and kicked it forward. This was an extremely simple move, but Xiao Wu's movement was fast and heavy. Before the enemy's short sword approached, he was kicked and fell heavily to the ground.

Later, three short swords on the left and right stabbed at the same time. Xiao Wu kicked over his opponent and had no time to turn around and block. He suddenly jumped forward and barely avoided three attacks. Seeing that the three of them missed the attack, they did not advance and quickly spread out, forming a triangle encirclement.

Xiao Wu carried a short knife made by Dou Tian himself. This short knife was much longer than the opponent's short knife. It was a short weapon for killing people on the battlefield, not a small knife used for fighting in the city. When the three of them saw Xiao Wu use their swords, they all looked solemn. They dared not approach as before, but they still surrounded Xiao Wu.

There were many people in the market, and there was a lot of fun to watch, and it was surrounded by three floors inside and three floors outside. When the patrol soldiers saw this, they knew that someone was making trouble inside, so they hurriedly ran towards the crowd.

Seeing that the matter had not made a big deal, Xiao Wu said again: "After this end today, the government army is coming soon."

The three of them looked at each other and had the desire to stop here. The man who was facing Xiao Wu said, "Mountain." He originally wanted to say things like "mountain does not turn, water does not turn", but just after he said the word "mountain" and a short knife flew towards him. He could not dodge and a deep bloody mouth was drawn on his face.

Hou Hu hid in the crowd behind Xiao Wu, holding a short knife in his hand, and seemed to be about to throw it out again. He turned around and said anxiously: "Xiaohu retreated."

The man with a face cut was covered with blood, and then roared wildly, then rushed towards Hou Hu from Xiaowu. Seeing that the man had murderous intention on his face, Xiaowu was merciless. He took a step and intercepted the man with a broken face. The short knife in his hand had stabbed into the man's right waist. The knife was very deep, and the man could not see it anymore.

At this time, the man who was kicked away had already climbed up, and he bleeded at the corner of his mouth and stabbed Xiao Wu with a knife.

Hou Hunian lived in the forest since he was a child. After he was a little older, he traveled around the world. He was young but his courage was very sharpened. He hid behind Xiao Wu like he was hunting, and saw the opponent's actions sincerely. When he saw the man rushing over, the flying knife in his hand came out again. The sword was heading towards the door again, and the man said without warning, but the angle of the sword was slightly off and stabbed the man in the chest. Although the flying knife was not deeply pierced, it also thrust the man.

Xiao Wu held up a short sword and looked at the other two opponents like a wolf.

Only a shouting sound was heard from the periphery: "Stop, stop all." Then, several fully armed patrol soldiers rushed out of the crowd.

Seeing that the situation was wrong, the men did not care about the men who fell to the ground, and they all mixed in the crowd and wanted to escape.

The sergeant in the patrol team knew how to use troops. He sent several people to rush into the crowd, and most of the soldiers were guarding the periphery. When a man with bloody mouth came out of the crowd, the soldiers rushed up and quickly tied up the man.

Xiao Wu hid the short knife and mixed up with Hou Hu in the crowd. One of them was a half-baby and the other was a child, and it was not noticeable. As the crowd was about to get out of it, he suddenly heard a shout: "That boy killed someone." The man tied up accidentally saw Xiao Wu mingling in the crowd and shouted loudly.

A few military men came to capture Xiao Wu and Hou Hu.

Xiao Wu threw the short sword on the ground. He recognized them from his military uniform as soldiers of the Black Eagle Army and said, "You are the Black Eagle Army, I am Zhou Qing's brother." After Zhou Qing arrived in Daliang, he served as the commander of the First Battalion of the Longwei Army. He went to the Marquis' Mansion many times and was quite familiar with Liu Heiyan, Xiao Wu and others.

This team of Black Eagle Army happened to be Zhou Qing's subordinates. Seeing that the half-boy looked quite extraordinary, he knew Zhou Qing and did not dare to neglect it, and said, "You guys, all of you go to the military camp with me."

Afterwards, he said to Xiao Wu again: "According to the rules, don't blame me for offending." Xiao Wu nodded and said to Hou Hu: "He is still young, so let's spare him."

Another man tied up scolded: "This bastard, the flying knife hurts people."
Chapter completed!