Chapter Eighty-Four: Encountering Bandits
Looking at the angel in front of him, Xiao Nan's heart was warm, he had just come here from the west, and he naturally had no intention of going back now, but in the face of this child's sincere kindness, he was speechless for a while.
"What, you don't want to cultivate anymore?" Xun Yue withdrew his hand and said dissatisfiedly.
"Thank you so much, I still have some important things to deal with, and I can't leave for the time being. ”
"Well, that's fine, let's talk about it later. Xun Yue leaned back in frustration.
After a while, Xun Yue straightened up and opened the wooden box on the table, which Xun Qi had handed over to Gongsun Yan first, and it was filled with delicate pastries.
She took the box and handed it to several people, and the women each took a piece, and the three men all smiled and declined.
"Take it, you're not a cultivator, it's hard to eat this kind of pastry. Xun Yue picked up a piece of pastry with two fingers, crossed three fingers and handed it to Xiao Nan, seeing Xiao Nan's refusal, he said to him very politely.
Xiao Nan was amused in his heart, he actually made a teenage girl feel pity.
He had no choice but to take it, and then put it in his mouth, pretending to be intoxicated.
Seeing this, Xun Yue smiled happily and was satisfied, so he couldn't help but hand him several pieces.
The most touching thing is this, Xiao Nan almost didn't taste the deliciousness from a few pastries, but he tasted the supreme sweetness of the world from Xun Yue's actions.
In the evening, the convoy stopped, and when I got out of the car, I saw that it was an extremely flat and open place, and nearly two hundred carriages had gathered together.
"We camped here, and there used to be a restaurant here, but there were often thieves over there, and the restaurant couldn't be opened. Gongsun Lian pointed to the entrance of the mountain hundreds of meters ahead and said to Xiao Nan.
Then Gongsun Lian said to an old man who came to him: "Lao Li, you arrange the guards, and then ask someone to pick up some firewood in the forest ahead." ”
When the night was shrouded, hundreds of guards, coachmen, and handymen surrounded the convoy and lit dozens of bonfires at a certain distance.
Xun Qi, Fan Xiao and Gongsun Lian gathered together and sat around the fire, Xun Qi didn't let Gongsun Lian prepare dinner, he took out a lot of food from the storage jade, and there was also special fruit wine.
While eating, drinking, and talking, Xun Yue also handed Xiao Nan some food from time to time, she felt that Xiao Nan was in a weak position, and she happened to squander her kindness to Xiao Nan, who was very decent in speech and demeanor.
When the starry sky was full, Xun Qi took out the tent and set it up, so that Xun Yue could rest early, and Gongsun Yan and Miao Jing were invited by her to live together.
Several men lay down in their clothes by the fire. In this wilderness, with so many people, Xiao Nan's whole body and mind relaxed, and there was the crackling sound of firewood burning all around, and there were also the murmurs of people before going to bed.
He enjoyed the sense of tranquility that this peace brought him, and the chaotic mind that had once been in this environment temporarily dissipated, and the sleepiness gradually hit .......
"Wake up, everyone. There was a shout from the front of the camp.
Then the same words exploded throughout the camp.
"Wake up, everyone. ”
Xiao Nan stood up almost immediately.
"There are thieves!"
"Don't panic, we've got two guards this time. ”
There was a commotion, shouting, and the footsteps of hundreds of people running together.
"Damn, these robbers are simply unfed dogs. Gongsun Lian slapped his huge body and roared in a low voice.
"Lao Li, let the handymen and coachmen control the carriage, gather the guards together, and follow me. After he finished speaking, he walked forward majestically, and Yao Kui followed.
At the same time, Fan Xiao was also loudly arranging his family's guards and miscellaneous servants, and soon the two families of more than seventy guards lined up in formation and blocked the front of the convoy.
The three women also walked out of the tent, Xun Yue ran to Xun Qi's side, she looked at the torches flowing in the distance, rubbed her eyes and asked, "Uncle Seven, are they robbers?"
"It's a robber, don't be afraid, you must follow me, remember no. ”
The little girl nodded and hummed softly.
Xun Qi quickly put away the tent, took Xun Yue's hand, and walked towards Gongsun Lian, Gongsun Yan and Miao Jing were a little nervous, and they also followed closely behind Xun Qi.
"Alas, it turns out that this so-called peace is only an illusion for a moment. Xiao Nan smiled bitterly in his heart, at this time he was standing alone by the fire, he really wanted to turn around and leave.
Looking at the dense torches flowing from the mountains closer and closer, it formed a rare beauty.
These people are all gentle and kind people, especially the little girl, Xiao Nan hesitated, crying and laughing in his heart, "How can you encounter such a thing anywhere!"
He couldn't help but howl hysterically, shook his head violently, and had to clench his fists and walk towards them unwillingly.
"My cultivation is higher than that of several people in the same car, maybe I can help, try my best. Xiao Nan calmed the resentment in his heart.
He squeezed through the crowd and came behind Gongsun Lian and Xun Qi, beside whom Xun Yue and the other two girls happened.
The first to discover him was Miao Jing, who was stunned and showed a very puzzled expression, Xun Yue also looked sideways after discovering it, and when she saw Xiao Nan, she was dumbfounded for a moment, then she stood on her toes and climbed Xiao Nan's shoulder with her hand, so that it was attached to her mouth.
