November.Frosty day. When the sixteen noisy salt trucks were on the road, before dawn, Guan Baye straddled his wheat-colored mule and kicked the road ahead.There is not even a single person on the desolate official road, and there is a thick layer of frost on the head of the decayed grass, like the white powder on the table of the restaurant.On both sides of the official road, there are some willows that have lost their leaves, bare and sparse branches facing the sky. The southeast side is black and blue, and the northwest side is covered with grains of frost flowers that are as white as snow.The bare dawn breeze slid over those dead branches with severe cold, and the whining sound was sharp and miserable, as if trying to break the heart of the hazy sky, the sky was full The gray cloud called the morning glow that was about to burn but not yet burned, the gray was red with purple, it really seemed to be dripping blood.

"Hey, let me tell the third brother, no one has walked this road;" the strong short man in the third salt truck spoke with a slightly left-sided voice, half-yin: "Look carefully. The car ditch, and the animal marks are all covered with frost, that is to say, except for the barley mule, Baye Guan, no one took this ghostly road this morning." The axles of the rattling salt cart squeaked and sang together; a group of birds flew low over the white and frost-covered fields, and flew to the wild reeds far away. Ah responded, shrugging the J belt on his shoulders. "You're smart enough, but it's a pity that you Shi Er dwarf spoke too late!" Xiang Lao San tilted his head and magnified his throat and said, "If you are afraid of causing trouble, you said hello to Guan Baye last night, and you only slapped your legs. (Yan Xiao's secret words, that is, the salt cart.) Excuse me, (Yan Xiao's secret words, that is, to diverge.) Guan Baye, this man, in the nest (Yan Xiao's secret words, that is, among his own people.) Let it go straight, (Yan Xiao's secret words, That is, easy to talk,) not relying on legs (Yan Xiao's secret words, ordering to stop.) To kidnap people. (Yan Xiao's secret words, that is to beat people.) ... This has been left in the wilderness, is it possible that you still plan to abduct your legs? (Yan Xiao's secret words, that is, beat people.) Code word, that is, go back and go another way.)

"Hey hey..." The big black man in the fourth car let out a few dry laughs: "Short Shi Er, you don't play the flag of the word, did you push the salt truck in broad daylight?! Don't say it!" Put a point in the basket (Yan Xiao's code word, that is, a scorpion), and a mouth on the back plate, (Yan Xiao's code word, that is a short gun.) There are dozens of boards stuck all the way on the east road, and you will not be able to fly even if you have wings. , (Yan Xiao code words, referring to the anti-smuggling team in the era of the Beiyang warlords.) Stretched out an X stick and dripped your dick, (Salt Xiao idioms, meaning to make a hollow salt pick with a blade cut through the salt bag.) You haven’t turned two times in vain. An egg?!" (*eyes)

"Fuck you! Big bear." Shorty Shi Er became angry: "If someone else says this, I'll break his stamina. Tall, I have never been short before in trouble, (Yan Xiao coded, 'short' surrendered.) I also paid their meat tax for the fire in Gongjiaba. (Yan Xiao coded, referring to disembowelling.)" "That's right, hehe," Big Bear said meekly, "You Shier shorty is not really short, and others pull your legs straight, so why should you be careful?!" "That's not the way to say it!" Shorty Shi Er said: "We are always playing tricks on the road. As the saying goes, 'a bachelor is not in the way of making money'. But well water does not violate river water!"

"Why did you get involved with that bandit leader?" Xiang Lao San frowned with his thick eyebrows like a knife and said, "Everyone does their own way! When we smuggle salt, it's all because of one mouth, and we just take the white silver. When the waistband of the trousers is tied, he, Judge Zhu Si, is not willing to squint. He is Judge Zhu Si, and we have never intervened to overthrow him. We are passing by the reed marsh, so it is possible that we also have to send money for the road?!" "Hey, I said Xiang Laosan, you have really gone further and further away." Shorty Shi Er sighed: "In Yangjiao Town, don't you hear the wind?! - The fourth judge has already made it clear. To sweep away Wanjialou in Dangnan in the days ahead, let’s just make an analogy: Let’s go to Yanche to lean on Wanjialou tonight, and it just so happens that the four judges are here, isn’t it embarrassing? Top guy, which side should I help?! Maybe it’s like Wu Dalang’s tricks—he doesn’t have enough at both ends. That’s why I said, Guan Baye has always been good at doing things, and this one alone, brothers don’t admire.”

