12. Chapter XII

After noon the next day, the scorching sun was shining, Zhou Qingqing lay in the account and planned to take a nap, but Nie Jin did not return, although she was sleepy, she couldn't sleep.

Tossing and turning, there was a faint sound of horses' hooves in her ears, and she was shocked, thinking that Xu is Nie Jin had returned.

Sure enough, not long after, General Chen's happy voice sounded outside: "Princess, General Nie has successfully suppressed the bandits and has returned." ”

The corners of Zhou Qingqing's lips rose, a bone was erected from the couch, jumped down with a smile, walked to the door in a few steps, lifted the curtain, and looked in the direction of Longyun Mountain.

She clearly remembered that Nie Jin only brought 200 people with him when he went out yesterday, but when he came back today, it seemed like a lot more, and it was like a triumphant army.

She walked out of the tent and smiled and walked towards General Chen. After taking two steps, Yu Guang unintentionally glanced at the camp tent a few zhang away from the side, and Feng Xiao walked out of it with Guo Huai's support.

Zhou Qingqing turned her head to look over, Feng Xiao happened to look at her as well, the two looked at each other, the corners of Feng Xiao's mouth raised slightly, nodded at her, and smiled lightly. Zhou Qingqing hooked his lips and smiled faintly, raised his eyebrows and strode in the direction of Nie Jin.

Nie Jin and his men and horses had stopped outside the camp, he was dusty, but he was in good spirits. After leaving the territory for many years, this crackdown on bandits may have allowed him to regain some of the pleasure of conquest.

He jumped off his horse, pulling a thick rope in one hand, and at the other end of the rope was an unkempt man, whose clothes were in tatters, and the exposed sections of his skin were covered with bloody wounds, and in several places even the flesh was turned out, revealing the bones of Bai Sensen inside.

After he was thrown to the ground by Nie Jin, he stopped moving. Nie Jin didn't say much, and directly dragged the rope and dragged the person in front of several people. Then there was a long streak of blood on the ground.

Nie Jin picked the man up and wanted him to kneel, but the man seemed to be a bloody man, scarred and full of strength, and refused to give in. Nie Jin sneered and kicked him in the knee, and the man finally fell to his knees.

Nie Jin looked at the people in front of him, a resolute face was expressionless, and he said coldly: "This is the owner of Longyun Village, the legendary black-faced Hades. ”

The county guard standing in the center bowed slightly, and looked at the man on the ground, as if he wanted to see his appearance clearly, but saw that the man's red eyes, from the scattered hair in front of his forehead, showed two fierce lights, like a fierce beast in the forest, and frightened him to take two small steps back.

In order to hide his embarrassment, the county guard clapped his hands and smiled: "General Nie has good skills, this Hades, who has been disturbing the people for a long time, finally asked you to arrest him!" ”

The man looked up slightly, and another knife shot at him.

The county guard made a swallowing motion in his throat, and only after a moment did he raise his voice again, and bluffed: "Okay, you black-faced Hades, Qin and Zhou are in peace, you also have the ability to rob?" Is it too long to live? ”

When his words fell, Feng Xiao covered the injury on his shoulder, slowly walked up from behind, stood next to Zhou Qingqing, glanced at the person on the ground lightly, and said unhurriedly: "This is the leader of the robbers the day before yesterday?" ”

When the man heard the sound, he turned his head to look at him, was silent for a moment, and snorted coldly: "My black-faced Hades have been walking the rivers and lakes for more than ten years, and this time I fell into the hands of you officials, Lao Tzu has nothing to say, if you want to kill or chop, follow you!" ”

Nie Jin said: "Don't be a hero here, you still have more than a dozen brothers in our hands, if you tell the truth why you attacked the Heqin team, I can consider sparing their lives." ”

When the man heard this, he looked up to the sky and laughed, and the laughter was so terrible that it almost pierced the sky. After laughing enough, his expression suddenly changed, and he roared, the rope on his body was broken, and the others jumped up out of thin air and rushed straight towards Zhou Qingqing, who was a few steps away.

This person's martial arts are strong, and he uses all his strength to make a last fight, his hand is a tiger claw, fast and accurate, and he is about to strangle Zhou Qingqing's neck when he sees it.

Fortunately, he was still a step late, only to hear a loud bang, before he touched Zhou Qingqing, Nie Jin's sword had already fallen rapidly, the hand was cut off from the elbow and rolled to the ground, and the man also fell to the ground due to the pain, screaming in pain.

Zhou Qingqing took two steps back, sighed secretly, looked at the person twitching on the ground, was stunned for a moment, reacted, and asked, "Aren't you doing it for money?" Do you want to kill me to stop Qin Zhou and his relatives? Who the hell are you? ”

As soon as she said this, several people around her were a little stunned.

