Chapter 90 Gone with the Wind · Chapter 5 Andu Village

Coming out of the small town, the naughty old man has been restless, sitting on the black-tipped ride, he hesitates to speak.Li Qiang had discovered that he was preoccupied a long time ago, so he asked, "Is there something wrong with the stubborn man?" The stubborn man smiled bitterly and said, "Boss...I want the brothers Bishi and Bitong to go back. Let the two of them go back and report to the patriarch, and prepare for the contingency." Li Qiang nodded and said: "Well, good. You two, Bishi and Bitong, should be careful on the way back. You take these jade charms. The blue ones are jade charms for self-defense. When crushed, they can be used for self-defense. The red ones are for attack. Yes, hit it out immediately after crushing, the power is still pretty good." The obstinate father hastily thanked, and then told the two brothers a few words.Both Bishi and Bitong were unwilling to go back, but the news had to be sent back no matter what. So many people died inexplicably in the town, which made them very disturbed.

Reluctantly, Bishi and Bitong turned the black-tipped cavalry and galloped away in the same direction. Li Qiang and the other five went back on the road.After taking the Xiaopeiyuan Pill, Niangong's physique has changed a lot, and he can barely keep up with Li Qiang's crazy way of traveling.Although Heijianqi is an animal that is good at long-distance running, it is unbearable to gallop like Li Qiang and the others. Finally, Heijianqi's speed slowed down.Pa Ben shouted: "Master, the black-pointed cavalry can't take it anymore, let's slow down." After trekking through mountains and rivers for several days in a row, there was not a single business traveler on the road. It seemed that everyone was hiding, and the road seemed desolate and lonely, lacking vitality.

On this day, Li Qiang and the others turned around a mountain pass, and they suddenly saw a vast expanse of prairie in front of them. Weeds half a person's height swayed in the wind, and birds of various shapes hovered in the sky. There are groups of unknown beasts, and the west side of the grassland is a large piece of sparse forest.Li Qiang exclaimed: "Wow, it's really spectacular!" Zhuang Gong said: "This is the Tianlu Grassland. There is a big stockade in front of it. We must go to this big stockade first and go with other caravans." Hongqian said: "This is the first time I have come here. This road is not easy to walk." Papen said: "I know the Tianlu Grassland. The monsters here are second only to the wilderness. I heard that you must gather a large group of people to pass safely. A friend of mine used to walk here before. I heard from him that the road is very difficult."

Li Qiang said with a smile: "The road in the Western Continent seems to be not very easy to walk. Look, how many things have happened along the way." The naughty old man smiled and said: "The people in the Western Continent are tough and the geography is dangerous. Life here is indeed very difficult. Hehe, fortunately, we are used to it." Nashan was very curious. He touched his bald head and sighed: "Damn, It feels weird here, Boss, look at that big guy flying in the sky, it looks really scary." He swallowed suddenly, and said with a smile: "Boss, I don't know if the meat of that thing is good or not."

It was a huge strange bird with two pairs of black wings, a slender body, and a round head, a bit like an enlarged dragonfly, hovering in the sky like an air patrol.The stubborn man said: "It's Frost Wing Sacrifice, it doesn't attack people, it only eats dead bodies." Li Qiang understood that it was a scavenger, and he laughed: "Nashan, you must eat the meat of this thing." I like it, haha." When Nashan heard that he ate dead bodies, he immediately felt sick, and said again and again: "Don't eat! Don't eat! I'm so disgusted." Hongqian pointed with his hand: "Should be the big village in front." The stubborn man said: "That's right, that's the west village of Andu Village, let's hurry up." Everyone urged the black-tipped horses to gallop away.

