C199 (1/2)
On the ancient path to Luoyang, Liang Tian and Dong Jian rode their horses and casually walked towards Luoyang. Behind him was a convoy of more than a dozen carts. The carts were filled with furs and other special products of the Hu people from the desert. Right now, they were just a guest merchant, leading their own caravan around the Central Plains.
After accepting the mission given by Yang Lin, Liang Tian and Dong Jian started to prepare for their journey to the Central Plains. They picked their bodyguards and reported their goods to the staff. The two brothers were extremely busy. After a month of busy work, the two brothers finally established their intelligence team.
Liang Tian and Dong Jian's goal for this trip was the Luoyang, they wanted to establish an information station there. However, there were not many people who were familiar with the Luoyang, after looking around, they picked out Zhang Lin and Liu Shun. They had once sought an official position in the Luoyang and stayed there for a long time. Then, by some strange coincidence, they voted for the xanthopanax and were captured by Yang Lin and the others, thus becoming the Youzhou Army again.
Ever since Zhang Lin and Liu Shun followed Yang Song and Yang Bai to the Youzhou, they were chosen as the elite to participate in the cavalry of Youzhou. This time, the two brothers Liang Tian and Dong Jian, the two intelligence personnel that were chosen to stay in the mainland, had their eyes on the two of them and brought them to Luoyang.
After following Liang Tian and Dong Jian into the Luoyang, Zhang Lin and Liu Shun realized that the The people of the world was still escaping, but the Luoyang was still the same. The streets were filled with shops and shops, and all kinds of snacks were everywhere. There were cloth-sellers, food-sellers, iron-smiths, weavers, everything. Even the fortune-tellers and calligraphers were doing exceptionally well. The entire Luoyang was abnormally flourishing.
”Liu Shun, is this Luoyang?”
”Zhang Lin, are you still dreaming?” This was the Luoyang. There are refugees everywhere, and the common people starve to death in the wilderness, yet the Luoyang is so bustling. ”
”Dang, dang, dang, dang …”
Right at that moment, three people came out of nowhere. They were a middle-aged man and woman, and a young man. They seemed to be a family. The youngster carried a bronze gong, and as he walked in circles, he knocked the gong. After walking in circles a few times, he soon formed a ring at the side of the street. After knocking the gong a few times, the youngster began to shout loudly.
”At home, we rely on our parents and friends. If we have money, we use it to buy money. If we don't, we use it to buy money. Come on, the good show is about to begin. Various old men, aunties, uncles, Big Auntie, take out your money bag, give us your love, we work hard, and you give us both money to eat. ”
Not long later, the strong man went on stage. He was not tall, but he was unusually spirited. His upper body was bare, revealing all of the muscles on his body. Both of his hands danced with the tridentate fork s, the trident dancing up and down, almost enveloping him.
”Cough!”
Suddenly, he bellowed, the tridentate fork flew out of his hand and towards the pedestrians, causing them to cry out in shock, but they only saw that he was still holding onto a rope. When he moved back, the tridentate fork flew back into the hands of the man.
”Alright!”
The spectators cheered, but the man kept the tridentate fork. There was another gong, and then a gong in his hand. The onlookers took out their money one by one, some for one, some for another, some for another. They threw it all into the copper gong. The youth circled the crowd a few times, and in a short while, he had collected several tens of coins.
”Hur hur, just fancy martial arts.”
Liang Tian and Dong Jian laughed on their horses, threw five coins to him and continued to ride forward. In the past year, he had seen many martial arts masters who had gone through bloody battles. Jiang Hu artists who were performing on the street were not even worthy of his attention.
”Old master, since you don't like my martial arts, why don't you take the money back and forget about my appearance.”
It was unknown if it was because Liang Tian and Dong Jian's voices were loud, or because the man with the skills had sharp ears, he could actually hear what Liang Tian and Dong Jian were saying clearly. As if he had suffered a huge humiliation, he picked up the five pieces of money that Liang Tian and threw at him. With just a seemingly light toss, the five pieces of money actually flew towards Liang Tian and Dong Jian like darts.
”Clang …”
Just as the five money flew towards Liang Tian and Dong Jian, Dong Jian reached out and the five money flew into his hands. Luckily the man did not use too much strength, while Dong Jian was fast enough, everyone was only trying to scare him.
”An insignificant skill!”
Dong Jian laughed coldly and looked at the man with disdain. After a year of training, Liang Tian and Dong Jian seemed to have matured a lot, he would not fight with the man selling the skills for a chance at courage now. He waved his hand, signaling for everyone to leave.
”Wait, it's one thing for you to look down on my martial arts, but you even said that my martial arts are insignificant skills. I wonder if a good man would dare to compete with me?”
Liang Tian's and Dong Jian's disdain obviously stimulated the man who was showing off his skills. His face also flushed red, his anger thickened, and his eyes seemed to want to burst out into flames. He raised the tridentate fork in his hands horizontally, wanting to challenge Liang Tian and Dong Jian.
”Aooo …”
The surrounding crowd immediately burst into cheers. These people were probably idle people who had nothing better to do. Watching people fight on the street was also a huge pleasure, so they started to cheer one after another. Dong Jian was also a bloodthirsty man, he immediately cupped his hands towards Liang Tian and said loudly.
”Big brother, let me teach this ungrateful fellow a lesson.”
”Forget it, I'm not going to lower myself to his level.”
After Liang Tian finished, he whipped his horse and left. They did not come to the Luoyang for a stroll. They had more important things to do. However, before he could take two steps, the man holding the tridentate fork suddenly jumped in front of him and blocked their path.
”How can this be? You want to leave after insulting me?”
The man looked at her coldly and held his tridentate fork tightly. Traveling in the martial arts world and practicing martial arts, he needed to care about his reputation. If he was looked down by others in front of their eyes, would he still be able to stay in the Luoyang? No matter what happened today, he had to save his face in Luoyang.