The man on the ground covered the bleeding severed hand, looked up at Zhou Qingqing, and laughed arrogantly: "Anyway, Lao Tzu is a dying person, so it's okay to sue you." The eldest husband does not change his name, sits and does not change his surname, Lao Tzu's surname is Luo Changjing, a member of the Luo clan in Shu, and Luo Jing, the king of Shu who died tragically under the knife of Western Qin 18 years ago, is my righteous brother. When Western Qin attacked Shuzhong, the Southern Zhou deliberately delayed the reinforcements, causing our Luo clan in Shuzhong to be wiped out, and Western Qin and Southern Zhou were both enemies of the Luo clan......"

Speaking of this, he coughed heavily, spit out a pool of blood, gasped twice, and laughed again: "Heavenly Dao reincarnation, you Qin Zhou will all be retribution!" ”

The county guard turned pale with anger, jumped up and pointed at him: "The Luo clan supported the army and stood on its own back then, and it was not subject to the control of the imperial court, and it was the fault that it was destroyed by Western Qin. You, the remnant of the Luo family, have been making waves for so many years, and you still have the face to say this! ”

"Remnant!?" The man laughed, full of sarcasm, just laughing and laughing, his voice getting weaker and weaker, and gradually falling silent.

Seeing that he was out of breath, the county guard put his mind at ease, snorted, and said to Nie Jin: "General Nie, what about the others?" Kill them all? ”

Nie Jin said: "I only help to suppress the bandits, as for how to deal with these bandits who are captured alive, the adults themselves will decide according to the criminal law." ”

The county guard nodded: "Thanks to General Nie's help this time, otherwise I don't know how long this nest of bandits will be wrong." ”

Nie Jin shook his head lightly, his eyes glanced at Feng Xiao, who was pale and crumbling on the side, his eyebrows frowned slightly, and he said in a low voice: "How is General Feng's injury?" ”

Feng Xiao glanced at the man on the ground lightly, shook his head and smiled: "It's not a big deal, it's okay to leave immediately." ”

Zhou Qingqing, who was beside him, turned his head slightly, his gaze fell on his pale face, and he quickly retracted it, frowned and looked at the bandit leader on the ground who had lost his breath, and turned back to the sub-account.

Nie Jin thought about it and followed her.

The day before yesterday and just now, he was in front of his own young lady, and he killed twice. I can't help but feel uneasy. He was born in the army, and killing people has long been accustomed to him. But although his young lady was born in Jiangmen, she grew up in a mansion since she was a child, and she has never seen this kind of blood, but she is afraid that she will be frightened by herself.

"Miss, are you alright?" Nie Jin approached the tent and asked tentatively.

Zhou Qingqing laughed disappreliantly, shook his head, turned to look up at him, and saw that his cold and hard face was still stained with dried blood, so he remembered and asked him, "Are you injured?" ”

Nie Jin shook his head: "A little skin trauma." ”

He has rough skin and thick meat, and if it is said that it is a skin injury, Zhou Qingqing is no longer worried. After thinking for a moment, he asked again: "Ah Jin, how much do you know about the Luo clan in Shuzhong?" ”

Nie Jin thought for a while and said, "I did hear about some, but after eighteen years, many things are also false. It was certainly true that the Luo clan was prosperous back then, and it was indeed true that they were exterminated by the Western Qin. As for the belated arrival of reinforcements from the Southern Zhou Dynasty, it is unknown whether the emperor wanted to use the hands of Western Qin to destroy the Luo clan and reap the benefits, or whether there was a reason. ”

Zhou Qingqing nodded thoughtfully: "I have also heard some things about the Luo clan in Shuzhong, if this is the case, the two countries of Qin and Zhou do have a common enmity against the Luo clan, and I think I hope that the two countries will fight to the death." The night before yesterday, I attacked the camp, presumably trying to assassinate me, the princess of Heqin, and prevent the two countries from making peace. ”

Nie Jin said: "Fortunately, these remnants are just living in the world, not the climate, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable." ”

Zhou Qingqing hooked his lips and smiled, and said jokingly: "Maybe there are other Luo clan people alive in the world, who are lying on their backs all these years, waiting to seek revenge with Qin and Zhou!" After that, she frowned slightly, yawned, lay down heavily on the couch, closed her eyes and said, "I have almost not closed my eyes in the past two days, I have to make up for sleep, tomorrow we will set off and arrive in Xijing early, everyone is at ease." ”

Xu was extremely tired, and as soon as she finished speaking, she was already breathing heavily like a sleeping young beast.

Nie Jin looked at the girl who had lost a little weight on the bed because of the fatigue of the journey, smiled in a low voice, and turned out of the felt tent.