Chapter 18: Heroes Save Beauty
On the official road of Changyi, it is barren, and it is difficult to see people in broad daylight; Under the direct sun, even the artemisia grass in the road is wilted and drooped, lifeless! This official road no longer has the hustle and bustle of the main road of Yanyu in the past.
Drive! Drive! Drive! A carriage was speeding forward under the scorching sun, and the coachman sitting outside the carriage shouted loudly, not bothering to wipe the sweat on his head, and the long whip in his hand crackled on the buttocks of the horses pulling the carriage, and more than a dozen alert knights were around the carriage, each with a knife in his hand, guarding the carriage like a great enemy!
What kind of people were sitting in the heavily guarded carriage?
"Alas! I didn't expect that Yanzhou, which had not been there for more than ten years, was actually desolate everywhere with thieves..."A murmur floated out of the carriage, and I saw a white hand stretched out from the window on the left side of the carriage and lifted the curtains; The owner of the hand was a scribe in his fifties, his hair was half white, and after many days of driving and riding, his expression was a little haggard, but it was still difficult to hide his innate elegance!
Now that he has entered Shanyang, Yanzhou, his original homesickness was quickly replaced by deep worry.
"Father, don't worry too much, maybe Your Majesty will lift the ban on the party because of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and re-summon the loyal people of the world to enter the court, then, soon, the world will return to ......peace," someone in the carriage comforted softly, the sound was like the chirping of the yellow birds in the valley in the early morning, crisp and pleasant; The person who spoke was a young girl sitting beside the scribe, her face was covered with a light veil, but Shengxue's white dress still highlighted a graceful body, and on the neck as graceful and white as a swan, the beautiful face loomed in the tulle, adding to the mysterious beauty!
The elegant scribe shook his head lightly and replied, "The chaos in the world has appeared, and the Yellow Turban thieves have risen this year, and the four seas are in chaos. We have traveled all the way from Xuzhou, the chickens and dogs are gone, and there are no pedestrians in the ruins, if there are not strong men to guard, otherwise it is difficult to move an inch! The way of the world... I don't know when I will be able to enjoy peace? ”
After speaking, he looked at the official road that had gradually declined, and sighed.
The farther the official road is from Changyi, the terrain is becoming more and more steep, and the mountains on both sides are becoming steeper, and the guards and knights are becoming more and more nervous, and the group slows down their horses and is on guard.
Bang la, bla blah! Walking to a bend, suddenly, countless rocks fell from the sky, instantly smashed into the crowd, and suddenly several people were smashed beyond recognition, seeing that they could no longer live, and the remaining eight or nine knights were also in a panic.
"There is an ambush! Quick, protect your grown-ups! Seeing that the situation was critical, the sturdy knight for the head hurriedly tore his throat and shouted loudly.
"Rush! Rush down and surround them. A fierce one-eyed man stood on the hillside beside the road, raising his sword and shouting.
Suddenly, no less than 500 thieves poured out from the high slopes on both sides, they screamed loudly, waved all kinds of rudimentary weapons in their hands, rushed down the official road, and surrounded the group of people in three layers inside and three layers outside.
Although there were few knights guarding the carriages, they did not retreat, and there were many bandits, all of whom were rabble, and the weapons in their hands were also rude, mostly wooden clubs, bamboo spears, hoes, sickles, and other agricultural tools, and the bearers of knives and spears could count ten fingers. These people were rushed up in a hurry, and their combat effectiveness can be imagined. Under the command of the knight at the head, everyone had stabilized their positions, and under the order, they swung their knives and slashed together, and the knife flashed, and more than ten thieves were cut to the ground in an instant! The bandits were so frightened that they all stopped for a while.
The one-eyed dragon was fierce and domineering, seeing that his minions did not dare to make a move, he jumped like thunder, and suddenly his hand rose and fell, poof, the head of a person and the body were separated, and blood sprayed from the broken neck, splashing his face.
The bandit leader didn't care, he stretched out the tip of his yellowed tongue, licked the blood sprayed on the corner of his mouth, and viciously glanced at the thieves under him with viper-like eyes, and let out a vicious scream: "You bastards, rush up and kill them all!" ”
Seeing that the one-eyed dragon's methods were brutal and terrifying, and he didn't take human life seriously at all, all the minions were uneasy, and they had no choice but to fight again.
The one-eyed dragon has been a thief for many years, and there is a set of prey to be killed, and he ordered several henchmen to command a direction to attack, and after someone organized, the bandits' combat power immediately increased dramatically, and the ants were still able to bite the elephant to death, not to mention that there were only a few horses in this area. In less than a few breaths, the knights who were surrounded inside gradually suffered more casualties...
