Chapter 220: The Assassin
Originally, he couldn't propose that everyone eat together to be lively, but Mu Feng decisively refused, once this guy became lively, it would be endless, and now everyone is eager to have a good rest, but he can't make his already overwhelmed body even weaker because of such a lively picture.
The next morning, when the sun shone into the house through the wooden window, Mu Feng walked out of the door after changing into a set of clean white robes sent by the shopkeeper, and saw the incompetent person who had also changed into a clean robe walking towards him refreshedly, and the two of them in the corridor looked at each other and laughed inexplicably.
After a while, Xia Ruolan, who was dressed in an emerald green ripple skirt, also pushed the door out, and walked towards the two of them with a light step with a light step and an indifferent smile on her face.
Leng Yue, dressed in a black robe and wearing a hat, walked out of the door with a layer of black veil on her face and nodded to the three of them, followed by Zhuo Zichen, who was in the same white robe as incompetent as Mu Feng, and pushed the door out, after the five of them gathered in the corridor, Xia Ruolan also found a hat and put it on her head out of nowhere.
A beauty like her, who even reveals an innate noble temperament even in burlap clothes, is the focus of attention wherever she goes, and if she doesn't wear a hat to cover it, I'm afraid that the five people in this Gaoyang City will be unable to move an inch.
Gaoyang City is located on the border of the Western Night Empire, but it is only two or three hundred miles away from the capital of the Western Night.
The five of them had some casual breakfast and then walked out of the inn, and the bustling people on the street outside the inn had already started the morning market, which was particularly lively in such a small border town.
"I didn't expect there to be a lot of people in such a small town." Walking down the street, the roadside merchants hawk all kinds of strange things, the houses on both sides are built quite chic, and the streets are full of traffic, which is not inferior to some big cities.
"Don't underestimate this Gaoyang City, although it is small, it can live in nearly 80,000 people!" Mu Feng looked at the endless and lively people around him and smiled.
"Do you know anything about this?" Zhuo Zichen was puzzled, Xia Ruolan and Leng Yue also looked at Mu Feng.
Mu Feng shrugged his shoulders with a wry smile and said, "In the past, the West Night Kingdom was a city, and now their capital is still called the West Night City. It has taken decades of development to get to where it is today. ”
"Self-reliant?" Impotence wondered.
"Although it is rare, the territory is just a feudal territory, but then the old lord died, the new lord is unwilling to submit to Tianshi, there are countless small countries like them that are sandwiched between the big countries to survive, Xiye knew that Tianshi was in civil strife and took the opportunity to expand the territory, this Gaoyang City was snatched from Tianshi, it was once a material military town set up by Tianshi in order to deal with the possible invasion of the moon, so it is not surprising that it has this scale and prosperity."
As soon as Mu Feng's words fell, the people behind him suddenly made a commotion, and the five of them were all startled, and then they heard a rapid sound of horses' hooves, and under the gaze of Mu Feng and others, the people on the street retreated on both sides of the road, and then they saw dozens of soldiers wearing armor and holding spears riding war horses and running towards them majestically.
The five of them hurriedly retreated to the side like the surrounding people, and when they were full of doubts, they saw that the horse team was followed by more than a dozen prisoner carts, and the people in the prisoner carts were wearing hair and hinges on their feet.
When the prisoner cart passed by Mu Feng and the others under the escort of a group of solemn soldiers, looking at the people in the prisoner cart with confused expressions and scars on their bodies, Mu Feng's brows furrowed slightly, and like everyone else, he showed a trace of surprise.
"What did they do?" When the mighty prison car gradually moved away amid the scolding of many people, he asked in a puzzled and puzzled whisper.
"You don't know yet?"
As soon as the words of impotence came out, a middle-aged woman standing beside them looked up and down at Incompetent and the others like a monster.
Impotent smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"Ahem~ they're all rebels." The middle-aged woman replied with a look of hatred and gritted her teeth.
"Rebels?" Everyone shouted in horror in unison.
"Yes, they are simply a disgrace to our Western Night, His Majesty the Lord of the Kingdom ordered them to recover Falling Rock City, I didn't expect that these bitches raised foreign enemies, stationed outside Falling Rock City for several months, we saved money and sent supplies to them, and they were good, drinking and having fun outside the city all day long, and finally turned the money and food we gave them into bargaining chips for rebellion!"
