Chapter 559: Southern Tang Kingdom
The street, which had been quiet, was now noisy.
Because this town is quite prosperous, and trade from all over the world passes through here, the Southern Tang attaches great importance to this place and has stationed 20,000 troops here.
At this time, the general stationed outside the town immediately ordered his lieutenants to rush over with two hundred soldiers.
The patrol soldiers were killed, which was enough to alarm the army.
Other patrol soldiers in the town also heard the news.
However, at this time, Chu Xiaoye had already picked up Catherine and Doya, and rushed out of the encirclement with the girls, and was rushing towards the outside of the town.
The road was blocked, and pursuers from other directions were coming.
Chu Xiaoye immediately made a decision, immediately gave up his original direction, and rushed towards the territory of the Southern Tang Empire.
Riding on the back of a war horse, through the dark night, he could clearly see whether there were soldiers intercepting in front of him, the other party was completely unprepared, even if he just got the news, he didn't have time to react.
Soon, they rushed out of the town and continued to run towards the unfamiliar plains.
The torches shook behind him, and there were still pursuers chasing after him.
The lieutenant mounted his horse and continued the chase with his soldiers.
Chu Xiaoye didn't dare to stop, and ran all the way with the girls.
Fortunately, the horses given to them by the fat girl are all of the best quality, and they have been mutated, and their physique is extraordinary, and they are still full of energy until now.
At this time, the three of Willis, who had been unconscious, finally woke up in the bump.
Lan Nixi interrupted and told them what had happened.
Veris jumped on her horse and said angrily, "I'm going to kill those bastards!" ”
Chu Xiaoye turned around and said, "If you want to commit suicide and kill all of us, just go." ”
Willis blushed and said, "I'll just tell you, shut up!" ”
Thinking that she was almost taken away and sold to the Qinglou before, she felt uncomfortable, and the anger in her heart did not start, she suddenly slapped the horse's buttocks and shouted: "Drive!" ”
Then ran ahead.
When Duoya heard the process of being taken away and rescued, her face turned pale, and she said to Chu Xiaoye: "Lord Ye, thank you, if it weren't for you......"
"If it weren't for me, you would still be the eldest lady in Bingluo City."
Before she finished speaking, Chu Xiaoye turned around and smiled.
Doya was moved, but she didn't know how to express it, so she had to smile.
The pursuers behind were no longer visible, but the danger was not lifted.
After daybreak, they slowed down and moved on.
It's a valley full of flowers and grass.
The horses had been running all night, and they were thirsty and tired, so they were now grazing and walking forward.
After passing through the valley, they came to a large road.
Since they had deviated from the original path, they now did not know where the road leads, so they can only follow the established direction.
After a while, Catherine, who was walking in front of her to explore the way, suddenly stopped, jumped to the big tree next to her with a "whoosh", squinted her eyes and looked ahead, and her tail began to wobble.
"There are people in front, everyone be careful!"
Chu Xiaoye immediately dismounted and ordered Lan Nixi to wait here, and he and Catherine stepped forward to investigate.
Lanni glanced at Denise next to her, and Denise immediately followed.
If someone finds it, and the number of opponents is small, Denise's arrows can make the opponent dare not pursue.
Chu Xiaoye soon saw a group of tall men armed with machetes.
These men were all burly, bare-chested, and fierce-looking, and were hiding on both sides of the road, and in the middle of the road, there was a big tree.
Apparently, this is a group of robbers who are ready to block the road and rob.
When Chu Xiaoye was carefully counting the number of people on the other side, there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves behind him, which was not made by Lan Nixi.
"There's someone in the back, too!"
He immediately returned with Catherine and Denise, ready to take Lanexi and a few of them to abandon their horses and run into the nearby woods to take refuge.
But it's too late.
A group of men in uniform dark blue suits, driving several carriages, came from behind.
At the forefront of them were three men in the prime of life riding tall horses.
Chu Xiaoye looked at the carriages, each with a flag on it, and the flag fluttered in the wind, with the four big characters "Longwei Dart Bureau" written on it.
At this time, he finally understood in his heart.
This is a team of darts, and those who are ambushed on both sides of the road in front of them are estimated to have already gotten the news, so they are ambushed here early, preparing to rob the darts.
