Chapter 8: The Caravan
It wasn't until the evening that the carriage drove slowly into the town, and after hearing the sound of a group of people waiting for a conversation, Xi'er woke up from her sleep...
"Hey, old man, what's the matter with stopping and stopping on the road today? Could it be that you have found a treasure?" said one of the caravanserais.
It turned out that the coachman on the carriage Xi'er was surnamed You, because he was older in this caravan and had no family, and this old man You was very honest and never lost his temper, so when he was idle and had nothing to do, everyone often used him to make fun of him to pass the boring time.
"What a treasure, if there is really a treasure, I will still be like this!" said the old man lightly, looking as if nothing had happened, and he didn't take this joking speech to heart at all.
"Hahahaha......" Everyone on the side laughed, in this long journey, a few simple conversations that had no laughter became the only fun for them coachmen.
Just as everyone was laughing on the side, Xi'er sneaked out of the carriage, without attracting anyone's attention, and disappeared into the streets and alleys in a few flashes...
Because I slept for most of the day, Xi'er couldn't sleep at night, so she could only lie on the bed and look at the roof in a daze...
"A sheep... Two sheep... The three sheep ...... "The boring brook couldn't sleep when she tossed and turned on the bed, and she actually counted the sheep, not only that, but also pointed her finger at the roof, and counted the sheep with the rhythm of counting the sheep in her mouth, if this was known by Xiao Yun, it would definitely be another sarcasm...
"Knock knock knock..."
Just after Xi'er counted the number of sheep, there was a rush of footsteps from the roof, although it was very light, but it could not escape Xi'er's ears...
"Hmm, there's an errand...!" Xi'er's hand stopped in mid-air, and a wicked smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.
Xi'er got up gently, fluttered to the window, looked at the direction of the footsteps, and jumped out...
After going up to the roof, Xi'er found that it was a person in a night suit, shuttling quickly on the roof, and Xi'er followed closely behind, with his current cultivation, he could completely avoid being noticed.
In this way, Xi'er followed the man in black for a distance, and the man in black quietly sneaked into the post where the caravan was located during the day, and by now, Xi'er already knew that this guy was a thief!
It seems that he is aiming at the goods of the caravan, seeing this, Xi'er naturally will not stand idly by, take a step back, during the day, he also hitchhiked for most of the day, and Xi'er must not ignore this.
Xi'er stopped on the roof and waited quietly for the thief, but after a while, the thief carried a burden and cautiously walked out from behind the carriage...
"It's a shame that a Foundation Building Realm cultivator actually came to be a thief!" Xi'er, who had been waiting on the roof, said slowly when he saw that the thief was about to succeed.
"You... Who are you?" the thief was shocked, with his cultivation in building the foundation realm, he was enough to dominate this town, and it was even easier for him to come and go freely, but now that he was discovered, how could he not be surprised.
"Put things down and I can spare you once!" Xi'er said absent-mindedly, completely ignoring the thief in front of her.
"It's none of your business, get out of here!" the thief's surprised expression flashed, revealing an impatient look.
Xi'er frowned, what he didn't expect was that this thief was so arrogant that he dared to reprimand him to his face, arrogant to such an extent, obviously a habitual offender!
"I stole other people's things, and my mouth still stinks, this is a lesson for you!" Xi'er didn't hesitate, and directly came to the back of the man, and slapped it straight...
"Boom..."
The thief didn't react at all, and was directly slashed by Xi'er more than three meters away, and fell to the ground in a hurry. The contents of the package are also scattered all over the place...
"Poof..."
The man fell to the ground and covered his chest with his hands, a mouthful of blood spilled from his mouth, and he lay on the ground speechless...
"Ahh
Xi'er hadn't exerted much strength before the thief fell to the ground, and it seemed that he couldn't even use half of his strength to kill the thief...
It's no wonder that in normal times, his opponent has always been Xiao Yun and the demon beasts in the forest, Xiao Yun's cultivation is far above Xi'er, and against him, Xi'er should go all out and leave no room for it!
After all, Xiao Yun is very resistant to beating, even if he stands there and doesn't move, Xi'er can't hurt him in the slightest, and he won't be hurt himself...
In addition, Xiao Yun has been Xi'er's opponent for many years, which makes him extremely experienced in actual combat, but this also leads to Xi'er's attack is not light or heavy, on the premise that he has not fought against a low-level or high-level cultivator, it is already very rare to take the thief's life all of a sudden!
