Two or three months later, on an official road in Liuxian County, Qingzhou, more than 20 black-armored knights escorted a carriage slowly forward.

These black-armored knights each carried a long sword at their waists, the iron armor on their bodies glittered in the sun, and the horses under them were even more armored, and the protective gear on the horse's head had sharp scimitars and long thorns, only their eyes were exposed, and they looked murderous.

Among them, the first black-armored knight wore a pale golden hairband, and the five fingers holding the horse rope in his left hand each wore a tiger head bronze ring, and a fine iron spear hung on one side of the horse's body, with a bright red tassel hanging on it.

"Big brother, it's getting late, let's ask Madame to find a place to stay. ”

A black-armored knight drove up to the leader and whispered.

Glancing up at the sky, the leader of the group groaned slightly, and said, "It's okay, you wait for the two of you to go forward first to find out if there is a suitable place to stay, and I will go and explain to Madame." ”

"Yes, big bull bald, you go with me to the front and investigate together. The man immediately agreed, then turned to the two black-armored knights behind him.

Suddenly, two armor soldiers rushed out, and the three of them galloped forward with a whip.

"Brother Li, what happened?" A gentle woman's voice came from the carriage in the middle.

"Don't worry, madam, it's getting late, and a few of my men will go down to the front to find a place to stay. ”

The black-armored knight, known as Brother Li, came to the carriage with a head of his horse and whispered.

"Is it going to be dark again?" the woman whispered, "Thanks to Brother Li these days, otherwise my mother and son would definitely not be able to return to Liujun all the way safely, and when I get home, I will definitely let Yang Lang thank you for his life." ”

"Thank you, Madame, for your kindness, we are just doing what we are told, and we are doing our duty. ”

"Brother Li" bowed slightly and spoke.

As if knowing that the other party was not good at talking, the woman in the sedan chair smiled slightly and stopped talking.

The convoy continued to move forward for about half a cup of tea, when the sound of horses' hooves came from ahead, and three figures were galloping back.

"Big brother, the three of us have made a search, and there is an abandoned temple near the official road ten miles ahead, where the bald head and the big cow have already cleaned up. ”

The black-armored knight who had just left stopped in front of Brother Li and said respectfully.

"Alright, you'll lead the way, and we'll go here for a night's rest. ”

"Brother Li" nodded with satisfaction, and immediately moved forward with his right hand without thinking, and suddenly everyone sped up their pace and rushed forward.

After about half a cup of tea, the convoy was led by the black-armored knight to a ruined temple about five kilometers away from the official road.

At this time, before the broken temple, the two horses were firmly tied to the side, and they were bending down to eat the grass on the ground, and the slanting sun reflected on the bodies of the two horses, pulling out a long shadow, which looked quite quiet.

A little fire came from the temple, "Brother Li" and other black-armored knights skillfully placed the horses aside, and after determining the person who was guarding, he personally walked to the front of the carriage, stretched out his hand and gently knocked on the carriage, and said,

"Madam, the resting place has arrived, please get out of the car. ”

As he spoke, "Brother Li" lowered his head very evasively, stretched out his right arm to block in front of him, and made a gesture of support.

After a while, a soft and white hand stretched out from the carriage, gently put it on Brother Li's arm, and slowly walked down from the carriage, but it was a beautiful young woman who was nearly thirty years old.

This beautiful young woman has fair skin, crooked eyebrows and eyes, a piece of jade jade Buddha hanging on her snow-white neck, and a trace of compassion and softness on her face.

When the beautiful young woman got out of the car, "Brother Li" scooped up the two ape arms into the car, only to hear a burst of happy laughter, and a boy of seven or eight years old was picked up by him and held high in the air.

"Uncle Li, I want to ride a big horse!"

The boy seemed to like this person very much, and his two little arms tightly wrapped around the neck of "Brother Li" but he didn't let go, and refused to let the other party put him down.

"Rui'er, don't be rude to your Uncle Li. The beautiful young woman spoke helplessly.

"It's okay, the little master was also stuffy in the car this day, since he likes it, I'll give it a hug. ”

"Brother Li" hugged the little child in his arms, and his cold face on weekdays showed a hint of warmth.

While speaking, "Brother Li" raised his arms upward, and the boy easily straddled his neck, his little hands danced excitedly in mid-air, and his mouth "giggled" non-stop, walking towards the ruined temple.

But as soon as he stepped into the temple, "Brother Li" suddenly paused, his body subconsciously blocked in front of the beautiful young woman, his voice sank, and he whispered to a black-armored knight beside him, "What's going on?"

"Big brother, he was already here when we arrived. But we have already interrogated him, and he is a passer-by who is on his way here, as if he were going to the other side of the mountain to run to relatives. ”

A bald head beside him hurriedly stepped forward and replied.

