Chapter 13 Escort
Zhang Ming and Lin An approached to take a look and saw a small board standing in front of the shed, with several tasks written in red pens on it and the corresponding basic tasks.
This is the form of awarding assessment tasks: free selection, first come first served.
In fact, most of the tasks are simple, most of them are sending wards, guards, entering the mountains to obtain materials, etc. For disciples who have mastered their own martial arts, they can be easily completed without any surprises.
Zhang Ming felt faintly moved. He was like walking in his heart without returning home without a wealthy person. He really wanted to go back to the countryside to see his adoptive parents in this life.
After all, after living together for six years, they only have their only son, and they are not emotional. Not to mention that in the past year, they have squeezed out of the offerings every year and sent back two taels and five cents of silver. They were about to go back to see their proud and proud expressions, so that they could satisfy their vanity that had never been seen in both worlds.
Thinking of this, he casually pointed to one of the escort tasks on the fingerboard that required multiple people to complete, and turned to Lin An next to him and said, "How about we take this?"
"Whatever." Lin An's dead fish eyes did not fluctuate at all. Obviously, he didn't care much about this. He and Zhang Ming got along well this year, so he could do his job together.
"Hehe." Zhang Ming walked into the shed with a smile, and explained to the deputy hall master who was sitting under the shed, and then went to the side to get two task cards with the corresponding numbers "Jia You 2" and "Jia You 3".
He handed the token to Lin An: "Tomorrow, we will meet at the south entrance of Wupu. There are four people on this trip."
Lin An nodded and ran back to the courtyard where he lived. Over the past year, he had been practicing martial arts except for the necessary rest time. Even Zhang Ming sighed that he was inferior to his perseverance, and today is naturally no exception.
When Zhang Ming saw him leave, he smashed his mouth but didn't keep up. Since his master taught him the six-pan snake-shaped hand, he has never taught him anything except the school entrance exam. He had just practiced in the morning and now he just wanted to relax for a while, so he seemed a little bored at this time.
Suddenly, he thought of something and walked in the other direction.
There are so many people in the Gangzhong General Hall, not everyone has work at all times, and they always have to have some entertainment. So the people from Baotang opened a tile here half a year ago, and there are games like cockfighting and crickets that can be played. Zhang Ming was also frustrated in this era, and now even this primitive entertainment method can be enjoyed.
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The next day, when it was just dawn, the south entrance of Xiwupu, the dark hall area of Changhe Gang, the Changhe Gang.
"Is there one person left?"
Zhang Ming looked at a slightly fat young man who had just arrived and thought silently.
"Did the two junior brothers just enter the hall last year? In the morning, Gong Hua came to the dark hall two years ago. Unfortunately, some accidents happened last year and failed the assessment task."
The flat-headed young man refused to accept his life, and he held his fists and bowed his hand and rushed to Lin An to greet him.
"Senior brother, please be polite. Zhang Ming is here. This is Lin An. We did just joined the hall last year. Please take care of me for this trip."
Zhang Ming knew that Lin An had never been good at socializing with others. He was probably just a friend of his own when he joined the team for so long. He responded first.
"Haha, junior brother,..."
The two of them exchanged greetings for a few more times, and another footstep came from the side. Zhang Ming looked closely and found that he was an unfamiliar face.
"I'm here to Tang Yao." The visitor nodded, but just introduced himself and stopped talking.
"Zhang Ming, Lin An."
"Gong Hua."
After meeting, Gong Hua stood up and said, "Since we are all here, we can check the task token without further ado, so we will go to the county to pick up people, go early and return early!"
The escort mission was to escort a man from Fengxian to Longchang County. Fengxian was within the scope of Bianzhou, while Longchang County was in neighboring states. I didn’t hear any big bandits along the way, so it should be considered peaceful.
"That's right." Zhang Ming responded dryly and took out his token, while Lin An and Tang Yao also silently took out the sign without saying a word.
Jiayou 1234, four tokens were matched, and the four of them put away the tokens, then looked at each other and walked towards the mountain ahead.
The way down the mountain was in the front mountain. There was a mountain gate and several heavy mailboxes in the middle of the road. Someone came out to investigate, and the four of them took out the task token for him to check before they went down the mountain.
Zhang Ming's hometown is Fengshui County, Bianzhou. He is on the way to cross the county and Longchang County, and is very close to the headquarters. He is planning to discuss with his teammates when he returns to complete the task, and stay on the road for one or two days, and then return to the headquarters after he visits his hometown.
There were people renting carriages at the foot of the mountain. Each of the four of them paid eight cents of silver. A total of three taels and two cents of silver was negotiated to hire the coachman for five days and go back and forth to turn around the county and Longchang. In fact, this is also considered the property of Baotang. I didn’t expect that I would be so greedy to my disciples in my gang.
This made Zhang Ming feel very painful, even if the task was paid for two taels of silver and three portions of sprinkled rice dumplings. After all, he had to have fun and send it home this year, and he really had no savings, so he went there half of it.
If you don’t rent a carriage, even if the four of you use your light skills all the way, you won’t be much faster. After all, you have to consider your physical strength and you will definitely have to rest along the way. Everyone will be exhausted and may be able to complete this escort task.
The carriage was swaying, which reminded Zhang Ming of the feeling he felt when he entered the car. Fortunately, there are only four people sitting in the huge carriage, which is much spacious and comfortable.
Zhang Ming shrank his body and found a more comfortable position. He slowly fell asleep in a daze.
It was not until he woke up that he found that there was no one in the car.
He frowned and got out of the carriage. When he walked out, he found that he was in a secret courtyard, and the blood in the courtyard had already flowed through his boots.
"Ah!" A angrily shouted, he was startled and looked at the sound, but saw a spear piercing into Lin An's back, kneeling on the ground, and his eyes were about to explode out of his eye sockets.
"Zhang Ming, unqualified!" Another voice seemed to come from the top of his head. Zhang Ming looked up and saw his thin master wearing a red dress, bleeding from his seven orifices at him, his bloody eyes were quite terrifying.
Whoosh!
Two sounds of breaking through the air sounded, and Zhang Ming subconsciously moved his light skills and bending over.
At this moment, a strange suddenly flashed through Zhang Ming's heart. He always felt something was wrong, but he couldn't figure it out. Suddenly, a huge force seemed to come from behind him, and the whole world began to shake the earth. Zhang Ming's heart shook a little enlightenment, and he suddenly closed his eyes, allowing his whole brain to turn around. When he felt much better, he opened his eyes and saw a completely different scene.
The carriage had become riddled with holes, and a sharp blade was piercing through the carriage on the left side of his left arm. Lin An was grabbing Zhang Ming's right arm and swaying desperately. When he saw Zhang Ming wake up, he let out a breath.
When Zhang Ming looked again, he was sure that there were only two of him in the carriage, and shouts and sounds of breaking through the air came from outside.
Chapter completed!