After listening to the middle-aged woman's hateful answer, Mu Feng was suddenly startled and asked sharply, "Is their leader a woman?" ”
"Huh? How do you know? The middle-aged woman was surprised.
Mu Feng's heart was shocked, and immediately grabbed the middle-aged woman's arm, and asked eagerly, "But is it called Lu Dieyi?" ”
"Well, I think it's surnamed Lu~ It is said that he is from the Spirit Kingdom, hmph, I will say that how can the people of the Spirit Kingdom be reliable. Ouch, you're scratching me! ”
"Mu Feng, what's wrong?" When Mu Feng let go of the middle-aged woman's arm, he hurriedly compensated the woman with a smile, and later gave her two gold coins, she left satisfied, Zhuo Zichen saw Mu Feng's dull and dazed expression and knew that something must be wrong with him, and asked softly worriedly.
"How is that possible? That's impossible! Mu Feng muttered to himself.
Lu Dieyi, how is it possible? Although Mu Feng knew that Lu Dieyi helped Xiye just to get Xiye's help, and if time was given to restore the Spirit Kingdom, what Mu Feng didn't expect was how could she be discovered by Xiye's gang of wastes with her ability, and it seemed that her plan had died, so where was she now?
"What could not be, do you know the leader of the rebels?" Zhuo Zichen was surprised.
"I'm going to West Night City." Mu Feng frowned and said in a deep voice.
"What?" The four exclaimed in unison.
"I have to go to West Night City, she's definitely there now, she needs my help now." Mu Feng frowned, his eyes were firm, and he said in a deep voice.
Not to mention that she and Lu Dieyi once cherished each other, just because she let herself go in Falling Rock City regardless of her previous suspicions, Mu Feng had to repay her kindness, and besides, she fell into this field now completely because of herself, if she hadn't insisted on destroying the Spirit Kingdom and supporting a puppet royal family after killing the Spirit Royal Family, how could she be reduced to this now?
Whether it is out of guilt or repaying the favor, Mu Feng must go to West Night City.
"Okay, anyway, it's only two or three hundred miles away from West Night City, and it won't take much time, so we can also go with you to take care of it, but shouldn't you tell us what happened?"
Seeing that Mu Feng's attitude was so resolute, after incompetent and Zhuo Zichen looked at each other, they could only let out a soft sigh helplessly, incompetent stepped forward, patted Mu Feng lightly on the shoulder, and said sincerely.
"Let's talk as we go. Save these people first! Mu Feng frowned, staring at the direction where the horse team had left before, and replied in a low and cold voice.
On the official road next to a quiet mountain forest a few miles outside Gaoyang City, more than a dozen prisoner cars escorted by dozens of cavalry and hundreds of infantry were walking slowly on the official road.
Leng Yue took the lead in creating a puddle of stagnant water to break the entire official road, dozens of military horses just waded into the water and could not move an inch, the horse's hooves seemed to be frozen in the soil and could not be pulled out at all, these cavalry on horseback did not seem to feel the danger, and they all dismounted to see if their war horses had taken the wrong medicine, but they didn't expect that the horse's body instantly seemed to be electrocuted, and the war horses on the side neighed and then fell into the stagnant water and couldn't twitch.
Seeing this, hundreds of soldiers behind him gathered around one after another, and looked around with the heads of their guns on guard.
"What's that?" At this moment, several thunderbolt balls flashing with dazzling white light suddenly flew out of the bushes beside them, and before these soldiers could react, the thunderbolt balls fell into their center and exploded, and layers of electricity connected to each other passed through each other's bodies, and in the blink of an eye, hundreds of soldiers also fell to the ground.
"They're going to be fine, right?"
Under the horrified gaze of the prisoners in more than a dozen prison cars, Mu Feng walked out of the bushes with the other four people, looked at the soldiers and cavalrymen lying on the ground, frowned slightly and asked with some concern.
"There is nothing wrong with those soldiers, they should be able to wake up in a while, but these cavalry are probably a little hanging, after all, the amount of electricity needed to overturn the horse is relatively difficult to control." Zhuo Zichen waved his hand helplessly and replied.