Thinking of this, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, pulled the horse, gave a few girls a look, and let them go to the side of the road.
"Who's up ahead?"
The dart walkers are very vigilant, and when they see someone on the road, they will immediately stop and ask.
One of them, a middle-aged man riding a horse, holding the knife at his waist, walked over, looked at Chu Xiaoye with a majestic gaze, and saw that there was only one teenager, and the others were all young girls, Fang relieved himself and said, "You are in a hurry?" ”
Chu Xiaoye nodded and said, "Yes, the horse is a little tired, just rest on the side of the road for a while." ”
The middle-aged man nodded, beckoned to the back, and said, "A few young people who are in a hurry, it's okay, let's go." ”
Chu Xiaoye took a closer look at the team behind him, there were more than thirty people in total, all of them were big men with swords on their waists, and they all looked like people who practiced martial arts, but they didn't know what was loaded in the four carriages.
The bandits in front, he just roughly counted, there were about fifty people, and they all seemed to be ruthless characters who were not afraid of death.
It is estimated that if the fight starts in a while, this dart team is likely to be wiped out.
When Chu Xiaoye was hesitating to remind them, when the first carriage passed by them, the curtain of the window suddenly opened, and a little girl poked her head out, looked at them with big black eyes, and then said excitedly: "Sister! Sister! It's an elf! They're elves! ”
A girl's face was also exposed in the window, stared at them curiously, nodded slightly, counted as a greeting, and then hugged the little girl in, and said in a low voice: "Little girl, don't be like this, it's very rude." ”
The little girl said urgently, "Sister, I still want to see it!" See also! There are so many beautiful elf sisters! ”
In the second carriage, a man's cough suddenly sounded, and then a woman's voice sounded: "Master, go back this time, and we will never go to the border again." Your health is not good, and no matter how much money you make, you can't spend it all. What's more, Li'er and Xiao Liang don't like to live there. It's time for the little boy to go to school. ”
The man sighed and said, "Since you have brought all your things, you are naturally not going to come again." There are more and more merchants here, and the business is really not good, so let's go back to our Suzhou and Hangzhou. ”
The woman laughed and said, "That's the best." ”
When the second carriage passed by Chu Xiaoye, Chu Xiaoye finally couldn't help but speak: "There is an ambush ahead!" ”
As soon as these words came out, the whole team immediately stopped.
"Little brother, you just said that there is an ambush ahead?"
A man who was guarding the carriage hurriedly asked.
The three men who walked in front also hurriedly reined in their horses and looked back.
Chu Xiaoye nodded and said, "Just now we heard the sound, I went to the front by myself to take a look, and found that there was a big tree in the middle of the road, and a group of people ran towards the woods on both sides and hid in the ditches on both sides. If my guess is correct, they should be roadblock robbers. ”
"Bandits?"
Everyone's faces suddenly changed.
"Big brother, could it be Liu Scar? Didn't we already say hello to them? The darts of my Longwei Dart Bureau, they dare to stop them? ”
"It doesn't have to be them, it could be someone else."
"How do they know about this dart? Could it be that there is a mole in our dart game? ”
"Let's go out of the city, who doesn't know? It is not necessarily a letter from a traitor, if it is a robber, there are naturally their people in the city, keeping an eye on the carriage leaving the city at any time. ”
"You stand here to protect the carriage first, and I will go over with the second and third children to have a look, if you know each other, give some hard-earned money."
The three men who walked in the front discussed it and immediately rode over.
Soon they saw the big tree in the middle of the road.
At this time, they had already confirmed the elven boy's words.
Roadblockers usually strike at a tree in the middle of the road, stop them to move the tree, and can also prevent them from escaping.
"Which brother, is you going to fight my idea of the Longwei Dart Game? Please come out and see you? ”
The strong man on the horse did not dare to move forward any further, and immediately shouted loudly.
However, in the woods on both sides of the road, there was no response.
"Brothers, don't hide your heads, we've seen you! I asked myself if I had offended anyone, the brothers who were mixed here, I knew Long Yaotian, and I had already said hello. Excuse me, which way are you from? ”
The strong man said loudly again.
By this time, the bandits had already known that they had been exposed, so they had to roar angrily and rush out of the ditch in the woods on both sides.
