Chapter Fifty-Four: Return to Zhongmiao Province
With the experience of wolf attacks, everyone didn't dare to continue to stay in the forest to rest, packed up their tents and belongings, and everyone didn't even dare to light torches, and hurried with a shallow foot, hoping to get out of this forest as soon as possible.
Because Peng Lie had saved the big guy's life before, and he gave up the opportunity to take the antidote to escape, so when everyone set off for the road, Ling Xia waved his hand to Lao Cui, signaling that he didn't need to tie up and escort Peng Lie anymore.
"General Peng, how can you communicate with the wolf?"
"Brother Peng, is your ability to drive wild beasts a family heirloom?"
"Brother Peng, you teach me the skills that can drive wolves."
"Lao Peng, I will train dogs, can we exchange experiences?"
Along the way, Ling Xia entangled Peng Lie, and had to learn from Peng Lie the ability to drive the beast, seeing that Peng Lie ignored him, Ling Xia was not discouraged and soaked hard, seeing Ling Xia so insistent on sticking to himself, Peng Lie was depressed and about to cry.
"Do you know General Wu Zhenshan?" While walking, Peng Lie asked Ling Xia seemingly unintentionally.
"Yes." Ling Xia replied as if unintentionally: "He wanted to kidnap the princess, and attacked the Praetorian Guard under the guise of the Yin Soldiers, everyone knows this. β
"Kidnapping the princess? Alas......" sighed inexplicably, and Peng Lie stopped talking.
Ling Xia glanced at Peng Lie meaningfully, and asked him with a pun: "You seem to be very familiar with General Wu Zhenshan?" β
"He's my brother-in-law." After subconsciously saying this, Peng Lie suddenly woke up and realized that he should not continue the topic, so he immediately kept silent.
Ling Xia tentatively said a few more words, but no matter what he asked, Peng Lie just refused to answer, and in desperation, Ling Xia had to temporarily give up the clichΓ© and continue to pester Peng Lie, asking him to teach him the ability to drive beasts.
"Oops-------- here it is again." Peng Lie pursed his lips with a painful expression, at this time he couldn't wait to let Lao Cui tie himself up again, as long as Ling Xia could let him go, he would rather be tied up and hurry.
After a night's trekking, Ling Xia and the others finally saw the boundary of the forest, and seeing the sunlight shining into the forest through the trees on the edge, Ling Xia showed a trace of excitement on their faces, and strode outside.
Outside the forest was a cliff, and walking down the cliff, Ling Xia and the others came to a beautiful valley, the mountains on both sides of the valley were extremely high, and the straight and steep stone walls were covered with all kinds of flowers.
Although the valley is low-lying and surrounded by high cliffs, the climate here is self-contained, and the valley has an independent ecological cycle, with green grass, clear springs, trees, flowers and birds.
The giant trees here are towering, the forest is lush and boundless, the mountains in the distance are stacked on top of each other, undulating and continuous, looking around, the surroundings are full of green water and green mountains, flowers and birds, a fairyland on earth.
"Where is this-----?"
Ling Xia turned his head to look around, when he first saw the environment here, he felt a little familiar, when he rubbed his eyes vigorously, and after carefully looking at it, Ling Xia's face showed a trace of strangeness, this was actually the place where he crossed out.
When Ling Xia found the location where the explosion-proof car was parked with his memory, he peeled off the cover around the explosion-proof car, unlocked the password electronic lock, and after entering the unlock code, the rear door of the explosion-proof car opened with a "bang".
"Captain, what is this? How do you open it? After Yang Lucai and the others came over, they looked at Ling Xia with a curious expression.
"It's kind of a trap------- well------- I happened to open it." After a perfunctory explanation, Ling Xia asked everyone to wait outside, while he walked into the car to check.
Looking at the materials placed in the car, Ling Xia pulled it for a while, and then fell into deep thought, there was a heavy machine gun in the car, five boxes of special bullets for heavy machine guns, a box of 1,200 rounds of ammunition, and five boxes of a total of 6,000 rounds of ammunition.
When Ling Xia left, he took the pistol he was wearing, there were seven bullets in the magazine at that time, and later because of a series of things, Ling Xia used up three bullets, and now there are only four bullets left in the chamber of the gun, Ling Xia looked around, but did not find any extra bullets.
In addition to the weapons, there were only some supplies left in the car that were available at the border checkpoint, including 10 bottles of fire extinguishers, 3 pairs of far-infrared telescopes, 4 bottles of oxygen tubes, 2 pieces of body armor, anesthetics, antihypertensive drugs, antivenom, anti-inflammatory drugs, and glucose solution.
These are the main drugs that are consumed more daily at the border inspection station, in addition to these, there are some drugs and syringes for other diseases in the car, Ling Xia looked at them, they are all drugs for rare diseases, such as asthma, insomnia, pain relief and other diseases......
After hesitating, Ling Xia called Boss Luo to the front of the car, asked the five brothers to carry the heavy machine gun and five boxes of special bullets, and asked Yang Lucai to take away the fire extinguisher, far-infrared telescope, and oxygen tube.
After hesitating for a moment, Ling Xia took a few more sets of syringes, a box of anesthetics, a box of antihypertensive drugs, a box of antivenom, a box of anti-inflammatory drugs, a box of antipyretics, three boxes of painkillers, and ten bottles of glucose solution, as for the rest, he left them all in the car.
