Chapter 007 The Arrow That Bends
It was already late and it was no longer suitable to leave the city.
Naturally, I can only tell the young man the old lady's decision tomorrow.
Yang Jinhua came out from the old lady and returned to her own boudoir.
Her boudoir was on the second floor of the west wing. When she opened the west window, she could see the low mountains.
In the past, at this time of day, only the vague outline of the low mountain could be seen, but now the right side of the mountain could be seen, bright and clear, just like daytime, even brighter than the most prosperous night view of Hongqiao in Bianjing City.
"How many torches must have been used to light up that place so brightly?" Yang Jinhua leaned against the window, staring blankly at the right side of the mountain.
In fact, it was not just her, many people in Bianjing City noticed it.
But now the city gates are closed, and even if ordinary people are curious, there is no way for them to go out of the city to take a look.
But some people are not ordinary.
Dozens of masked figures climbed up the city wall, and then most of them were blocked back into the city amid the guards' shouting and cursing. However, five figures still jumped down from the more than ten-foot-high wall and disappeared into the night.
As soon as the figures who were blocked returned to the city, they found a handsome man in red official uniform, followed by a group of black-clad yamen runners, who surrounded them. There were even a dozen longbowmen mixed in, drawing their arrows but not firing, staring at them fiercely.
"I am Zhan Zhao, the chief constable of Kaifeng Prefecture. Several of my friends have been hiding their heads and behaving suspiciously. Please put down your weapons and go to Kaifeng Prefecture with my colleagues to explain your intentions." The man in red official uniform shouted righteously.
The masked men immediately dropped their weapons.
Some even murmured bad luck in a low voice.
Not to mention the encirclement by Kaifeng government officials, Zhan Zhao alone was enough to give them a headache.
A man's reputation is like the shadow of a tree.
Zhan Zhao's reputation as the "Southern Hero" was earned by using the Juque sword in his hand.
With him around, it was impossible for these dozen people to break out.
After the bailiffs tied up the men in black and took them away, Zhan Zhao jumped up, touched the vertical wall with his toes, soared into the sky, and flew up the 13-meter-high city wall and landed on the parapet.
This frightened the soldiers above and caused them to jump in panic.
"Excuse me, I am Zhan Zhao, the chief constable of Kaifeng Prefecture." He showed his badge with one hand and shouted, "I am ordered to track down a suspect. I have to pass by here."
Then he rolled over and jumped out of the city.
The movements are cool and crisp.
The bright red official uniform also quickly disappeared into the night.
At this time, Lu Sen and Hei Zhu were sitting on the flat, light golden stone foundation, eating big white steamed buns.
Drinking mountain spring water.
Outside, the night wind swept through the mountains and forests, chilling the bones.
The surrounding treetops were shaking, and there was not only the rustling sound of leaves rubbing against each other, but also the occasional sharp cry of a night owl.
The forest seems quiet and eerie.
But inside the fence, there was no trace of wind.
Two torches were stuck in the mud, one on the left and one on the right
It is as bright as day here and as warm as spring.
All the storms outside the fence cannot affect this place.
All were blocked out.
Heizhu looked around excitedly. The square surrounded by the fence was very large. Even the foundation only took up less than one-fifth of the area. In other words, a large part of the land within the fence was still idle.
"My dear, how about we open up some land here and grow some vegetables?" Heizhu looked eagerly: "Although the land here is relatively poor, we can collect some black mud from the lower reaches of the Bianshui River to fertilize the soil."
"Don't bother. We'll go collect some bone meal tomorrow and make some special fertile land."
"Bone meal can be used to fertilize fields?" Hei Zhu was stunned. "This is the first time I've heard of this."
Lu Sen smiled and said nothing more. The ability of the golden finger cannot explain many things.
Fortunately, Heizhu would not go into details and ask questions.
These two days were the happiest days in Heizhu's life, as he could eat his fill every day.
He ate his big steamed bun happily, drank two sips of spring water, then stood up to see if the fences were secure.
As a result, I was startled when I just stood up.
At some point, five more people appeared outside the fence. All of them had their faces covered and were looking at them with strange eyes.
"Who are you?" Heizhu shouted and quickly retreated to Lu Sen's side.
Lu Sen stood up and looked at the five people outside the fence with a frown.
But the five people on the other side didn't even look at him. They gathered together and talked to themselves.
"I didn't see any treasure."
"It looks so bright from a distance, it turns out it's just a torch!"
"Can a torch be this bright? Big brother, does this kid have any tricks for making torches? Do you want to ask him?"
"Fifth brother, that young man is no less handsome than you."
"Tsk, it's a wasted trip."
The five people stood outside and after talking for a while, they seemed to be about to leave.
But at this time, the masked man on the far left with eyes as bright as night stars said to Lu Sen: "My friend, your torch seems to be wrong."
"What does it have to do with you?" Lu Sen asked back in a light tone.
"You don't have to be so hurtful." The man smiled with a hint of arrogance and condescension in his eyes: "We have no ill intentions."