One of them, with a bald head with a scar on his head, said loudly: "Long Yaotian! Leave the jewels in the carriage and those two rich ladies, and grandpa will spare you from dying!" ”
"Niu Kui! It's you! You robbed me of the Longwei dart game, have you ever informed your boss? ”
Long Yaotian saw the person clearly, and was immediately shocked and angry.
The bald man named Niu Kui stopped talking and immediately rushed up with someone murderously.
"Let's go!"
Long Yaotian immediately turned his horse's head, fled backwards with his two brothers, and shouted loudly to his subordinates guarding around the carriage: "Everyone copy the guys!" Kill these bandits! ”
The men in the dart game have all gone through various life and death tests, and immediately pulled out their knives and waited solemnly.
The little girl who was making noise in the carriage to see the elves was so frightened that she didn't dare to say anything.
"Kill—"
The bald man rushed over with more than fifty bandits and roared.
"Night, what are we going to do?"
The eyes of Lan Nixi and several girls all looked at Chu Xiaoye.
Chu Xiaoye directly pulled out the sword at his waist and said, "What else can I do?" It's definitely on. Didn't you hear what the bandits said? People don't want jewelry, they want rich ladies. You are much more tempting than those two rich ladies. If the bandits win, they will never let you go. ”
"Whew!"
As soon as his words fell, Denise's arrow had already been shot out, hitting the bald bandit named Niu Kui in the face!
Before the bandit leader could react, he fell to the ground with a "bang", rolled a few times, and died with a whimper.
The other bandits did not retreat, but still rushed forward with a roar.
Denise's arrow shot out again.
Phil also began to aim and shoot arrows.
Chu Xiaoye held the sword, took Lannixi and Veris, and rushed forward.
Veris's whirling storm was already hungry and thirsty, and in order to vent her anger at what happened last night, at this moment, she turned on her full horsepower and began to kill.
The samurai of those dart games are also good players.
After a while, there were only a dozen of the more than 50 bandits left.
Seeing that the defeat was decided, the dozen or so bandits did not dare to linger any longer, turned around and fled towards the woods next to them.
"Catherine! Denise! Pelle! Not a single one to stay! ”
Chu Xiaoye ordered.
"Whoosh!"
Catherine swept up like lightning.
Denise and Phil chased forward as they quickly pulled the strings and shot arrows.
"Whew! Shout! Shout! ”
In the blink of an eye, the remaining dozen bandits all fell to the ground, Catherine killed three, and the rest were all killed by the arrows of Denise and Phil.
Denise alone, plus the ones shot before, there are at least twenty people.
This tall and charming silver-haired girl, with a bow and arrow in one hand, was really superb, which made Chu Xiaoye sincerely admire.
The reason why Chu Xiaoye wanted to exterminate those bandits was because he was afraid that the other party would continue to bring people to entangle, and on the other hand, he was afraid that the other party would collude with the officers and soldiers.
I'm afraid that what they were doing in that town at this time has already been reported, and it would be terrible if it was discovered by the officers and soldiers.
"Thank you for your help! I don't know where a few people are going, we can go all the way, food and accommodation on the road, all the cost, we have all covered, and it can be regarded as a thank you. ”
The man named Long Yaotian walked over, his face full of gratitude and respect.
Just now he saw what it means to have someone outside the human world, and there is a sky outside the sky, not to mention the two elf girls' amazing archery skills, only to say that the underage girl wielding the giant sword, the giant sword is wielded, it is simply terrifying, it can be said that people block and kill, Buddha blocks and kills Buddha, and none of those bandits can take the next move.
In his opinion, these young elves are all masters of the world.
With them, it must be much safer along the way, and it is worth wasting some money.
"Do you know where to get closer to the Rakshasa Country?"
Chu Xiaoye decided to ask for directions first.
"Rakshasa Country?"
When Long Yaotian heard this, he immediately said, "If you want to go to the Rakshasa Kingdom, you must be on the wrong path." You must return immediately, from Aries. There is a large road there that leads directly to the border of the Rakshasa country. If you go further, you will only go further and further. ”
Chu Xiaoye knew in his heart that the Aries Town he was talking about must be the town they fled from before, and they couldn't go back there.