Andu Village has five villages in Tianlu Grassland, divided into Dongzhai, Nanzhai, Xizhai, Beizhai and Zhongzhai. Zhongzhai is located in the center of Tianlu Grassland, and the other four villages are distributed in four villages. At the intersection of the Tianlu Grassland, anyone and goods entering the Tianlu Grassland must first gather at these four stockades.Of course, those who don't want to die can go in by themselves. The carnivorous monsters in the Tianlu grassland are no joke, and a few people may not even find bones when they go in. The Tianlu Grassland is the territory of the Cracking Beast Clan, and they built the Andu Village. They make money by collecting various protection fees. At the same time, they also arranged guards to ensure the safety of the five villages.Xizhai is a medium-sized village with a radius of 100 meters. All the weeds and trees around have been cleaned up, and the ground is paved with gravel, which has been rammed and leveled.The perimeter of the stockade is filled with densely packed sharp wooden sticks. These wooden sticks are of different sizes, the big ones are as tall as two people, and the small ones are more than one meter long.The stockade is surrounded by tall wooden walls. It has two floors, the inside and the outside. There is a tall pillar every ten meters. There is a hanging building on the pillar. No one was watching, and it seemed that the vigilance was not too strict.

All the people and goods who entered the village had to pay. Li Qiang and the other five jumped off the black-tipped cavalry at the gate of the village, and Paben talked with several big men guarding the village.Li Qiang looked around and felt that if this stockade was used for defense, it must be very tight. It seemed that the monsters in the Tianlu grassland were indeed extraordinary, otherwise there was no need to build the stockade so strong.It's just that there are very few people guarding the village. Except for a few men at the gate of the village, there seems to be no other guards.

After Paben paid the money, he said: "Master, let's go in." The stubborn man looked around in confusion and said, "It's strange, there are too few people. There used to be a constant flow of people here, but now everything is really wrong." Walking into the stockade, there are almost no people on the street.The houses here are very unique. They are all quadrangular roofs supported by many thick pillars. All the rooms have no walls and are only surrounded by half boards. People in the rooms can clearly see what they are doing. The stubborn man randomly found an empty room, tied the reins of the black-tipped rider to the wooden post outside the door, and said, "Come in, everyone." Li Qiang also tied the reins, and asked strangely, "Young man, How do you enter the house at will?" The naughty man said with a smile: "As long as there is no one in the room here, you can live in it." Papen said: "All the fees have been paid when you enter the gate of the village."

When Li Qiang walked into the room, he saw that the room was empty. The floor was paved with logs, and it had become extremely uneven, but it was polished smooth and the color was black and red. I don't know how many people have lived here. up.In the center of the room is a square pit made of long stones, which is the fire pit.There was a pile of firewood in the corner of the house, and the stubborn man picked up a bundle and put it on the firepit. He touched his body and said embarrassedly: "Oops! I didn't bring a spar to get a firearm." Li Qiang sat by the pit and smiled: "I bring it on."

Li Qiang stretched out his hands to straighten the pile of firewood, propped up three thicker branches, and then set up thinner branches, and said with a smile: "These branches are all wet." What kind of fire medium did Li Qiang use, fire came out from the firewood, and the fire was getting bigger and bigger, but Li Qiang's hand was still in the fire, he hurriedly shouted: "Boss, draw back your hands, it's burnt." Li Qiang laughed. : "Hehe, the firewood is too wet. If I take it away, the smoke will rise. It will be fine if it burns for a while." The stubborn man felt like an idiot, and everything in front of him was so unbelievable.

