Sweet as candy

At the foot of Mulong Mountain, a train team is slowly advancing.

There are more than ten people in the team, and those who follow behind are all tall and dressed in coarse linen clothes.Only the first two were dressed gorgeously, holding a handful of straws of indeterminate variety in their hands.

At the foot of the mountain, there was a dilapidated wine shop, which was already empty, only two strong men were standing on the stools, drinking heavily.

The convoy approached slowly, and the leader, a little boy, jumped out of the car, holding the straw in his hand, and bowed politely to the two who were drinking: "May I ask you two heroes, is Mulong Mountain in this direction?"

The big man sized him up for a while, without concealing the impatience in his eyes: "Ask for directions? Pay the money first."

Xiao Lang's smile didn't change, he took out the silver he had prepared from his pocket, and handed it over with both hands respectfully.

The big man glanced at the straw he was holding, took the silver, turned it over, and there was an inconspicuous "tribute" engraved on the bottom.

"From the Xu family?" The big man spat on the ground, put the money into his sleeves, jumped out of the fence carelessly, and circled the car: "What's in it?"

Mu Yunyi lifted the top layer of oilcloth with a cold face, Xiao Lang followed with a smile, and said softly: "They are all carefully selected. This car is made of mountain treasures, the car behind is made of fine wine, and the last car is made of fine wine. It's something new."

The big man rubbed his chin, and said in a long tone: "But you told us to wait, the other houses are all here, and you are the only ones procrastinating. Could it be some small trick?"

"How dare you." Xiao Lang cried out, and pointed at the wheel of a car: "Isn't this being split by a stone halfway, afraid that the things on it would fall off, so I had to walk slowly, and that's why I was delayed on the road. some time."

He turned his back, and while blocking other people's sight, he stuffed another ingot of silver into the other person's hand, flattering him, "Thank you for waiting so long, it's a trivial matter, it's not respectful."

The big man shook his fist, it was heavy.The smile on his face deepened, and he shouted to another big man: "Old Ba, take them in."

Another big man responded, and led them to the other side of the mountain, where several people had been waiting, and the leader shouted, "All here?"

"It's ready." The person in front of Xiao Lang replied, he turned to Xiao Lang and said: "Let your people unload all the tribute goods, and our brothers will naturally carry them up."

Xiao Lang said with a smile: "There's no need to bother you, my brothers are rough-skinned and thick-skinned, it doesn't take much effort for them to move things."

The big man didn't appreciate it, his eyes were as big as a copper bell, and he snorted displeasedly: "If you tell you to do it, do it, stop talking nonsense."

This person has an irritable personality, Mu Yunyi hooked Xiao Lang's finger quietly, Xiao Lang smiled and said: "Yes, yes, I'm all up to you."

Everyone unloaded the goods, and someone brought some masks: "Put them on."

As expected, this group of people was not weak in defense, even if they faced the people who came to pay tribute, they would not let them know how to find the way to the stronghold.Xiao Lang took the initiative to put on the mask and fell into the darkness.The man brought another rope and tied their hands tightly.

"Hold the rope, the mountain road is very steep, if you fall down and die, don't come to us after becoming a ghost."

His wrist was pulled hard, Xiao Lang hissed in pain.Someone led them forward, and the journey was extremely quiet, only the intermittent chirping of birds could be heard in their ears.

Xiao Lang guessed that they were already walking up the mountain at this time, so he held his breath and used his hearing to distinguish the positions of the people around him.Realizing that there was no one beside him, he turned his wrist very lightly towards the sleeve, drew out a small piece of white powder with his index finger, and then sprinkled it silently on the ground.

He moved carefully all the way, and after an indeterminate amount of time, the leader suddenly said, "Divide into two lanes, the one in white will follow me, and the one in black will stay put."

Xiao Lang was startled—Mu Yunyi did not have tracking powder on him.

He pretended to be staggering, and threw himself forward fiercely. He passed Mu Yunyi's waist with both hands, and passed the medicine powder in his hand to Mu Yunyi when the other person turned around to help him.

"What to do!" The change here immediately aroused the vigilance of the bandit, and the two were separated abruptly.

Xiao Lang knelt on the ground with limp legs, his voice trembling slightly: "It's too slippery, I tripped."

It rained last night, and the mountain road was indeed muddy.The bandit glanced suspiciously at his dirty, mud-stained shoes, and recalled his appearance of thin skin and tender flesh. He snorted from his nasal cavity, lifted him up, and said roughly: "Walk well. .”

