Chapter 111: Watching the Rabbit and Watching the Rabbit
In Zhu Da's memory for more than 20 years, there are often inns in the story that are lonely by the official road. There is no one in front, behind, and no one can dare to enter. Anyone with a little common sense can guess this is a black store.
In the past three years of experience, inns are often the extension of villages or the setting of some private manors. Otherwise, there will be no way to ensure the safety of travelers and merchants, nor will they gain the trust of their guests.
The same is true for the inn where Zheng Yong stayed. Qingfeng Inn is based on Qingfeng Baihu House, which is an industry under the name of a local household. The status of this household in the local area is similar to that of Zheng Jiaji's inspector Zheng. He is a rich man who can play both black and white. This inn is also one of his scenes.
Qingfeng Baihu House is much more complete than Baibao Village. This Qingfeng Inn is a building outside the gate of Tuweizi, connected to Tuwei and surrounded by dirt walls.
From a distance, you can see that the inn is very vigilant. Such vigilance has exceeded the level that the inn should have. You can even see warriors riding horses and swords wandering around.
"......Datong is not short of horses, and you can get a few stalks in the countryside to ride on the swaying horses. It's different in the Central Plains..."
Seeing this, Zhu Da couldn't help but think of Yuan Biao's words. No matter how ironic the old man's tone was, Datong was close to the border and fought for many years, and the military and civilians were not distinguished. The combat effectiveness of this local tyrant and local stick could not be underestimated.
Zhou Qingyun squatted on the side to sort out the arrows. He was very careful and tried not to let the arrow clusters touch his skin. When doing these, Zhou Qingyun frowned, and there were some flying insects around him. Because the smell was very bad, he said after finishing cleaning, "Why do you have to soak these arrows in feces? This smell will not be dissipated for several days."
"Because as long as he is shot and the wound is not cleaned in time, he will have a fever at night, and if he can't stand it, his wound will ulcerate and die of death." Zhu Da replied in a low voice.
This way of dealing with arrow clusters is similar to the reason why wooden guns were produced in Baibao Village to defend themselves. Soaking them in dirty water will cause infection and illness to the enemy at that time, and will also cause disability and death.
"I didn't expect that Zheng Yong really entered this farm, even if he ran to another place, it would make it difficult for us to chase him."
"He owes blood debt. Even if he is a beast without a trace of human nature, he is afraid that there will be some taboos in his heart. Don't always sit there, be careful that the qi and blood will be numb, and it will be inconvenient to move later."
"How come he got into the inn? If he got into that hundred households, it would be better."
"The relationship between these hundred households and inspector Zheng is just like that. It takes a day to ride a horse, one is a place and the other is a garrison. When encountering such a gangster and thief, it is already a great deal to be able to be admitted to the inn and send people to inspect. What if you enter the village, what if you are implicated?"
"It's nothing to enter the village. We have also thought about this. Maybe we can go in and take advantage of the chaos."
As the sky gradually darkened, the horse-riding warriors wandering outside also returned to the village, only torches and lanterns were lit up on the inn and earthen enclosures, and other places were still pitch black except for the stars and moonlight.
Every time this time, Zhu Da was very grateful for his actions that year. It was because he supplemented with protein and fat from the beginning that he did not lose anything during training. What’s more important is that his eyesight at night was not affected.
Many martial arts practitioners are not so nutritious these days. Not to mention oil and water, there are not so many foods that can be full. Under such a nutritional state, night vision has been greatly affected. It is a common situation for blind people at night. As for Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun over the years, they have eaten a lot of pigs, cattle, sheep, chicken, duck, eggs, milk, fish, etc., and vegetables, food, etc., naturally, they have sufficient nutrition and no problems with their bodies.
It is precisely because "night blindness" is the existence of night blindness that many people cannot see things clearly without the lights bright enough at night, and their vision in the dark is extremely poor. Therefore, the army rarely dares to fight at night, and must be guarded against bombing camps caused by sneak attacks by a few enemies or even their own family members. These forces at the local area often guard the lights at night, because they are easy to get lost outside, and even be plotted by people or beasts.
Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun found someone to confirm Zheng Yong's whereabouts. The masked man with blood on his body and a knife on his hands asked him, but it was nothing to do with him. No one would grit his teeth and not say anything. Zheng Yong's appearance of running away was very conspicuous. When it was probably confirmed, Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun stayed in the reservation.
They didn't come to this area many times, but they had already visited them separately, and made clear the situation in all aspects, and then went back to compare them one by one. Everything that happened so far was still expected, and both of them were not very nervous.
"Is nothing wrong with Qin Qin?" Zhou Qingyun asked in a depressed manner.