At the same time, Dian Wei and I drove out from Shilipu with Huang Banxian's master and apprentice and more than 50 attendants, preparing to catch up with the large army as soon as possible.
"There is a killing cry not far ahead, there are a lot of people..."Huang Banxian covered his ear with his right hand, panicked like a rabbit repeating what he heard in his ears, he had been blind for many years, and a pair of downwind ears could warn him a long time ago.
"Phew! Coward, with me waiting here, what are you afraid of! Dian Wei reprimanded.
The yellow half-fairy's eyes narrowed, and he suddenly woke up: Yes, what am I afraid of, now I am an organized person with backers! Thinking of this, he couldn't help straightening his waist, pinching Zhou Gong's fingers, shaking his head and saying, "Wait for the old man to pinch his fingers to calculate the good luck of this trip..."
"Count your head! Don't go yet. When Dian Wei saw that the old liar was playing a half-immortal style again, he slapped his big hand on the shoulder and scolded him for urging the horse to hurry.
Huang Banxian's little arms and legs dared to compete with Dian Wei, he closed his mouth and beat his horse to keep up with the team...
"Wait for the government dog thief, don't get off the horse and surrender quickly! Otherwise, Lao Tzu will make your life worse than death! The one-eyed dragon opened the remaining right eye, his face was hideous and terrifying, the knight on the opposite side was well-trained and strong, and his backbone henchmen had six people, and two of them had been cut down at once before, if it weren't for that, he would not have bothered to intimidate and lure the enemy to surrender.
The knight here is even more uncomfortable, after a while, he lost three people, and in this situation, the remaining six people can't support the effort of a meal!
These knights came from the Luoyang Northern Army, and they were ordered to welcome people back to Beijing, even if the whole team was gone, they must not let anything happen to the adults, and several people looked at each other and nodded secretly.
"Kill!" Several knights roared in unison, and four horsemen rushed out in front of them, slamming into the crowd, and the two horsemen behind guarded the carriage on both sides, and also encouraged the horses to rush forward.
The bandits in front did not expect the enemy to charge to the death, so they avoided it one after another, and the knights rushed forward in a bloody way.
The mountain road in front is a sharp bend again, more dangerous, the right side of the road is a towering peak, the left side is not less than a hundred zhang of cliffs, usually driving must be careful and slow, a slight difference in the pool, is the car is destroyed and killed!
"Don't let them run, chase after them!" The one-eyed dragon snatched a bamboo spear from his hand and jumped on his horse in pursuit.
"Die!" The one-eyed dragon raised the bamboo spear and shouted, and the bamboo spear swished out, and the head of the spear drilled into the neck of the cart galloping horse. The horses screamed and fell, and the carriage lost control and tumbled in the air!
"Ahh With an exclamation, a girl in a white dress flew out of the car, and a terrible scream came out of her mouth!
I was already galloping out of a sharp bend when I heard a woman scream, and when I looked up, a white-dressed figure was thrown into the air from a tumbling carriage, screaming and falling to the rocky road, and I was either dead or injured!
Saving people is important, without thinking, the spear in my hand pointed to the ground, catapulted out of the horse's back, and shot at the terrified girl like an eagle spreading its wings, and reached out and grabbed the girl's long dress; snorted, but unexpectedly, the long skirt was not forced, and suddenly cracked from it! Perhaps it was too much force, and the torn skirt threw the girl away again, rolling in the air several times in succession, and falling straight to the cliff on the side of the road!
I was so shocked that my feet just touched the ground and I quickly rolled over, my toes hooked the trunk of a small tree on the edge of the cliff, and the whole person hung upside down on the cliff like a swing, and my big hand reached out like lightning, grabbing the girl's ankle!
While rejoicing, the small trunk could not withstand the weight of the two of them, and suddenly creaked and snapped.
The exclamations rose again, and the two of them fell off the Baizhang cliff one after the other!
"Lord, Brother Lang, general." Countless anxious cries followed...
In a flash of light, I lifted the girl's beautiful legs hard, lifted her up in front of me, and reached over with one hand and pulled the girl into my arms.
The mountain wind was whistling in his ears, and the violent air flow pierced his eyes, and between breaths, the two of them had fallen more than 20 meters.
The distance between life and death is a thin line!
Holy shit, you can't just burp like that, do you?
No, it won't! I think Lao Tzu is also the only one in ten thousand jackpot traversers, if it is so simple to hang up, then the thief is not blind?