"You can relax about this matter, and leave it to Guan Baye to take care of it himself!" The big bear's eyes and eyebrows were all loose: "Let's not care where we put our legs, just roll away (Yan Xiao code words, that is to bet. ) Ours, no matter who comes, let's face Shuizi with him, (Salt owl code words, that is, wine, to Shuizi, it is a clink of glasses.) Don't expect him to break through the four judges, if he wants to force Wanjia Building, it’s not that easy. In the hands of Brother Wanshibao and Wanshiye, there are at least 400 tough guys, and the thorny polder is wide to protect the moat. Even if his four judges come tonight, we will just listen to the firecrackers. "

The sun has probably come out, the thick clouds are frozen, there is not even a crack, and the plain is wild and vast, showing an extremely wide heaven.The sixteen salt carts crawled like a line of ants under the leaden gray gloomy sky; such a huge and cold sky was like a terrible round iron shield, covering the desolation and depression of a wilderness.Faced with such a long distance, the hidden difficulties and dangers on the long distance, the endless rain, snow, wind and frost, people seem to become insignificant in their self-consciousness. The salt cart creaked and wailed, how many drops of blood fell in the clouds behind it, and it was also stained with ashes and cold; the dead branches covered with frost were pale ghosts, on both sides of the rolling wheel As it rotates, the wind can't blow anything, only the empty chirping is left, which makes people feel mesmerized.

The ring salt truck just pushed past it all the way. The barley mule stepped on the frost and walked away. Guan Baye tied the soft leather rein in a knot and put it on the barley mule's short mane, so that it knew its own way.This mighty animal didn't pay attention to the desolation all the way. A few years ago, it walked through the Guandong Road on a hunchback with Guan Baye, and it didn't wither after thousands of miles. I haven't developed enough strength yet, but now my waist is hard and I'm full of fat, and I look more energetic when I drive a long distance.It is so handsome, with a skeleton that is as tall as a tall Mengma. Its body is covered with short wheat-red hairs, lying densely like a paintbrush, shining full of light; the sword-sharpened ears are thin and long, sensitive Lively shaking the cable to listen to the wind.

Are you talking about a rough road?In fact, it is not as barren as the Kanto Snow Fields. Across the plains, at the very far end of the sky where the sky and clouds meet, you can still see some forest barriers. The dark brown curve seems to be half-buried in those thick clouds, unlike the Kanto, where even the clouds and trees in the distant sky can't be found; most of the desolation of this road is reflected in the sky with low frost and white clouds. The bleak scene falls into the eyes of Guan Baye, who has been in the Jianghu for a long time, and he feels that the sky is high and the earth is wild, and he is a dry leaf with branches flying, and he doesn't know where is the place to fall?

Guan Baye patted his bearskin hat, squinted his eyes and looked towards the middle of the deserted place, as if trying to push something away from his eyes, knowing that it was in vain, when he saw the old reeds flying in the distance , People's hearts are like a thick fog. In the early years, this piece of reed marshes with a width of forty miles and a length of 40 miles was originally a world of salt. Everyone knew that the salt owls were wild men who could pick people's hearts and drink their blood. Their blood and tears came out.Guan Ba!Guanba!Didn't you also travel back and forth on this deserted road with a day of gray clouds and cold rain on your back? ! ...God knows what that day was like?It is a fact that the salt owl industry is not a legitimate industry, but then again, who the hell has a bowl of food to do this? !Pan Pan Ka Ka is full of sharp knives!In the salt convoy of the Liuhe Gang back then, I was just a young boy who had just debuted to help others pull the ropes. Wu Gengtian leaned against his legs, (Yan Xiao code words, meaning a safe place with cover.) Those white necks The old buddies of the towel, would drag down the rush mat, lean on the handlebars, and talk about those sad things far away... There is Zhao Anji, who has a room in the small market town. Straw sandal shop.Over there is a skinny little old man Peng. He used to have 70 mu of river beach land in the countryside. No matter where there is wilderness or drought, his land will be harvested. ... It wasn't Feng Guozhang who arrested soldiers, and it wasn't the little braid Zhang Xun who trampled people. Who would break the king's law and push the salt cart? !If there really are kings and laws in this world, those generals of the Beiyang Army should be beheaded first! ... Zhao Anji is a runaway brave, caught him three times and told him to slip away twice.

"I'll never get away again!" Zhao Anji's voice and his face seemed to be still in the condensed cloud.