"The food, clothing and expenses in the hut are all inclusive, how could there be any trouble?" Zhu Da knew that Zhou Qingyun was not nervous now. On the one hand, Zhou Qingyun was able to calm down, but on the other hand, he was afraid of boredom. Especially on the eve of waiting for the start, he habitually said something to relieve boredom, because this habit had been trained by Yuan Biao many times.
Zhou Qingyun was silent for a while and whispered: "Did you make plans to not be able to go back?"
"I thought it would be too late for us to go back, and Xiang Bo and the others would go into the mountain to pick up Qin Qin. Isn't that we will just fold it in this time, and you'll shut your mouth for me now!" Zhu Da was a little angry when Zhou Qingyun said it, and scolded him a few words. Zhou Qingyun shook his head and began to take care of the bowstring.
Zhu Da did make the worst plan, otherwise he would not have put Qin Qin in the house near the salt cave. He was so disgusting that he said this before the war, so he couldn't help but get angry.
Is this meaningful for the next life? Zhu Da has weighed it many times. Not only does it not actively promote it, but there will be many unpredictable risks. For them now, even with Qin Xiucai behind it, Inspection Zheng is a giant, and a giant with sharp minions.
Zhu Da, who felt alienated from this era, hesitated, but decided to do it in the end, otherwise he would be uneasy, which is very important to him.
The sky was completely dark. In those twenty years of life, Zhu Da began to think that it was normal for the night to be not very dark. The residents' lights, street lights, various public lighting and even light pollution made the world very bright. However, he was shocked when he went to the wild tour. It turned out that he really couldn't see his five fingers. It turned out that it was really pitch black. He thought that the stars illuminating the night were so dim. No wonder the constellations could only be used to point out the direction.
At that time, the team leader once said that the darkness today is nothing, and the light of the city and the countryside still affects the so-called "wildlands". It was completely different in the past. Zhu Da was skeptical about it. After all, people only trust what they saw with their own eyes. But in the past ten years of life, he knew that he was right. The darkness of this era is really dark. If the moonlight is not enough, people's original vision is indeed not enough in the darkness, or it takes longer to adapt.
There will be no moonlight tonight. Although the crescent moon is like a hook and the stars are shining, you can only feel it when you look up. When you look in the direction of Zhuangzi Inn, only the lights are shaking, and you can vaguely see the green and strong terrain around the lights. Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun were facing away from the inn at the beginning. They only looked at places without light and occasionally looked back.
After a while, the lights in the direction of Qingfeng Inn also went out several places. Whether burning firewood or lighting wax, it would cost money. If there is not such a big business in such an inn, it would naturally not require so many lights.
The silence became increasingly quiet, and the occasional chirping of birds and beasts made the quieter even more. Zhu Da and the others were already hiding in the dark. Their mounts were fed with fodder and water. At this time, they were covered with bridles and chews and could not make sounds. However, under such circumstances, the horses were already asleep.
On weekdays, Qingfeng Inn should have a door panel. Most of the shopkeepers and men fell asleep, but now the door panel has been raised and half of them are not allowed to sleep. They are all guarding the various places with their homes. There are seven or eight Minzhuang in the Hundred Houses outside. Because the son of a Hundred House’s friend was thieves on the road, they are afraid of thieves and are going to kill them at night.
Everyone can see clearly what the Zheng family is doing. They are very awesome on weekdays and have many rumors. They are so popular today and have won a lot of battles tomorrow. What kind of martial arts are there to serve here? What kind of cavalry in the border town, and the thief of the grassland? Four of such strong men were killed, and the remaining young master escaped in a panic. How capable is the one who kills? Could it be that the tiger goes down the mountain? Could it be that the servants of the generals have come out to make a fortune again?
He couldn't even protect himself, so why did he let everyone fight for him? The sons and nephews around him were not sent out, and they didn't even let him in. What else would you protect? Those evil stars really chased after him, so we should hurry up and avoid it, but don't rush to the front stupidly. Didn't the clever mistress say? The sons of Baihu are just polite and polite, and we should be polite as well, don't be foolish and blindly.
With such thoughts, you can imagine how to slack off. The weather at night in Datong is very pleasant at this time. Putting a few handfuls of mugwort in the fire can repel mosquitoes. It is a good time to take a nap. The timid ones doze off, and the brave ones close their eyes directly beside the fire. The surroundings are becoming quieter and quieter. The thief can't see clearly at night. They guess they will come tomorrow and wait until dawn tomorrow, and then they will change shifts and don't do their own business!
The little third son kept nodding there, and he woke up when his chin bumped into his chest. He looked around with sleepy eyes. The little third son knew that he couldn't see clearly, so he could only see the range of the fire. It would be impossible to go a little further, but he didn't want to see clearly, so as not to see what he shouldn't have seen.
Chapter completed!