Definitely not! I'm okay through the millennium, giant crocodile, Lao Tzu in the tiger's mouth is still alive, I want to be out of reach with a small strong force...
Under their comfort and anesthesia, I fought my spirit, pulled out my flying claws like a gamble, and threw it out in the air with all the strength of my body, and the steel claws flew to the official road above, and the tip of one claw narrowly hooked the rocks on the side of the road.
It seems that his life has been saved temporarily, but the crisis is still there!
I hugged the girl who was almost exposed with my left hand, and grabbed the claw rope with my right hand, not daring to move, for fear that the tip of the single claw would slip off if I made a slight move!
Fortunately, Cao Xing led the people to the side of the road, and everyone saw that the two of us had been hung by flying claws, and their panicked and anxious mood immediately turned into ecstasy.
If you don't die in a big disaster, you will have a blessing.
Holding the girl, I breathed a long sigh of relief, and began to carefully look at the face of the girl in my arms, my eyes suddenly shined, and my heart beat faster: this is a face that is loved by thousands of people, her eyebrows are like swallows skimming the water, and her beautiful eyes are as beautiful as the smoke and fog in the heavenly pool, and the delicate face that is naturally carved is as lovely as a hibiscus out of the water, without any flaws!
It's a masterpiece of God!
The girl in her arms breathed a sigh of relief and quickly closed her eyes, trying to avoid the aggressive eyes on her head.
I pinched myself and gradually regained my clarity.
Let go of this little beauty who is at the level of disaster to the country and the people, caress her hair that hangs down her shoulders like a waterfall, and said with a smile: "Little girl, wait a while, and watch the eldest brother take down the thief for you!" ”
Winked at her again, whistled loudly, grabbed a javelin, expanded his chest and twisted his waist to warm up, and immediately, the tendon muscles all over his body immediately bulged like inflated, like steel and iron!
The girl's face flushed, and she came up timidly and said to me shyly: "General, be careful! "The sound is like a mosquito and a fly, and it implies anticipation.
I patted her on the shoulder, nodded, turned around and raised the javelin, shouted loudly, threw it at the one-eyed thief chieftain, and with a "whoosh", the javelin turned into an afterimage, whistling away, piercing the air, and nailing it to the head of the thief's horse, and the horse was so badly injured that it could not struggle, and threw itself to the ground!
The girl clapped her hands and cheered me on excitedly!
"Damn, I haven't practiced for a few days, obviously I wanted to shoot down that one-eyed dragon, but I made a god send to kill his mount!" I wanted to show off in front of the little beauty, but fortunately, I hit it crookedly, and I didn't look foreign, so I had to scold in my heart without resentment.
"Come and don't be rude!" I was cheeky, pretending to be heroic and laughing, pretending to be a bamboo in my chest, and the girl who was so beautiful that she was also shining brightly, and a pair of wonderful eyes frequently looked at me, I was secretly happy, could it be that this little beauty was discharging electricity to me? Spinach in autumn? My vanity was greatly satisfied at once.
It seemed that I had committed a nymphomaniac again, and I had to hurry up and find something to get out of the embarrassment, and I happened to see the thief-headed one-eyed dragon tumbling not far away, pouting his ass and munching on shit, so I jumped up, took three steps and made two steps, and ran to the thief. That guy was so fierce that he didn't care about the pain, he rolled up, picked up a big knife from the ground, and slashed at me with his teeth bared!
I was empty-handed, and when I saw the ferocity, I shook my way and avoided it, calmly flew up my right foot, kicked his wrist with my toes, and with a bang, the blade fell on the stone pavement, and bounced up more than half a person and quickly fell off the cliff!
Before my right foot could hit the ground, my other foot struck out like a whip, and the instep of my foot slammed into his chest, and the thief's huge body flew upside down and smashed to the ground, stirring up flying dust. Cough! It's been a long time since I've used the "double flying legs", and it's a bit raw.
As soon as the unfortunate guy got up, I slid forward, wrapped my arms around his neck, and slammed my knee into his abdomen, once, twice... The bow was opened left and right, and the muffled sound of clicking and clicking came from the body of the abused person, and the ribs were broken under the heavy knee blow...
I have long lost interest in tyrannizing an enemy who is not an order of magnitude at all, and I casually picked up the thief chieftain with only half a life left and threw it to his guards like a rag.
I stood with my hands in my hands and looked at the one-sided battle situation on the official road with cold eyes: the four small bandit leaders who were galloping in front of me had good luck today, and they were taken care of by the arrow god Cao Xing, and they went to see the king of Hades early. The rest of the shrimp, within a moment, were slaughtered by my wolf-like guards, and quickly disarmed and surrendered.