Lu Sen sneered: "In night clothes and with a black scarf covering his face, do you think I will believe it?"
The man laughed even more happily. "You have a point, but I still have to say one thing. Even if we have bad intentions, what will you do? In this remote place, do you think that two ordinary men with no power can be our opponents?"
As people from the martial arts world, it is very easy for them to tell whether the person in front of them is a martial artist or not.
Whether it is the external training or the internal breathing, each has its own characteristics.
"You mean you're going to take us down?" Lu Sen frowned and asked, "Don't you care about the law?"
All five of them laughed at the same time.
Seeing that there was no treasure, they indeed had no intention of harming anyone.
But the handsome young man in front of me spoke so naively that I couldn't help but want to tease him.
Let him experience the dangers of the world, so that if he encounters similar things in the future, he will not know how to compromise, but will foolishly rush forward and lose his life.
"We are really not afraid of the law. What is that?" The masked man with particularly bright eyes asked with a proud smile.
Lu Sen was about to speak.
But at this moment, a steady male voice came from not far away.
"What is the law? I cannot pretend I didn't hear that."
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhan Zhao, dressed in a bright red official uniform, fell from the sky and stood behind the five men in black: "The five people who escaped from the city wall are indeed you."
The five of them turned around at the same time, their bodies tense.
The masked man with bright eyes said angrily, "It's you again, you stinky cat, haunting us."
"You are thieves and I am an official. I won't feel at ease unless I capture you and bring you back to Kaifeng Prefecture to convict you." Zhan Zhao slowly pulled out his Juque sword.
The sword made a slight sound.
At this time, Lu Sen stepped forward, clasped his fists and said with a smile across the wooden fence: "Nice to meet you again, Captain Zhan."
Zhan Zhao gave a helpless smile: "Indeed, we meet again."
He didn't talk to Lu Sen just now because he didn't want to reveal that he knew Lu Sen.
Because the Five Rats did both good and evil things, he was worried that the five of them would vent their anger on the young man in front of them.
Sure enough...after hearing the two sides fighting, two of the masked men had already set their sights on Lu Sen.
"So you and the stinky cat are in the same group." The masked man with the brightest eyes also looked at Lu Sen, then he pulled down his veil, revealing a pretty face like a delicate girl: "I will remember you, if anything happens to you later, you can blame that stinky cat when you go to the underworld."
Lu Sen frowned. This was a naked threat from the other party.
Zhan Zhao took two steps forward holding the Juque sword, which was wider and thicker than a normal long sword, but was immediately blocked by three men in black.
At this time, Lu Sen, Zhan Zhao, and the beautiful woman in black, when connected by a line, formed an equilateral triangle.
Moreover, these three people all have outstanding looks.
Lu Sen is handsome and untainted by the world.
Zhan Zhao is heroic and chivalrous.
The man in black is handsome and charming.
It is estimated that in the entire Bianjing city, there are no more handsome men than these three.
After a moment of silence, Lu Sen smiled: "You want to kill me? Then at least tell me who wants to kill me."
"Of the Five Rats of Xiankong Island, I am the Golden Rat Bai Yutang." The handsome man smiled softly, like a flower or the moon: "I still say the same thing, if you want to blame someone, blame it on knowing you, the stinky cat."
Zhan Zhao was getting more and more angry at this moment. He wanted to move forward, but four men in black blocked his way at the same time. One of them threatened him, "You bastard, if you dare to move now, I will kill you immediately. You just wait here until I finish what I have to say. Maybe that kid can still survive."
"That friend is just an irrelevant person. I only met him once." Zhan Zhao's thick sword-like eyebrows twisted together, and he said half-pleadingly: "Can you let him go? For this, I can pretend that I have not seen you tonight."
He could fight the Five Rats on equal terms by himself, but it was difficult for him to rescue people from their hands.
The four men in black ignored him.
Bai Yutang, who had taken off his veil, ignored him and continued to stare at Lu Sen, saying, "We the Five Rats are not unreasonable people. As long as you swear now that you will not have any contact with Zhan Zhao from now on, we will let you go. How about that?"
Zhan Zhao heaved a sigh of relief.
As long as these five rats don't harm innocent people, it will be fine.
As long as the young man says what Bai Yuting asks, there will be no danger.
Although it is difficult to tell whether the Five Rats do good or evil, their words always keep their promises.
After hearing this, Lu Sen looked neither happy nor angry. He looked at the four men in black and said, "Are you the Five Rats? Who is the Second Rats Han Zhang? Would you like to get to know him?"
Bai Yuting was a little surprised. Why did this person suddenly ask about his second brother?
But he did not stop them. In fact, they did not really want to kill the young man opposite them.
The Five Rats just couldn't stand Zhan Zhao and were thinking of ways to disgust him, wanting to put him in a miserable situation with no relatives or friends.
"I am Han Zhang, the second rat." The black-clothed man on the left pulled down his veil, revealing an ordinary face. "Does this little brother want to remember what I look like before he dies?"
"No! I just want to know what the person I want to kill looks like."