"Forget it, none of them matter." Mu Feng shrugged his shoulders and walked to one of the prisoner cars.
"Are you monks? What do you want to do? In the prison car, a middle-aged strong man covered in scars and bloodstains and with a stubble on his face looked at Mu Feng and Zhuo Zichen and others who were walking towards him with a frightened expression.
"Who are you?" Mu Feng jumped into the prisoner car, his brows furrowed slightly.
"No comment." The middle-aged strong man snorted coldly and simply twisted his head to the side.
This move immediately caused the incompetence and others to be stunned, Mu Feng was also stunned for a moment, and then shook his head with a wry smile: "You have a backbone, we may be the one who saved you, or we may be the one who killed you." ”
"Help me?" The strong man looked puzzled.
"As for whether to save you or kill you, it depends on what you say." Mu Feng waved his hand and said softly, "Who are you?" ”
"We're prisoners now, can't you see it?" An emaciated middle-aged man in another prisoner van next to him sneered.
As soon as these words came out, the prisoners in the other prisoner cars burst into laughter, and even Incompetent and Zhuo Zichen couldn't help laughing, which immediately made Mu Feng feel aggrieved, but after thinking about it, he nodded with a confident smile.
"Sure enough, it is a soldier trained by Lu Dieyi, who is not chaotic in the face of danger and is not alarmed." Mu Feng chuckled and said to them.
"Of course, you don't look at it~~~ Do you know our Miss Lu?" The big man in front of Mu Feng first smiled proudly, and then seemed to suddenly think of something, and looked at Mu Feng with a shocked face.
"Of course, you really can't remember me? I don't remember you, but you should remember me, right? Mu Feng frowned slightly, looked at them with a bitter smile.
"It's so familiar~ I seem to have seen it somewhere."
"You~ Aren't you that Mu Feng?"
When the prisoners in the prisoner car looked at Mu Feng carefully and then began to discuss, Mu Feng let out a sigh: "Hey~ finally remembered me." ”
"It's really Mu Feng, you~ Why are you here?" The middle-aged strong man in front of Mu Feng exclaimed.
"It's a long story, and now I have a lot of questions for you." Mu Feng smiled bitterly and glanced at the incompetent others, who stepped forward to break the shackles of the prisoner cart and the hinges on their feet, and more than a dozen prisoners also consciously gathered around Mu Feng.
"How did you do this?" Mu Feng looked at the group of people gathered in front of him next to the prisoner car and asked in a deep voice.
"Hey, that's a long story!" The slightly wrinkled middle-aged strong man let out a sigh and said.
"Let's make a long story short." Mu Feng glanced at him coldly and said.
"We are all overseers under Miss Lu, I am the adjutant, and my name is Erniu." The middle-aged strong man who called himself Erniu was stunned for a moment, and then pointed to the many brothers beside him, and said with emotion.
Mu Feng nodded, he knew that the soldiers under Lu Dieyi all called her Miss Lu, and although the dozen or so people in front of him were full of traces of being tortured, they could imagine from their eyes and the fact that they didn't care about life and death before, as well as the fact that they needed to be escorted by so many people, and their status should not be low.
"Birds, all the birds are hiding, those bitches of the royal family have framed us." When Erniu said this, his anger was hard to dissipate, and he slammed his fist on the stake of the prisoner cart beside him.
"Go on." Mu Feng said coldly.
"More than a month ago, Baiyue suddenly sent someone to find the royal family, saying that he wanted to form an alliance with our West Night, and then discuss the plan to take advantage of the civil strife in Tianshi to attack Tianshi, Miss Lu tried her best to oppose it, she said that it was a stupid move to attack Tianshi at this moment."
"Why is that?" Zhuo Zichen and Incompetent wondered in unison, "Isn't it a good opportunity to take the opportunity to attack Tianshi now?" ”
"yes, that's what we thought at the time!" Erniu nodded again and again.
Mu Feng and Xia Ruolan glanced at each other tacitly, and both of them shook their heads with a bitter smile.
It seems that the only people present who understand Lu Dieyi's good intentions are Xia Ruolan and herself.