Xiao Lang trembled, and the two separated temporarily.The bandits led them in through different passages on both sides. The guards at the door saw his distressed appearance and laughed, "Why is it so dirty? It would be a shame for the head to see it."

The man said nonchalantly: "He's a pretty boy, he fell down due to lack of strength in his hands and feet, just take him to change his body later."

After saying that, he turned around and roughly tore off the mask on his face.

Xiao Lang had been in the dark for a long time, when he saw the light again, he closed his eyes in shock, and the corners of his eyes turned red.

The gatekeeper stared at him and knocked for a while, then suddenly sucked his lips, and said with a joke: "No wonder the boss of Xujiazhai swore that the head of the family would be satisfied, so this thought... Ha, you still don't know what to do?" Why don't you take him to change into handsome clothes? If the head of the family is happy, your reward will be indispensable."

The old eight just looked at Xiao Lang who was as thin as a chicken, and didn't think about the other side.The other party gave such a smug smile, and he finally came to his senses - no wonder the Xu family sent such a badass, it turned out that he was going to present it to the head of the family as a rabbit master!

The old man couldn't stop peeking at Xiao Lang, thinking that it's a good thing he didn't do anything to him just now, there is a troublesome person around the head of the house, this person will really be able to climb into the bed of the head of the house in the future, and blow on the side of the pillow Feng, then I have plenty of good fruits to eat.

Thinking of this, he softened his attitude towards Xiao Lang, took him to the innermost room, and said, "Go inside and find a change of clothes."

Xiao Lang also heard from their mouths that the scholar he replaced really had something to do with the person who kidnapped him, so he also imitated his delicate voice, and said softly: "Where is my friend?"

"You don't care what you do, you will come right away." Lao Ba replied impatiently, closing the door heavily.

Xiao Lang rummaged around in the house for a while, this was obviously the place where the concubine lived, the room was filled with the strong smell of rouge and gouache, when he opened the closet, his eyes were full of red and purple.

He couldn't agree with the original owner's taste, so he had to choose the plainest suit.There were several boxes for rouge and gouache on the table, Xiao Lang dug some and put it under the table, and then applied the remaining tracer powder on his neck.

Lao Ba waited outside for a long time, and the person inside finally came out. He was about to complain, but he smelled a faint fragrance coming from the person.

"What's the smell on you?" He rolled his eyes, and a guess hit his heart, and he said in shock, "You used something on the table? Hu Ji treasures her rouge and gouache the most, who told you to touch it! "

Xiao Lang smiled and said: "Didn't you let me choose a piece of clothing to wear by myself? Why, the clothes can be worn, but the rest can't be touched?"

The old man said angrily: "That's different! The clothes don't belong to him, and the gouache hasn't had time to be presented to him. Hey, if he finds out, he will definitely have to provoke the boss again. Why are you so quick? I'm going to be killed by you rabbit masters!"

Xiao Lang, on the other hand, looked calm: "Don't worry, I don't use it much, as long as you don't tell me, no one will know."

Lao Ba glared at him angrily for a while, then led him into the banquet hall without saying a word.

The banquet hall was brightly lit, and the gangster's demeanor was everywhere, Xiao Lang saw Mu Yunyi sitting cross-legged in the corner at a glance, and walked over in three or two steps.

The old eight was still thinking about his use of orchid gouache indiscriminately, and it was annoying to watch him. Seeing him sitting down obediently, he gave a few words to the people beside him and left.

"Has all the tracking powder been spilled?"

Mu Yunyi glanced at the person sitting next to him, nodded slightly, and suddenly focused his eyes, and said, "Whose clothes are you wearing?"

"I guess it belongs to the concubine next to the King of the Mountain." Xiao Lang lowered his head and said, "Isn't it too fancy?"

He was wearing a water-red dress, and his face was set off like a peach blossom.Mu Yunyi stared straight for a while, then said, "You don't really suit this color."

Xiao Lang sighed: "But this is already the most plain one."

Mu Yunyi turned around and said, "Let's go out and change."

Are you so disgusted?Seeing that he couldn't even look directly at him, Xiao Lang was shocked and turned to the disciples of the Wulin League standing aside: "After this matter is out, please don't tell anyone about it."

The disciple pretending to be a bandit stood like a stake, and nodded sullenly when he heard this.

Xiao Lang turned his head and looked around again. There are four exits in the hall, southeast, northwest, and there are quite a few bandits guarding each exit.In order to prevent them from remembering the way they came in, the other party deliberately led them in separately halfway through the journey, so that when the reinforcements from the Wulin League came, it would inevitably take a lot of time to detour, and I had to buy more time for them just work.