Everyone was stunned.
Zhan Zhao said anxiously: "My friend, please don't get angry..."
He shouted and rushed forward with sword in hand, trying to find a way to save people.
But he thought that this hope was slim.
The Second Rat Han Zhang's own strength is average, but his skills in hidden weapons are top-notch in the entire martial arts world.
This short-haired young man threatened to kill Han Lao Er, wouldn't this anger the latter?
Sure enough... at this time Zhan Zhao had already seen Han Lao Er put his hand on his waist and took out a hidden weapon.
But at this moment, he made a sound in his mind, and noticed from the corner of his eye that the short-haired young man in the opposite fence had a light yellow longbow in his left hand, and his right hand was loading an arrow.
Is there any change?
But Han Zhang was faster. His hand on the belt seemed to tremble, and a black silk thread hit the young man's forehead as fast as lightning.
That's too late!
Zhan Zhao secretly resented himself. Although he was good at martial arts, he could not be faster than a hidden weapon .
What's more, the other three rats were already blocking his way, and the four of them started fighting instantly.
Bai Yuting turned sideways and shook his head helplessly. In his opinion, the short-haired man was dead.
He originally wanted to let the other party go, as long as he didn't get involved with Zhan Zhao.
Unexpectedly, this person actually went to provoke the second brother.
People in the underworld say that he, the Golden-Haired Rat, has the worst temper, but that is because outsiders don't understand him.
In fact, among the five of them, his second brother had the worst temper. He usually didn't talk, but once he started fighting, he would beat people to death.
I won't hold back at all.
He watched the black light hit the short-haired boy.
At this time, the short-haired boy had just put the arrow on the bowstring... and the arrowhead was actually made of stone. Can it kill people?
Just when the Golden-Haired Rat was waiting for the young man to die and for Zhan Zhao to get furious, something strange suddenly happened.
Just when the black poison dart was three inches away from the young man's forehead, it seemed to hit something, made a ding sound, and was bounced aside and fell to the ground.
There were still faint distorted ripples in the air.
What...is going on?
Not to mention the Golden-Haired Rat, even Zhan Zhao and the other three rats who were fighting each other over there paused.
what happened?
While they were stunned, Lu Sen had already pulled the longbow to its full length.
A red circular crosshair appeared in the field of vision and landed on Han Qian's head.
Without any hesitation, Lu Sen loosened his fingers.
Although it was the most basic wooden bow provided by Gold Finger, it was a longbow... The bow was 1.5 meters long. When the string was fully drawn and then released, the huge potential energy was transformed into kinetic energy. When the bowstring rebounded, it even made a crisp sound.
The arrow turned into a yellow lightning.
"Second brother, little ..."
The golden-haired rat shouted anxiously.
Han Zhang had already reacted by now, and he quickly lowered his body.
As a master of hidden weapons, he has sufficient knowledge of the trajectories of all long-range weapons.
Logically, the trajectory of a longbow at close range should be very straight, especially at such a fast speed.
He could dodge it by just crouching down quickly.
But...the yellow shadow seemed to lower itself a bit and brushed past his scalp.
A bunch of black hair was blown away, and a bright red blood mark was left on Han Zhang's head.
Whoosh, the arrow sank into the darkness of the distant forest.
Han Zhang felt a chill on his head and was terrified. He almost fell into a ditch. Why was the trajectory of this man's longbow so strange? What kind of special hidden weapon technique was this?
He immediately leaped back to create some distance, waving both hands forward at the same time.
A large number of poison darts were sprayed onto Lu Sen's limbs and bones.
However, when the hidden weapon flew in front of him, it bounced to the side with a clang.
Now everyone could see clearly that there was a transparent ripple in front of Lu Sen, helping him block all hidden weapons.
Zhan Zhao was overjoyed when he saw this. He swung the Juque sword in his hand into a ball of silver light, which enveloped the three rats in front of him and forced the three of them to retreat repeatedly in danger.
At this time, Lu Sen started to pull the second arrow.
"Don't hurt my second brother!"
The Golden-Haired Rat became anxious, drew out the soft sword at his waist and jumped up, trying to jump over the wooden fence to attack Lu Sen, using the strategy of besieging Wei to save Zhao.
However, when he was over the wooden fence, he was suddenly bounced back and fell to the ground, almost falling down.
There are distorted fluctuations remaining in the air.
The golden-haired rat covered his bleeding nose. The collision just now had hurt him badly. Now he was in so much pain that tears were streaming down his face and he couldn't even open his eyes.
whoosh!
The second arrow was shot.
At this time, Han Zhang was already prepared, and used his Qinggong skills to quickly move to the left.
Logically speaking, this dodge was very successful. He deviated from the arrow's trajectory by at least half a zhang, so he managed to dodge it.
But he didn't expect that the arrow suddenly twisted and actually flew past his clothes!
He was so frightened that his heart and liver were trembling.
Han Zhang fell to the ground sideways, his forehead covered with sweat, and he couldn't help shouting, "Be careful, this little thief's arrow can turn!"