Taking advantage of the gap between the five Luo brothers and Yang Lucai and them loading things on horseback, Ling Xia jumped out of the explosion-proof car, and after reactivating the combination lock, he put on a body armor himself, and then handed a body armor to Peng Lie, signaling him to put it on.
This kind of body armor is made of the most advanced nanoalloy materials, which is light, thin, and breathable, and is no different from ordinary clothing when worn on the body, and can protect the entire upper body after wearing.
Although this body armor looks light and fluttery, its function is not to be underestimated, it can not only withstand the impact of bullets, but also resist the damage of daggers and machetes, and even the heat can be insulated.
Looking at the body armor in his hand suspiciously, although Peng Lie didn't know what it was for, but seeing Ling Xia so solemn, he hesitated a little, and then learned to wear the body armor under Ling Xia's coat.
After taking all the things that should be taken, Ling Xia rearranged the cover around the explosion-proof car, and then beckoned everyone to set off for the mountain, everyone looked at these strange things that Ling Xia was drumming, shaking their heads one by one, not knowing what they were.
Ling Xia followed the previous road and continued to march in the direction of Zhongmiao Province, when he first walked this road, he was robbed of only his pants, and now he walked this road again, his face was full of spirit.
On the way forward, they still encountered several waves of bandits, but after the other party saw the lineup on Ling Xia's side, they thought that Ling Xia was robbing the road, and they were so frightened that they gave up, for fear that they would be robbed by Ling Xia and them if they were not courteous.
"Captain, why don't you look good? Is there something uncomfortable? Liu Piaoyi's mind was more detailed, and she saw that since Ling Xia entered the territory of Zhongmiao Province, the expression on his face was always a little wrong.
After hearing this, Ling Xia shook his head: "I am worried about the situation in front of me, a peaceful and stable country, there will never be bandits rampant within the borders, but now all the way, there are bandit forces in the borders of almost every province.
The situation in this Linlang Territory is better, although there are some bandit forces, but they don't have much climate, but the number of bandits in a province in Xiaofeng Territory adds up to more than 200,000 people, which is not a good sign. β
"What's this?" Liu Piaoyi responded with an indifferent face: "Isn't it okay for the imperial court to send troops to encircle and suppress it, just like Xiaofeng Jiang, the military department directly sends troops to suppress bandits, and ten legions are dispatched at the same time, and no bandits can be exterminated." β
"What if one day the imperial court doesn't send troops?" Ling Xia whispered meaningfully.
"No troops?" Glancing at Ling Xia suspiciously, Liu Piaoyi shook her head like a rattle: "The imperial court has hoarded a large number of soldiers and horses from various territories, and those soldiers eat the imperial court's salaries all day long. β
Ling Xia didn't argue with Liu Piaoyi about this issue, he thought about the current situation for a while, and he muttered quietly: "Nothing is impossible, if that day comes, the battle guards in various territories may become the private soldiers of some warlords, let alone a paper order, even if the emperor comes forward in person, he may not be able to mobilize a single soldier." β
Although Ling Xia's whispering voice was very soft, it was still heard by Peng Lie next to him, looking at Ling Xia's thoughtful gaze, a thought rose in Peng Lie's mind: "This guy may be qualified to join us......"
After entering the boundary of Zhongmiao Province, Ling Xia asked everyone to disperse into the provincial capital, and then went to the city gate to gather as a whole, everyone followed their own groups, and Ling Xia and Qu Qinshi were in a group of two.
Before entering the provincial capital, Ling Xia instructed everyone to change their military uniforms so as not to attract the attention of others, and wore a long shirt, Ling Xia took Qu Qinshi to the Yamen of the political envoy of Zhongmiao Province, and asked the messenger at the door to say goodbye, and Ling Xia waited from the door.
After a while, the errand officer ran out, and led Ling Xia and the others into the mansion in a respectful tone, saying that the political envoy was waiting for Ling Xia from the main hall, and followed the guide of the errand officer, through a garden, and Ling Xia and the others were taken to the main hall.
When entering the door, the messenger suddenly stopped Qu Qinshi, saying that the political envoy only invited Ling Xia to enter alone, and asked Qu Qinshi to wait from the entrance of the garden, and Ling Xia walked into the lobby of the political envoy's yamen.
After entering the house, Su Jing'an had been waiting for a long time, and the two of them exchanged pleasantries for a while, and then sat down, as soon as they sat down, Su Jing'an couldn't wait to ask Ling Xia: "Did you lead a team to escort a prisoner and want to enter the imperial capital and hand it over to the Three Law Divisions for trial?" β
"How do you know?" Ling Xia looked at Su Jing'an with a blank expression: "It shouldn't be, this is the matter of the battle guards of Baishi Province in Xiaofeng Frontier, your lord is far away in Zhongmiao Province of Linlang Frontier, how can you know about this?" β
"Oh my God, it's you." Exclaimed, seeing the blank and suspicious expression on Ling Xia's face, Su Jing'an explained: "I didn't know it was you, but I heard that there was a centurion who escorted the court felons to the imperial capital, and I just heard a report from my subordinates that you came to me, so I guessed at random, but I didn't expect it to be really you." β
After finishing speaking, seeing that there was no strange expression on Ling Xia's face, Su Jing'an looked at him suspiciously: "You are too calm, haven't you heard of it yet?" β
"What did you hear?" There was a hint of confusion in Ling Xia's eyes.