HLnovel Chapter 499: Northbound Jinyang City
Chapter 499: Northbound Jinyang City
Jinglan turned her head and looked at him, and asked, "Who is it?"
"He is my good brother who worked as a slave in the same slave house as me. He is Yu Aqi and Yu Ermaozi! Haha..." After the thirteen of them escaped from Jiaoshan, they were bored and gave each other nicknames. Chu Xiaomu was called "stinky wood" and Yu Aqi was called "Yu Ermaozi". However, except for a few close friends, no one else would call each other that.
Jinglan nodded and said with a smile: "Brother Xiaomu, the people in your slave house are really amazing!"
Chu Xiaomu asked curiously, "The slave house is full of incompetent slaves who can't even support themselves. What's so great about that?"
"Xuanying is the only general appointed by the Lord of Jinyang City to lead troops. He is very powerful. Yu Aqi is the central army of my Bicheng Dongzhong Army who killed the Red Army Spirit General and stopped the Red Army from advancing eastward. It is said that he has cultivated the spiritual power of wind and lightning. You are also the central army of our Nanding Army..."
Chu Xiaomu thought that was true, and when they were in the same slave house in Jiaoshan, he was closest to Xuanying and Yu Aqi. Not only were the three of them not much different in age, but they also had similar personalities. They even wore each other's pants. They were as close as brothers.
Later, when Jiaoshan rebelled, if they failed, all three would have died. But after going through many dangers, they finally escaped. They were friends for life and death. Although we are now separated and have different aspirations, the friendship we made during those months cannot be erased.
Xiaoying asked curiously: "Stinky wood, what is it like to be a raw slave? Is it fun?"
Chu Xiaomu didn't know how to answer her for a moment and said, "It's pretty good. I have food to eat and sleep to sleep every day, and there are many friends to work and talk with..." He thought that compared to the days on the ancient black miasma road in Beast Mountain, being a slave in Jiaoshan was indeed a god-like life.
Xiaoying said, "It's so fun, I want to go too!" She and Chu Xiaomu were originally walking side by side, and she reached out to pull him, shouting, "You stinky blockhead, I thought you were having a hard time after leaving Baihua Island, and I was worried about you for a long time, but I didn't expect you were having fun outside!"
Jinglan said: "Xiaoying, don't listen to his nonsense. The suffering of being a slave is something you and I can't even imagine in our lifetime. Your brother Xiaomu...he..." She was choked up for a moment and couldn't speak.
Chu Xiaomu could only sigh.
Xiaoying raised her eyebrows and said angrily, "You're trying to lie to me again, you stinky guy!" She reached out to hit him.
Chu Xiaomu squeezed his legs together and rushed out like the wind. He laughed and said, "Don't you also want to be a slave? Once we have enough food, I will take you there!"
Jinglan looked at his back, feeling mixed emotions.
The three of them rode for a while, and gradually more people came on the road. The horses were too majestic, and Chu Xiaomu didn't want to arouse suspicion, so he had to slow down and let them walk lightly.
However, these three tall and long-legged horses still attracted the attention of passers-by. People were thinking: "I wonder where these two men and one woman came from. They are dressed very ordinary. How can they ride three such fine horses?"
Some thought: "From the direction they came from, they should be coming from Bicheng. But now Jieyun Pass no longer allows refugees from Bicheng to pass through, and their clothes don't look like that. Could they be spiritual monks coming down from Jieyun Mountain?"
After walking for more than ten miles, they came across a small river about 15 feet wide. A stone arch bridge was built over the river, with two stone statues of strange beasts carved on each end of the bridge. Chu Xiaomu stood in the middle of the stone bridge, looking at the river water on the east side, which sometimes rolled and sometimes flowed quietly. His heart suddenly jumped: "Could it be that this river is the one that Yingdan named 'Yiniu Lake'?"
Although it was hard to escape at that time, Xiao Meng, Yang Dou, Yingdan, Yu Aqi, Hai Wuqing, Lin Zhen, Zhang Hou... these good brothers and friends are still here. Now, some are living, some are dying, and even those who are still alive are all far away from each other...
After traveling for another hour, it was getting dark and we arrived at a larger town in Jinyang City. After asking the people in the town, we learned that this place was called "Huacang Town".
It was the middle of spring, and although peach and plum blossoms were in full bloom, no cicadas could be heard. Jinglan had never been here before, but she had heard that in summer and autumn, Huachanyi would be filled with cicadas, much more lively than the densely populated Jinyang City.
The three of them stayed in Huachanyi for one night, bought some dry food in the morning, and continued on their journey.
Seeing that Xiaoying was pretty and lovable, the old lady selling cakes gave the three of them an extra box of cakes. Xiaoying was very happy and said, "My sister said that there are many bad people in the East Continent and asked me and Xiaoxuan to be more careful. I think it's completely unnecessary. The people here are all very good."
Chu Xiaomu and Jinglan looked at each other and thought that this girl was simple-minded and would forget about Yan Zhua, Xiao Zhenrong and others in just a few days.
One hundred and twenty miles north of Huachanyi is a small city called Potiyi, which is much smaller than other cities, and is similar to five or seven small villages in Bicheng. It is said that more than two hundred years ago, the soldiers of Jinyangcheng, led by the then city lord Jin Kaihan, defeated the army of the Hoo tribe of Chisha Kingdom in this place, and Potiyi got its name from this.
Poti Town was indeed too small, and even the only post station was dilapidated. The tables and benches were greasy, and the ground was covered with dirt, leaving almost no place to step.
When Xiaoying saw this, she pinched her nose and refused to let Chu Xiaomu and Jinglan in. The three of them had no choice but to flee.
After Poti Town is Tushan Town, which is nearly 300 miles away. It would take three horses a day and a half to travel there at such an easy pace, including resting at night.
Tushanyi is located at the southwest of the foot of Xiaotushan Mountain. The city is named after the mountain, and most of its products are specialties of Xiaotushan Mountain, such as deerskin, mink fur, golden pheasant feathers, yellow paste and old medicine, which are quite famous in Jinyang City, Bicheng and other major cities.
However, what Tushan is most famous for is not the special mountain products, but the bandits on Xiaotu Mountain. This group of bandits wore red headbands, so they were called the Red Headbands.
Their leader is named He Cang, and it is said that he is a martial arts master whose Force has passed the third level. He wields a thick-backed bone-cutting sword, which makes people tremble with fear.
The Red-browed Bandits made a living by robbing caravans and horse teams, traveling merchants, and travelers from other cities that passed through Xiaotushan. They also occasionally robbed cities within a few hundred miles of the area, making them quite hated.
However, the Jindao Sect, which was responsible for the defense of Jinyang City, left them alone. They pretended to go into the mountains to pay fees several times, but returned empty-handed. Later, it was rumored that the Red-browed Bandits were so rampant because He Cang had the support of the Golden Sword and Black Sword and the Jindao Sect.
Later, the rumor became more and more detailed, even saying that He Cang had studied martial arts with Jin Dao Hei Jian for ten years and was his direct disciple, but his name was not recorded. Otherwise, why would Jin Dao Hei Jian use a sword and he, He Cang, also use a sword?