No words all night!
It was not known whether Ye Tiancheng really had nothing to produce or he had other plans and wanted to test his patience with Yan Liqiang. In any case, on the last night before leaving Ganzhou, Ye Tiancheng, who was locked up in the cell, did not mention any deal to Yan Liqiang, and Yan Liqiang did not take the initiative to find him to learn the Tianlun Flame Skill. So the night passed peacefully.
Early the next morning, after having a simple breakfast in the dilapidated Shizhai County government office, Sun Bingchen and his party packed their luggage and set off again, with the county magistrate and others seeing them off.
Before setting off, Sun Bingchen asked Liang Yiji to leave two hundred taels of silver for the county magistrate, while Yan Liqiang found an archer in the county government and bought a pot of arrows. Yan Liqiang consumed a lot of arrows every day along the way, so Yan Liqiang did not use the arrows of other people in the team, but bought them with his own money when he arrived at a place.
Putting the newly bought arrows and bow bag on the saddle covered with dark clouds and snow, Yan Liqiang blew a whistle, and the yellow-haired man who ran over jumped onto a cart loaded with supplies and lay down on the cart obediently. After escorting Ye Tiancheng to the prison cart, everyone set off.
This small county town seemed only a few sizes larger than Lujiazhuang. The houses in the county town were attacked by wind and sand all year round, and they all looked old and decayed. There were not many pedestrians on the street. Occasionally, there were a few people who were seen. They were all dishevelled, wearing worn-out cotton-padded jackets and clothes. They huddled together, with their heads down, busy with their own business. They didn't seem to care at all about who Yan Liqiang and his group were, and revealed a sense of numbness and indifference.
Hearing the sound of horses' hooves beside him, Yan Liqiang turned his head and saw Liang Yiji trotting towards him on his rhino horse.
"Master Lei is indeed trustworthy. We have been safe these past few days, but we are leaving Ganzhou today. There are many desolate mountains and wilderness on the road ahead. There is no one to be seen for hundreds or even thousands of miles. If a village or a team of dozens or hundreds of people gets into trouble, it may not be discovered for several days. There may be many people who want to kill Ye Tiancheng. Li Qiang, you should be careful!"
"Yes, I know. Thank you, Brother Liang, for reminding me!"
"There are a few sets of armor for the guards in the car. How about you change into one of them..."
"Ahem..." Yan Liqiang coughed twice, looked around, then opened his collar a little, letting Liang Yiji take a look at the brown substance under his collar, and whispered, "Brother Liang, don't worry, I'm already wearing a soft cowhide armor, and I have a breastplate on the front and back..."
Liang Yijie was slightly stunned, "Ah, when did you put it on?"
"The day before yesterday when I was in Rong'an, there happened to be a sword and protective gear store next to the inn where we were staying. I went to take a look and bought myself one!" Yan Liqiang laughed, "Ye Tiancheng is a hot potato now. I thought, even if Lord Lei promised not to take action, the Ye family has been in Ganzhou for so many years and has done a lot of bad things. I don't know how many people they have offended. Maybe someone on this road wants to take Ye Tiancheng's life. I should be nice to myself and make some preparations to avoid being implicated by him..."
Are you kidding? Yan Liqiang knew that he was carrying a pack of explosives on the road, and there were countless people who wanted to kill Ye Tiancheng along the way. If he didn't consider himself, would he still be Yan Liqiang? This person's life is sometimes strong and weak. Some unlucky people may lose their lives when they encounter a stray arrow. The soft armor that Yan Liqiang bought himself has two layers of cowhide with three layers of silk in between. Although it is not conspicuous when worn, it has strong protection against arrows and a certain immunity to swords. There are also two heart guards on the vital parts. Wearing such a soft armor is like wearing a bulletproof vest, which makes Yan Liqiang feel a lot more at ease.
Seeing that Yan Liqiang had already made preparations, Liang Yijie didn't know whether to cry or laugh. In the end, he could only cough twice, "Well, since you are prepared, Liqiang, that's good, that's good. Remember, if something really happens, the adults have told you not to be stubborn, just protect yourself!"
"Okay, I know!"
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After exiting the east gate of Shizhai County, the 600 cavalrymen sent by Lei Sitong were already waiting outside the east gate. When they saw Sun Bingchen and his party coming out, the 600 cavalrymen escorted Sun Bingchen and his party to continue on their journey.
Just a few minutes after setting out on the road, Yan Liqiang frowned, because the feeling of being watched appeared again. Yan Liqiang looked around and saw that there was no one on the road. Next to him was a barren hillside covered with sand and gravel. But when he looked up, Yan Liqiang saw a few black dots high in the sky. Those dots looked like eagles and vultures.
In the previous life, people living in the city would probably never see an eagle in their entire life. But in this era, especially in a border area like Ganzhou, even in the city, you can always look up and see a few birds of prey in the sky. Eagles are even more common, just like sparrows in the countryside in the previous life.
Yan Liqiang didn't know if there was something wrong with the things flying in the sky, but he secretly became more vigilant, because sometimes, even when he didn't feel like he was being watched, there would be things like eagles and vultures circling in the sky.
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At the same time, on a deserted hillside more than 200 miles east of Shizhai County, an old Shatu man wearing a black robe, with creepy pale bone beads tied on his gray hair, the skin on his face like dry bark, and a flame-like tattoo on his forehead was sitting cross-legged on the ground with his eyes closed, motionless.
From a distance, the old man sitting cross-legged on the ground looked like a lonely black grave standing on the hillside.
After a while, the old man's eyelids trembled for a while, and then he slowly opened his gray-brown eyes filled with death, and a strange halo slowly dissipated in his pupils.
The old man sitting on the ground slowly stood up, turned his head, looked at the two Shatu people standing behind him, and said in a hoarse voice, "They, those people, have already left Shizhai County. Let our warriors prepare. In addition to Ye Tiancheng, this time, don't let Sun Bingchen go. He owes us Shatu people blood, and he must pay it back today!"
The two Shatu people looked at each other and nodded heavily.
If Yan Liqiang was here, he must know one of the two Shatu people, because that person is the leader of the Shatu people in Pingxi City, the Ali Gujin who was tricked by him using the identity of Shanfeng.
At this moment, Ali Gujin was wearing a black burqa, and his whole body was filled with a cold and bloody aura...
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More than ten minutes later, thousands of black cavalrymen rushed out from the valley behind the hillside like a group of bats flying out of a cave...
(End of this chapter)