"Go to run to relatives? Ten miles ahead are barren mountains and mountains, how can there be any relatives to run!"

Li Fei frowned, and his gaze fell unceremoniously on the young man in the temple.

At this time, two fires, one large and one small, had been lit in the ruined temple.

In front of one of the smaller fires sat a young man in his twenties.

The young man was dressed in a cyan robe, the corners of his clothes were sticky with debris splashed by the firelight, and he was roasting steamed buns on the fire with a thin wooden fork, looking simple and simple, and he was really a little embarrassed.

"This little brother, who are you, where did you come from, where are you going?" Li Fei put down the boy on his body, pretended to be careless, walked in front of the young man, and asked.

The young man sat by the fire, stunned as he looked at the more than twenty black knights who appeared out of thin air in front of him, looking dumbfounded, obviously not expecting that so many people in black armor would suddenly come in a small ruined temple.

Xu was frightened by the murderous appearance of Li Fei and his party, the young man's right hand shook, and the steamed bun rolled down into the fire, and then rolled on the ground a few times and rolled to Li Fei's feet.

"I'm going to go to the other side of the mountain to run to relatives, just because it's too late at night, I want to rest here for a night, I really don't want to disturb your military masters, if you military masters see me as an eyesore, I'll go." ”

While speaking, the young man hurriedly stood up, didn't bother to take the steamed buns on the ground, and turned around to flee from here.

Li Fei watched the young man's movements coldly, without the slightest intention of stopping him.

But the beautiful woman on the side saw that the young man was leaving, and hurriedly spoke,

"Little brother, where can you go when it's dark? Everyone is in a hurry, and it is fate to meet in this temple, so they stay here together for the night, and it is not too late to travel after dawn. ”

"But Madame ... ！”

Li Fei was in a hurry, and was about to open his mouth to stop him, when he heard the beautiful woman say,

"Brother Li, you've been too careful along the way. This temple was originally the first of this little brother, and there is no reason for the later people to drive out the predecessors. ”

"Besides, that little brother is alone, and we have so many people, what are you afraid of. ”

So saying, the beautiful woman took the boy by the hand and walked to the larger fire, and smiled softly at the young man.

"Little brother, don't be afraid, we are from the Yang Mansion in Liuzhen, not an official, and we have no intention of driving you out. ”

"Then I can stay here tonight?" the young man said cautiously, looking at Li Fei as he spoke, as if he was extremely afraid of him.

"Naturally, what I'm talking about here still counts. ”

The beautiful woman smiled softly, and after speaking, she didn't care about Li Fei's dissatisfied gaze, took out a rattle by herself, and teased the boy in her arms.

Li Fei didn't want to disobey the young woman, so he had to follow her wishes.

In a short time, the black-armored knights sat around the fire, kept the woman and the child firmly in it, and took out some cooked food from the package and divided it.

"Mother, Rui'er doesn't want to eat this. ”

Next to the fire, the child's little hand pushed the rice ball to his mouth, his little face wrinkled, and his immature voice refused.

"Rui'er, I'll have something delicious when I go home tomorrow, eat these to cushion my stomach first. ”

But no matter how the woman persuaded her, Yang Rui closed her teeth and refused to take another bite, and in the end, it was Li Fei who said something wrong, so that Yang Rui could barely eat a few bites, and then shook his head again and again and stopped eating, but rolled his eyes, and looked at the young man by the fire with some curiosity.

On the contrary, the young man sat pitifully on the other side, nibbling on the remaining half of the steamed bun on the ground, and biting seriously one bite at a time, as if he was eating some kind of delicious food.

Yang Rui looked at the young man pitiful, his body struggled in the arms of the beautiful woman, and ran straight to the young man, handing over a sugar ball with his fat little hand, and said in a milky voice,

"This is sweet, you eat. ”

But as soon as the sugar ball was delivered to the young man, Yang Rui felt that his feet were empty, and the whole person had been directly resisted by Li Fei on his shoulder and brought back to the fire.

At this moment, suddenly a voice came from outside the temple,

"This damn thief God! It's still sunny just now, and it rains in a blink of an eye, yo, I didn't expect this broken temple to be big, but there are quite a lot of people. I saw a strong man with a strong upper body and a big grin into the temple.

The strong man was two meters tall, with unkempt hair hanging down his ears, rain trickling down his body, and a long knife half a foot wide behind his back.

Since the strong man entered the temple, there was a faint smell of blood, even if it was rain, it was not washed away.

The strong man obviously didn't expect that there were so many people in the temple, his eyes swept over the shabby young man, and then his eyes were fixed on the beautiful woman as if he were staring at his prey.