They killed so many soldiers, didn't they go back and fall into the net?
"Is there any other way? We are not in a hurry to go to the Rakshasa Kingdom now, and we still want to walk around in Nantang. I don't know if there is a way to the Rakshasa country if I keep moving forward? ”
Chu Xiaoye's face did not show any different color, and it was very natural.
"This ......"
Long Yaotian frowned, thought about it carefully, and said, "There are so many roads from our Southern Tang Dynasty to the Rakshasa Kingdom, but they are all too far. The most recent ......"
At this moment, the curtain of the second carriage suddenly opened, and a middle-aged man dressed in good silk walked down, arched his hand at Chu Xiaoye, and said, "Thank you for your help just now." I was just in the carriage and heard this young righteous man say that he was going to the Rakshasa country, right? ”
Chu Xiaoye's heart moved, and he hurriedly said: "Yes, but we still have to go shopping in Nantang, and Aries Town will definitely not go back." ”
The middle-aged man smiled: "That's right, a few righteous people will follow us to Suzhou and Hangzhou." Not only is the scenery good, but also the richest place in the Southern Tang Dynasty, when the time comes, I can do my best to be a landlord and accompany a few righteous people to walk around. To the east of Suzhou and Hangzhou, there is a port where many cargo ships stay, most of them go to sea to other countries, and some go to Rakshasa country. From there, the boat ride to the Rakshasa country is very fast, and it will not take more than five days at most. I happen to have a few friends there, and one of them specializes in Rakshasa business, so I can let them take you for a ride when the time comes. ”
Boat? Sea?
Chu Xiaoye's heart was overjoyed, and he hurriedly said, "Then thank you." ”
If you can take a boat and follow those merchants to the Rakshasa country, you will definitely have a lot less trouble along the way, and you don't have to worry about being eaten and sleeped, which is definitely more cost-effective than rushing like this.
The middle-aged man said with a smile: "Contemptible Qin Zhitan, in the car is my wife Luo, and my pair of daughters, this time I will return to Suzhou and Hangzhou, I will definitely thank a few righteous people." ”
Chu Xiaoye hurriedly said: "My surname is Chu, you don't need to call me a righteous man, they are my friends, just call them girls, you don't have to be polite." When we go to the Rakshasa Country, we will have to trouble Uncle Qin. ”
Hearing this "Uncle Qin", the middle-aged man laughed, and immediately became closer, and said, "Okay, good!" This is not the place to talk, so let's hurry first. It's better for Gongzi Chu and everyone to sit down and come right away, and we can also have a good chat. ”
Chu Xiaoye hurriedly refused: "We don't like to ride a carriage first, so it's more comfortable to ride a horse." ”
He doesn't want to chat with people, this kind of person who has just met, naturally the less words the better, so as not to be accidentally pitted.
They are criminals who have killed the soldiers of the Southern Tang Dynasty.
Seeing him say this, Qin Zhitan couldn't be reluctant, so he exchanged a few more words of greeting and got into the carriage.
The little girl also poked her head out of the car window, looked at Chu Xiaoye and said, "Brother Chu, are you an elf?" I've heard that you elves can fly and don't have to eat every day, right? ”
Chu Xiaoye rode a war horse and teased her with a smile: "Yes, we can all fly, we don't have to eat, when we are hungry, just catch a few disobedient children to eat." ”
The little girl's eyes widened, she was stunned for a moment, Fang stroked her chest and said, "Fortunately, the little girl is obedient, and the little girl is not a child anymore." ”
The girl's "poof" laughter came from the carriage.
Then the little girl was carried back.
"Little girl, be obedient, don't stick your head out again, be careful of being eaten by the elf brother."
After the girl finished smiling, she picked up a book from the side and continued to read it.
The little girl was bored, pouted and said, "Sister, don't look at it anymore, what poems do children read?" Talk to the little girl, the elf brother outside, will he really eat disobedient children? ”
The girl put down the book, looked at her with a smile and said, "What do you say? ”
The little girl tilted her head, thought for a while, and said, "I don't know either." Elf brothers and elf sisters have just killed a lot of bad guys, so they should be good people. Good people don't eat children. ”
The girl smiled and stroked her little head, her eyes flashing, but she did not answer.