After a long while, Li Qiang withdrew his hands, and the flames from the fireplace rushed up.He patted the dust off his hands, and said with a smile: "Okay, Paben is going to inquire about the situation and see what's going on, and then we'll be on our way." The stubborn man said, "It's safer for us to find a big caravan to go with us." , Walking on the Tianlu grassland with few people is very dangerous." He still couldn't understand, in fact, with experts like Li Qiang and Hongqian around, he didn't need to worry at all.The purpose of Li Qiang's entering the village was just to inquire about the news. If these accidents had not happened along the way, Li Qiang would never have entered the Andu village. Nashan said: "Boss, I'll go with Paben." Li Qiang said with a smile: "You can't sit still for a while. Remember, don't make trouble." Nashan touched his bald head and said with a smile: "How can that be? , Boss, you know, my boss is the most timid and fearful." Hongqian smiled and said, "Are you still afraid of trouble? You don't believe in ghosts! Forget it, hurry up." As soon as Paben and Nashan left, two people came in from the door, both dressed as businessmen, and one of the leaders was a big fat man with a big head, a round body, and a pair of shrewd eyes.Li Qiang felt that he didn't seem to have walked in, but rather rolled through the door.I saw him give a deep salute, and said with a smile on his face: "Hi friends, ha ha, can I bother you?" The person behind him was of medium build, his face was covered with sharp wrinkles like a knife and an axe. I was impressed. Li Qiang stood up and said with a smile, "Hi! Please come and sit down. Are you a merchant?" The stubborn man never thought that Li Qiang would be so polite to a stranger. He thought to himself, "This kind of merchants are everywhere, why should the boss be so polite?" The fat man said with a smile: "Let me introduce myself first, hehe, my name is Kazhu, and I am the contact person recommended by several small caravans. I'm sorry, because there are not enough people, I can't cross the Tianlu Grassland, so everyone let me Find some more people to come, I have been waiting for a long time, only a few of you came, hehe, I want to ask you, do you want a companion?" He sat down while talking. The stubborn man asked: "There seems to be very few merchants recently, do you know what happened?" The fat on Kazhu's face trembled, and he sighed: "Oh! This old man, the road is not smooth. During this time Strange things keep happening. Some caravans even disappear without any clues. They can’t figure out why. Many large caravans have stopped, and some have simply turned back and closed down. We It’s hard work for these small businesses, if the received goods can’t be delivered to the ground, it will cost you money, so you have to bite the bullet and keep going.” Li Qiang smiled and said: "We have just arrived, let's see the situation first." Hongqian said suddenly: "There are many people coming to the gate of the village." Li Qiang had heard it, and said: "There are many..." Kazhu was puzzled He said: "How do you know that there are many people coming?" He turned his head to look at the gate of the village, and exclaimed in surprise: "This is a big caravan! It's great!" Hongqian said: "It's not like a caravan. You see, there are silver-tip cavalry, and it's an army." Kazhu jumped up and said in surprise: "Why is there an army at this time? Hey, it's still a big caravan, the army There aren’t many people there.” Dozens of carts dragged by Huajian cavalry rumbled along the street, and in front of them was a small group of silver-tip cavalry, with only about twenty or fifty riders. Followed by a large number of black-tipped cavalry.Kazhu exclaimed happily: "Great! This is a caravan of thousands of people. Now we can leave." Andu Village suddenly became lively, the noisy crowd entered the empty houses on the street separately, and some people shouted loudly for the animals, and directed the convoy into the special parking lot.The group of Hei Jian rode past, followed by many small groups of merchants, and they all scattered to find vacant rooms. The village, which was quiet just now, became very noisy now.Li Qiang said: "Good guy, this is really messed up. Kazhu, you don't have to worry, go and contact them, let's go together, hehe, we have to look again." Kazhu said with a smile: "Okay, I will go to them to discuss. Little brother, let's go together, don't wait, I have been waiting here for a long time, and finally there is such a caravan. I missed the opportunity. It’s too late to regret it. I’ll let you know when I’m leaving.” He seemed very enthusiastic and insisted that Li Qiang and the others go with him. Li Qiang originally planned to leave immediately after Paben came back from inquiring about the news, but seeing that Kazhu was so enthusiastic, he was a little embarrassed to refuse him.The stubborn man also said: "Boss, let's go with the caravan. More people can save a lot of trouble. There are small groups of monsters on the road that dare not attack. What do you