"Little girl Cai Yan, thank you for the general's life-saving grace!" Suddenly, the fragrance of orchid penetrated into my nostrils, I turned my head to look for incense, and the heavenly voice sounded in my ears; The beautiful girl came along, with her hands on her left chest, her right leg bent back, and her moth head hanging down with a blushing face, and she made a standard blessing to me.
My heart was beating wildly, the little beauty I saved just now turned out to be the famous talented woman and big beauty of the Three Kingdoms: Cai Yan!
No wonder, at such a young age, he has grown up enough to bring disaster to the country and the people.
Haha, the fate of this chick is not shallow, and I will meet here across thousands of years of time and space!
I suppressed the surprise and joy in my heart, and couldn't help but hold her soft and pull her up, but my eyes looked at the talented woman in her cardamom years like X-rays...
"General, let go! People's hands are going numb. The beautiful girl whispered softly, as if she was reprimanded, and the shyness of the beauty's anger also had a special charm. At this moment, her red lips were close to me, and she exhaled like an orchid...... It's a pity, it's just a little Lori in front of me!
It's ugly again, although the women of the Han Dynasty are not as conservative as the Ming and Qing dynasties, but after all, they are not in the later generations, just grab the hand of a strange girl, and it is strange not to be regarded as a pervert!
Realizing that something was wrong, I hurriedly let go and covered up my embarrassment with a dry smile.
Cai Yan felt a little strange in his heart: this general looks upright, and he shouldn't be the kind of disciple. Could it be that he has intentions for himself? Thinking of this, she couldn't help but secretly look at me: the "Dengzi" in front of her was a man who had raced against Xionghu, his face was resolute, and there was a pair of deep and divine eyes under his sword eyebrows, as deep as the sea... This is clearly a great man, tall and handsome, that broad and thick chest is enough to make any girl feel safe, it is really comfortable to lean in his arms just now, thinking of this, her heart is like a deer!
I wonder if this general has a family? Somehow this ridiculous idea popped up in her heart, and she couldn't help but blush!
Seeing that Cai Yan was silent, I was embarrassed when Dian Wei pulled a scribe over half a hundred years old and walked over, just to relieve me.
"Old man Cai Yong bows to General Xie for his life!" After speaking, I bent down deeply to make a big salute!
This dignified and dignified scribe who showed everyone's demeanor was Cai Yong, a writer and calligrapher of the current dynasty. Compared with those brick family teaching beasts in the hundred pulpits of later generations, this demeanor is not half a star.
I hurriedly stepped forward, hugged the old man, and laughed: "Don't dare, don't dare, Master Cai is a model for the corporal people in the world, and I am fortunate to meet it today, which is really an honor for Shen Lang!" ”
"It turns out that his name is Shen Lang!" Cai Yan on the side quietly remembered the name, and his smiling face bloomed like flower petals.
After some greetings, I learned about the recent situation of the Cai family's father and daughter. It turned out that this Cai scholar was loyal and outspoken. During the second party rebellion, he was hated by the eunuchs because of his outspokenness, and was framed by them, exiled to Shuofang, and after several setbacks, he avoided trouble in Yangzhou and Xuzhou for 12 years! This year, Emperor Liu Hong remembered the love between teachers and students back then, pardoned his sins of exile, and summoned him to the capital to reactivate.
Seeing that there were only three of Cai Yong's guards left, I pulled out a platoon from the guards and instructed them to send the father and daughter to Luoyang safely.
"Brother Lang, remember to come to Luoyang when you have time!" Cai Yan came to my side and whispered, his eyes immediately turned red, and tears swirled in his eyes.
This little girl listened to who called me Brother Lang, and I nodded lightly with a little question. Seeing the tears flashing on her face, she planned to wipe the tears for her, but when she reached out, she remembered that her father Cai Yong was beside her, so she had to turn around and touch the bridge of her nose.
The small action made Cai Yan burst into tears and laughed, and she suddenly boldly grabbed my hand and said, "Brother Lang, take care!" After saying that, she quickly hid behind her father's back, refusing to show her face again.
Cai Yong frowned and looked at me, with a complicated expression, lonely, worried, uneasy...
I shrugged my shoulders and smiled at the gentleman, scratching the back of my head helplessly, and hurried for a walk.
When the scorching sun was over, I jumped on the war horse, didn't dare to look back, and embarked on the journey again with the fragrance of the beauty!