"He's not going to die, he's dead!" Xi'er muttered in her mouth, feeling weak for a while, lest someone die at his hands, although he is a thief, he is not guilty of death!
"Who? who's there!" Because of the movement just now, the people of the caravan also sensed that something was wrong, and a group of people rushed out of the house with swords in their hands.
The people of the caravan immediately inspected the goods on the car, and they were shocked to find that the most valuable items had been stolen!
"Leave two people to watch the goods, and the others will chase after me!" The leader of the caravan hurriedly gave orders, after all, they could not afford the few valuables that were missing!
"Boss, the thief is here!" After looking around, he naturally found the thief lying on the ground, and more than a dozen people swarmed to surround the thief!
Because the lost items were too valuable, the people who caught the thief completely ignored who the thief was injured by and how he was lying here.
And Xi'er on the side saw the people of the caravan come out, so he hid to the side and observed secretly, in the end, everyone in the caravan was also an ordinary person, and the thief was a cultivator who built the foundation realm, although he was seriously injured, but if he really jumped over the wall in a hurry, he could still hurt them more or less!
"Okay, you little thief, you dare to steal Uncle Ben's head, I think you are impatient!" the leader said viciously to the thief lying on the ground, and looked very hateful.
With that, the leader raised his long knife and slashed at the thief's neck, but before he could swing it, one of them stopped him...
"Boss, we can't kill him, if we kill him, we'll be murderers, no!" The person who spoke held the leader's arm and prevented the tragedy from happening.
"Boss, we can take him to the official and let him spend the rest of his life in prison!"
"Yes, that's right! Pull him to see the official!" everyone on the side echoed in unison, and seemed to agree with this method.
The leader stopped, put his knife on the ground, held the hilt with one hand, stroked his chin with the other, and thought for a moment, then agreed with the group's approach.
"Tie him up, and take him to the officer early tomorrow morning!" the leader gave the order, and two people came over with ropes.
But at this moment, the unexpected happened...
I saw that the thief who was lying on the ground ignored his injuries, suddenly got up, snatched the long knife from the leader's hand, and put it on his neck, and the thief hid behind the leader, his eyes quickly scanned the surroundings, so as not to be exploited by the people around him...
"Don't move, or I'll kill him!" the thief shouted, looking like a dead fish.
Due to the suddenness of the incident, before the crowd on the side could react, the leader had already become a hostage, and the group of people who realized it later realized that something was not going well, and quickly surrounded the leader and the thief in the middle, and a long knife was aimed at the thief, as if he would chop him into meat sauce at any moment!
"Put it down, put the knife down...!"
"Put the knife down and spare you from dying...!"
......
A cacophony of shouts exploded, breaking the silence of the night...
"Stand back, all of them back off for me!" The thief had a bargaining chip in his hand, and his confidence in speaking was obviously strengthened a lot.
"You little thief, you dare to tie up Uncle Ben, this time you will be left with no bones!" The leader led the caravan for so many years, he had never seen any scene, and he would easily compromise wherever he could.
"Brothers, give it to me!" the leader, who was also a man who had experienced life and death, shouted at the crowd.
Having said that, how could the people on the side not care about the safety of their companions, although they were facing each other, no one dared to step forward, and they were frozen in the courtyard like that.
At this moment, the stream, which had been hiding in the dark to observe, moved, only to see him pick up a stone on the ground, and luckily hit it out with a whoosh...
"Smack..."
"Ahh
With lightning speed, it hit the thief's wrist holding the knife, and the sudden sharp pain caused the thief to let out a miserable scream, and instantly let go of his hand, and the long knife fell straight to the ground, making a crisp sound...
In this short moment, the situation took a 180-degree turn, and the leader took advantage of this short gap to suddenly hit the thief with a backhand, slammed his elbow on the thief's chest, and broke free from the thief's hand...
The thief only felt a tightness in his chest, and he almost fainted, and, because of the serious injury he had been inflicted on Xi'er, the blow was enough to make the thief take three or four steps back before he could barely stabilize his body...
"Tie him up for me!" the leader shouted after he escaped, and everyone rushed up, and before the thief could come to his senses from the remaining strength of the blow, he was tied up by the system of death by everyone, and he was tied up by dividing five by two...