think?" Li Qiang laughed: "Okay, Then please ask Kazhu to say, let’s go together.” Kazhu said goodbye with a smile, looking very happy. Hongqian smiled and said: "Uncle, we can't make it this far. The big caravan is moving slowly, but it is very safe." Li Qiang said, "Mr. Naughty, how far is it from Ladu Kingdom? After the Lu Grassland is done, I have to hurry there.” The stubborn man said: “After passing the Tianlu Grassland, I know a shortcut. Although the road is not easy to walk, it is much closer and there is enough time. .This large caravan does not know where to go after arriving in Andu Zhongzhai. We still need to find out where the praying larks are. Maybe after arriving in Zhongzhai, we still have to go alone." People were also living in the adjacent room next door. Since all the rooms were surrounded by half-plank walls, Li Qiang and the others could see what was going on in each room.I saw a dozen or so people pouring into the next room, talking and laughing loudly while dragging their luggage and the like, each looking for his own place to stay.There were people coming and going on the street outside the gate, and many people couldn't find a vacant room. Seven or eight men looked at Li Qiang's room and walked over. One of the men entered the room and said loudly: " Hey, friend, is this place full?" Li Qiang smiled and said: "No, come in!" The man turned his head and greeted: "Brothers, come in!" Several people crowded in, and the room suddenly seemed overcrowded.The man shouted: "Tundun, take my luggage, I won't agree if I mess it up." A short man agreed, dragged two large rucksacks into the room, threw them into the corner, and shouted: " Brother Zhutou, try to get something to eat, I'm really hungry." The man named Zhutou laughed and scolded: "Eat! Eat! Eat! You know how to eat, you are a starving ghost? Old bug, take out the jerky roll in the bag, and get some water from the mound." Among them A guy lay down on the ground and pulled off his animal leather boots. Immediately, a strong stench spread.I just heard that guy say: "Oh, my feet are so comfortable now... I'm sweaty and warming up, this brother makes way." Li Qiang had already held his breath, and when he heard this, he smiled slightly and stepped aside. go.That guy sat up, put his feet by the firepit to roast, and saw the curling smoke rising from his feet, and the smell became heavier, and he said in his mouth: "Sorry, everyone, it stinks a bit, bear with it." just fine. The stigma scolded: "Stinky feet! You fucking let people live. Every time you arrive at the ground, you take off your boots and stinky people. It's so fucking annoying." Smelly feet cried and said: "I didn't There is a solution, my feet are naturally sweaty. Brother Zhutou, can I stop baking?” He retracted his feet and stretched out his hands to rub them vigorously. Fortunately, the room has half a wooden wall, which is very ventilated and the smell dissipates quickly.Smelly feet rubbed his feet, and said to Li Qiang: "I'm sorry, brother, you must be smelly, hehe, there is no way..." A man next to him said loudly to Li Qiang: "This kid is a famous smelly foot!" , if Brother Zhutou didn’t take him in, no caravan would want him. Hehe, you can just call him Smellyfoot.” Smellyfoot was not angry when he heard that, and smiled: “Scarlet, don’t talk about me, we are Brothers and sisters, I have stinky feet, and you are a skinny head." Everyone laughed, even the people in the next room laughed. Li Qiang couldn't help being funny, and asked, "Well, Smelly Foot, what kind of caravan are you? Why are you walking with the army?" Stinky Foot rubbed his feet with his teeth grinning, and put his hand under his nose to smell it for a long while Then he said: "We are a big caravan. That group of soldiers also walked with our caravan. The road is not smooth recently. Hehe, there are few big caravans like ours. Hey, are you here? Waiting for a partner? Listen to me, no problem, just talk to our Brother Zhutou and spend a little money." He looked very proud. Zhutou sat down next to Li Qiang, and said with a smile: "Brother, brother, I am the leader of a team of 30 people. Are you three? Don't worry, follow us to ensure safety." The stubborn man said: "We have five people in total. Personal." Smelly feet interjected from the side: "It's okay, our Zhutou brother is a good man, he has entered and exited Tianlu Grassland dozens of times, and the people and goods he insured are not 1,000 but 800, brother, you can follow with confidence. , as long as you spend a little money, you can keep everything safe, how wonderful!" The old insect took out a small pile of lean dried meat from the animal skin bag, put it on the edge of the firepit, and said loudly: "Come on! Eat the dried meat! Why hasn't the mound come here yet? I'm so stupid. It takes me a long time to find water. Hurry up!" Come and eat." Smelly Foot reached out and picked up a piece, tore off a piece and threw it into his mouth, chewing loudly, and said vaguely in his mouth: "Old bug, this meat has a strange smell, um, it seems to have regained