"What are you doing here? Get back to the carriage. The voice was low, but full of fierceness that could not help but defend.
After hearing this, the resentment in Xiao Nan's heart suddenly disappeared, and she bowed down and whispered in her ear: "Child, don't worry, I am cultivated." ”
Xun Yue raised his head in surprise, looked at Xiao Nan, who was looking down at him and only winked at him, and pouted: "Hmph, liar!"
The flow of fire formed by the convergence of stars was getting closer and closer, Xiao Nan raised his eyes and looked closely, estimating that there were two or three hundred people.
Soon, the gang of thieves stopped about twenty meters away from the guard, and the sound of chaotic footsteps and all kinds of shouts was endless.
The one standing at the front suddenly raised the torch and swung it three times in the air, and the enemy formation was silent for a moment, except for the crackling sound of the dense torches burning.
"Haha, on the opposite side is the caravan of the Gongsun family and the Fan family. The man with the torch said loudly.
"Boss Bao, in the past, you only shot once or twice a year, but now it is several times a year, so you have gone too far. Gongsun Lian roared in a low voice.
"Eh, Brother Gongsun, if you say this, you will be hurt and angry, there were only a few of us before, but now there are more than twice as many people, so naturally we are more diligent. ”
"In the past, in order not to hurt the peace, when did we fail to meet your requirements? Now that you are getting more and more endless, then won't we run all the business for you?" Fan Xiao also shouted indignantly.
"Fan family boy, the business of your two families has been getting bigger and bigger over the years, and it seems that you have more confidence, and you don't take us seriously anymore. But since my brothers and I have worked so hard to come here today, why do we have to pay some price to make sense, right?" Boss Bao replied coldly.
"How much do you want?" asked Gongsun Lian angrily.
"Hahaha, Brother Gongsun is really a happy person, there are more than 300 of us here this time, if there is less, I can't explain to this group of brothers. Boss Bao pretended to be silent for a moment, and then said: "In this way, you two families will gather three thousand lower grade spirit stones, and then take out three thousand taels of silver, and I will withdraw with my brothers, so as not to spend time with you here." ”
"You're fucking dreaming, not to mention that we won't be able to get together so many spirit stones, and even if we can get them, we won't be able to give you that much. Fan Xiao was so angry that he almost jumped.
As soon as Fan Xiao's words fell, the other party's three hundred or so people almost shouted and cursed in unison, and after a while, the leader of the other party raised the torch again and shook it in the air a few times, and the shouting and scolding on the opposite side gradually stopped again.
"Hehe, you have also seen that if you don't give, you will definitely not be able to do good today. He smiled grimly.
"We can give it, but you want too much, and we can't get so many spirit stones. Gongsun Lian suppressed his anger and said.
"At the beginning, you held this tone of discussion, maybe I could take a step back, but now, you are arrogant enough, I don't have the idea of retreating, hehe, not a single spirit stone is missing!" Bao Boss gritted his teeth and said.
Gongsun was about to answer, but the other party suddenly shook the torch again, and hurriedly said: "Otherwise, if you really can't get together three thousand lower-grade spirit stones, I will look at your Gongsun brother's face and give you a room to maneuver." ”
"You say, what kind of maneuver?" said Gongsun Lian Lang.
"Hahaha. The other party laughed dryly a few times, and said obscenely: "I saw that there are three women next to you, and one woman is worth a thousand spirit stones......." ”
"Get out!"
"Kill!"
The first word was shouted by Gongsun Lian, and the second word was shouted by Xun Qi in a deep voice.
"It seems that there is no need to discuss, brothers, sooner or later there will be a fight with them, all of them will be given to me. The leader of the other party raised the torch upwards and shouted.
In an instant, dozens of rays of light appeared, shouting and killing, and crazy shouting and scolding suddenly appeared.
Xiao Nan turned his head to look around, and couldn't help frowning and shaking his head, the guards behind him all showed a look of horror.
It was obvious that these guards were just people who ran away to support the scene and received their rewards, and at a glance it was clear that most of them were magic cultivators with no actual combat experience.
And the opponent is outnumbered, even if there are those who are timid and afraid, they are also inspired to fight with high morale when the opponent is in a weak position.
"I just tried my best, and when I saw that the situation was wrong, I took advantage of the chaos. Xiao Nan admonished himself in his heart.
In fact, he wanted to withdraw from the crowd at this moment, and then take advantage of the night to escape, but in hesitation, he never moved his steps.
He was thinking about it, when he suddenly felt his sleeves being gently shaken a few times, and he looked sideways, it was Xun Yue, a little girl with a solemn face, and he lowered his head and listened to it.
"Are you really cultivated?" In the noise, although her voice was soft and subtle, it still reached Xiao Nan's ears from her small hand.
Xiao Nan nodded gently at her.
"How high is the cultivation?"
"One point, not high. ”
"You have to be careful when you get into a fight. Xun Yue frowned, paused and said, "Why don't you hide!"
As if a warm current poured into the whole body, Xiao Nan looked at this little girl who just met in Pingshui, her love for herself, in addition to her kind nature, Xiao Nan really couldn't find any other reason.