Chapter 61: The Night of the Deserted Village
"Brother Mu is a little weird today!"
Shen Zhao looked at Mu Hanchi's galloping back and laughed.
Although Mu Hanchi was still as calm as before, he and Zhao Youling barely said a few words along the way, and he didn't want to make eye contact with Zhao Youling. This is completely different from the last time Shen Zhao saw him doting on Zhao Youling.
Zhao Youling knew that Mu Hanchi had a grudge against her in her heart, but how could she explain it, could it be that she was unwilling to give birth to him, and she was urged by Mrs. Gao to be in a hurry, so she thought of letting the maid replace her?
"He probably has something on his mind."
Zhao Youling patted the jujube red horse under him and chased forward, and Shen Zhao hurriedly followed.
After leaving the city gate in the morning, they rushed to the Mu family's horse farm on the outskirts, and Mu Hanchi summoned a few soldiers who came back with him to discuss the matter, and asked Shen Zhao to take Zhao Youling to the horse farm to pick horses.
Shen Zhao stood still in front of a row of tamed horses before he could speak, and a general immediately brought a jujube red horse, saying that it was domesticated by Mu Hanchi himself.
"Where do you want me to pick a horse for you, Brother Mu has already prepared."
Shen Zhao shrugged his shoulders and smiled chicly, handing the reins to Zhao Youling.
Zhao Youling rode a jujube red horse and walked around the horse farm, and he was already proficient in equestrianism. When she returned to Shen Zhao's side, it happened that Shen Zhao was inquiring about the incident of being poisoned by gangsters in the racecourse a while ago. Since that incident, the soldiers stationed at the racecourse did not dare to be careless and began to take turns on duty day and night, and now the racecourse has basically returned to normal.
Zhao Youling asked Shen Zhao about the situation of the Mu family's horse farm, and Shen Zhao knew everything that Zhao Youling was the princess of King Huai and had the right to know the enemies of the palace.
Hearing the name of the Pingjin Marquis Mansion again, Zhao Youling lowered his face coldly, if the Pingjin Marquis is not removed, I am afraid that the Huaiwang Mansion and the Zhenguo Mansion will not be peaceful.
"This matter cannot be rushed, and the only way to deal with them now is to avoid them as much as possible. If you can't bear it, you will make a big plan. Brother Mu has a big plan, and I believe that he is not going to Wuque Mountain this time on a whim, I am afraid that he will find out about the strange incident sixteen years ago. ”
Shen Zhao told Zhao Youling what he had heard about the strange incident of Wucun disappearing overnight, and the speed of the two of them slowed down, always falling a distance of dozens of meters behind Mu Hanchi.
At night, in the vast wilderness, the shadows of dozens of cottages looked like a monster lying on the ground, and the three or five lights lit up looked like the eyes of a monster.
Mu Hanchi stood in front of a lighted cottage with the reins of his horse in his hand, and waited until Zhao Youling and Shen Zhao came close before asking Murray to come forward and knock on the door.
The rhythmic knock was not disturbed by the owner's delay in opening the door, and Murray politely bent his right middle finger and continued to tap on the double mottled wooden door.
The two doors opened a crack, and the light leaking from the room was not bright, and only a pair of vigilant eyes could be seen with their backs to the light.
"Uncle, let's stay overnight."
Murray's appearance is clear and easy-going, and he has always been very popular, he said with a smile to the old man in the door.
"We don't have a place for guests to stay, so you can go somewhere else."
Mu Hanchi, Zhao Youling, and Shen Zhao all stood behind Murray, and Murray said that when he stayed overnight, he naturally turned sideways so that the people in the house could see the appearance of their group.
Staying in a wilderness village will inevitably cause panic among the villagers, and no one will dare to let strangers into their homes in troubled times.
Mu Hanchi and his entourage were dressed and groomed extraordinarily, and after glancing at them, the people in the house still refused to let them stay, and then closed the door tightly.
Hearing the clanging of the door in the house, Zhao Youling's heart fluttered.
At such a late hour, in this place where there is no village in front of the village and no shop in the back, if there are no villagers to take them in, they can only sleep in the open air in the field.
"Why don't I try it?"
Shen Zhao didn't think that he could speak better than Murray and would be more favored by the villagers. But you can't just touch your nose and retreat.
In this small village of dozens of households, I only knew at a cursory glance that except for the large family in front of me, other families were afraid that they would have the intention to stay with them, and there was not enough place for the four of them to live together. What's more, Zhao Youling is still a female dependent, so she must have a separate and private room, or at least a female dependent who can share it.
"Wait."
Shen Zhao was about to step forward when Mu Hanchi grabbed his arm. Shen Zhao saw Mu Hanchi's eyes and instantly understood what he meant.
The owner of the house behaves strangely, and there must be secrets in the house!
Mu Hanchi and Shen Zhao collided with each other, and then nodded slightly to each other, that kind of silent tacit understanding, Zhao Youling immediately understood.
The brotherhood is truly extraordinary!
Zhao Youling was secretly envious, but the next moment she became nervous again.
From inside the room came the faint moaning of a woman, the kind of sound that only when someone is holding her throat and it is difficult to breathe.
"Righteous Sister ......"
Shen Zhao turned around and found that Zhao Youling had not only left with them, but also leaned against the wall of the house, and couldn't help but call softly.
Zhao Youling waved his hand at Shen Zhao, pricking up his ears to carefully discern the movement in the room.
The sound of heavy breathing of men, the sound of coarse cloth clothes and pants rubbing against the bed mat, the sound of hands and feet colliding with limbs......
Hearing these voices, Zhao Youling suddenly felt a sense of agility all over his body.
Mu Hanchi had already walked to the back of the house at this time, and turned around to find that Shen Zhao had paused and was greeting Zhao Youling.
"You don't need to call her, you wait here, Murray and I can do it."
As soon as Mu Hanchi's words fell, the sound of a broken window and Shen Zhao's exclamation suddenly came from his ears.
"What happened?"
Mu Han Chi swept in front of Shen Zhao like a swift wind, and saw that the window of the room where the light was lit had been pierced, and then the light suddenly went out, and the surroundings fell into darkness.
"Bold Demons Dare to Bully Country Women!"
Zhao Youling shouted crisply, and with a little more force on her feet, the strong man who stepped on her feet screamed in pain.
"The woman spares her life, the woman spares her life!"
The reckless man screamed miserably, and Zhao Youling's feet unconsciously loosened their strength.
Suddenly, a cold light stabbed at her face from the side, Zhao Youling grabbed the back collar of the reckless man with both hands and was stunned, only to hear a pop, and a hot and fishy liquid pounced on her face.
It's over, I'm dead!
Zhao Youling screamed in shock, but felt the reckless man under his feet fall softly to the ground.
The light in front of him was bright, and Mu Hanchi looked around with his hand on the hilt.
"I didn't expect thieves to enter the village. How could two perverted thieves come to such a small village...... No wonder the old man didn't dare to open the door just now, for fear that we would be affected. ”
Shen Zhao stretched out his foot and kicked the stout man who fell to the ground, and then turned his head to look at another lean black-faced young man who had fallen against the wall.
"Thank you."
Zhao Youling realized at this time that it was Mu Hanchi who saved her just now. Otherwise, it would be her who fell to the ground at this time.
"Act rashly without consultation, and do not act like this again in the future."
Mu Hanchi glanced at Zhao Youling, and then turned to look at the woman who seemed to have no breath on the bed.
Seeing that the woman's cloak was disheveled and her clothes were untidy, Mu Hanchi turned around and asked Zhao Youling to come forward to help check.