moisture." Li Qiang couldn't help it anymore, and said with a smile: "Brother, the meat should be fine." Smelly Feet raised the dried meat in his hand, handed it to Li Qiang's nose, and said, "You smell it, the taste has indeed changed a bit." Li Qiang turned his head hastily and said: "Hey, man, help me, that smells like your stinky feet!" Everyone laughed.Smelly feet raised his hand under his nose, sniffed vigorously, and said with a smile: "It really smells like stinky feet. Hey, don't worry, I don't feel the smell." He tore off another piece of meat nonchalantly, and stuffed it into his mouth.Zhutou warmly greeted Li Qiang: "Come! Come! Let's eat together! You're welcome!" Li Qiang said with a smile: "You guys eat, I just ate." How to eat, let alone touch these jerky. In fact, this group of men did not take Li Qiang and the others seriously.Almost all the men who travel on the Western Continent are strong and strong. It is impossible to live here without a healthy body.Li Qiang and Hongqian wore long robes, and they both looked frail. Only the stubborn man had a good figure, broad shoulders, thick back, thick hands and feet, a machete beside him, and a full beard. He's just a standard traveler. Nashan and Paben walked in, and Nashan said loudly: "Huh? There are so many people, boss, we are back." He looked the most fierce, with a bald head and one eye, and a knife scar on his face. They all looked at him at the same time.Except for a few people whom Nashan admires, he doesn't care about others.He came to Li Qiang's side, grabbed Smelly Foot's arm, and said, "Little brother, let me go." He gently pushed to the side.The stinky feet couldn't withstand the strong force, so they rolled over backwards, a mouthful of dried meat hit his throat, making him roll his eyes, the old bug hurried forward and patted his back hard, and he spit out the The flesh, strangely shouted: "Hey, you want to kill me, ahem!" Zhutou got a little angry and said, "bald! Come on, let's get to know each other. My name is Zhutou." He stretched out a big hand.The people around knew at a glance that the stigma was going to weigh Nashan's catty.Nashan's eyes lit up, and he also stretched out his hand: "Hey, my name is Nashan, hey, let's make out." The two hands were held together. The expressions of both of them were as if nothing had happened.Nashan didn't try hard at first, he looked at Li Qiang, he also knew that he was rude just now, for fear that the boss would scold him.Li Qiang smiled and said, "Nashan, don't overplay it." He meant not to let Nashan bully others, who knew that Nashan completely understood the mistake, thinking that Li Qiang agreed to his action, as long as he didn't hurt others.He hurriedly said with a smile: "Boss, how can it be." Zhutou began to feel scared, no matter how hard he tried, the one-eyed man remained motionless, as if nothing had happened.He bared his teeth and said, "Welcome! Zhutou, I'm sorry." Zhutou's expression changed drastically.Everyone saw that Zhutou's face suddenly turned red, and his body trembled slightly. He tightly closed his lips, and sweat protruded from his face. Seeing this, Li Qiang hurriedly said: "That's enough, Nashan let go and apologized to Zhutou." Nashan quickly withdrew his hands, smirked a few times and said: "Hehe, Zhutou, our boss has ordered. Hey, just kidding, don't be angry, Hehe, hehe." He smiled all over his face.Everyone couldn't believe that this fierce bald man was so obedient, and they couldn't help being curious about Li Qiang: This young and frail guy really looks a little unpredictable. Zhu Tou sat down, his hand bones were almost shattered by Nashan, the pain was so painful that he took a long time to recover.He was convinced in his heart, knowing that he was too far behind the other party, and said with a wry smile: "It's okay! It's okay!" The men who travel in the Western Continent are straight-tempered, and they will definitely admit their losses if they lose, and they will not play tricks. Nashan shouted: "Paben, bring over the fresh meat you just got. I'll treat everyone to eat meat." Paben threw a half-human-sized monster from his back and put it by the fire pit.Li Qiang said with a smile: "Come over to eat, and you too." He was referring to a group of men next door, who had been watching the excitement just now.The group of men applauded loudly, and simply climbed over half of the wall.A large group of people sat around the firepit, pulled out their sharp knives, and started cutting and grilling meat. Nashan patted the shoulder of Zhutou with a playful smile, and said with a smile: "Brother, let's eat together." The boldness of Li Qiang and Nashan immediately impressed this group of straightforward men, and it didn't take long for them to call each other brothers.The stubborn man was deeply moved when he saw it. He knew Li Qiang's strength very well. He never thought that Li Qiang would be so easy-going. He could stand shoulder to shoulder with these rough men on the road and call them brothers and sisters. He didn't dislike them at all. He felt that this is the real master.