Chapter 24: Distress at the foot of Qishan Mountain

The Yi family rested in the town for one night, and the next morning, shortly after dawn, they packed their bags and set off again. Yi Xiangxiang, as a standard lazy worm, must not have been able to get up so early, so she was completely poached by Leqi. After a simple breakfast, Yi Xiangxiang, who was still in a daze, was carried to the carriage.

"Leqi, you are disrespectful to the master, wait for Miss I to wake up and clean you up!" Yi Xiangxiang had already been hugged by Leqi to Qingxuan, and muttered that she wanted to clean up Leqi.

"Okay, as long as the young lady is happy, you can clean up the slaves and maids." After Le Qi finished speaking, he walked to the carriage of the last maids with the painting theory, and today it was Qingxuan and Shumei who followed to serve Yi Xiangxiang. She could have sat in her own lady's carriage, but she was worried that Yi Ruofu and others would come to talk to the young lady, in which case the carriage would be a little crowded, so she didn't go up because she was very sensible.

But it was really too early, and even Yi Ruofu didn't come over to find Yi Xiangxiang today, but stayed in her carriage and slept. Yi Xiangxiang swayed with the rhythm of the carriage, and when it was almost noon, she was called up by Mama Li to eat snacks and dry food.

The official road was crooked and could not see ahead, Yi Kangwen asked the coachman to park the carriage on the side of the road, and everyone set up mats in the shade of the trees. Yi Xiangxiang jumped in front of Lin's family, and she was full of energy now.

"There is only Qishan in front of us, because there is no place to rest here; Let's eat a little bit, and we can get to Tongzhou in the evening. Lin knew that his daughter was fine at eating, so he said this.

Yi Xiangxiang is not a very unreasonable person, she is not a real child after all: "Mother, I know, is that Qishan?" It's really high! Yi Xiangxiang pointed to Qishan and asked.

"Yes, I looked at it in the town before, and I thought it was quite close, but I didn't expect to walk for half a day to see the whole picture. This Qishan is indeed towering into the clouds, and you can see that it stands majestically, but you can't see the top. Lin also looked at Qishan and said.

Yi Xiangxiang looked at the appearance of this mountain, quite a bit of Huashan feeling, looking at the past layers, no wonder it was said in the ancient books that this Qishan is a place where a husband and a wife can not be opened, and it is not unreasonable to think that the imperial court will not be able to attack it for a long time. It's just a pity that such a good place allowed a group of mountain bandits to occupy the position.

"I heard Luo Minghao and them say that there are mountain bandits on this mountain, mother, let's go quickly when we are rested." Yi Xiangxiang said to Lin very solemnly.

Lin only knew Yi Xiangxiang's worry and fear at this time, she always felt that her daughter was precocious and stable, but she almost forgot that she was a child, so she opened her mouth to comfort: "Don't be afraid, that mountain bandit will only go down the mountain on the fifteenth day of the first month; Your grandfather has checked all the records of these years, and found that there is indeed no exception to the descent at any other time, and it is still fifteen years before we can pass it safely. ”

Yi Xiangxiang also asked Le Qi and the people in the town to inquire yesterday, and knew that the mountain bandit was indeed fixed; In the past hundred years, except for a year ago, she was beaten and hid for a year, but she has never lacked the law of the fifteenth day of the first month, but it is this inexplicable law that makes her feel weird. And she was a little uneasy in the past two days, so she urged her to hurry through Qishan.

Le Qi's reply last night also relieved Yi Xiangxiang at that time, otherwise she would not be in the mood to sleep well. At this time, when I saw Qishan wrapped in clouds and mist, some uncontrollable worries in my heart floated again. Yi Xiangxiang has always believed in her own intuition, and in her previous life, she felt that she would be blushing, which came from this inexplicable feeling. This time she had a similar instinct, always feeling that something bad was going to happen.

Lin found out about his daughter's uneasiness, and also ordered everyone to hurry up and eat some snacks and dry food, and hurry on the road after resting. Yi Kangwen knew what the Lin clan was worried about, and after about half a pillar of incense, the carriage moved again.

"Miss is fine, the rules that this mountain bandit has guarded for a hundred years will not be broken once, you can rest assured." Mama Li was in Yi Xiangxiang's carriage at this time and said to her.

Yi Xiangxiang frowned and said, "I hope so." ”

The group walked two more incense sticks before they really arrived at the foot of Qishan.

In fact, it is not necessarily said that it is at the foot of Qishan, the official road is still two hills away from the main peak of Qishan, and after crossing the hill, a high mountain is the real foot of Qishan. Yi Xiangxiang watched the convoy slowly pass through the dense woods, and the exit of the woods had already reached the front, and as long as she got out of the woods, she would have passed the most dangerous place, and her heart was at ease.

After the last carriage passed through the woods, Zhou Jiaotou, the chief of the guard, reported to the old lady Yi Kangwen's carriage that he had passed the Qishan area, and Yi Xiangxiang put down the brocade curtain on the carriage window.

Qing Xuan looked at Yi Xiangxiang and exhaled and hurriedly handed over the water, but as soon as Yi Xiangxiang took it, he heard the sound of swords slashing at each other. Yi Xiangxiang's hand shook, the cup detached from her hand, and the tea soaked her dress.

A group of people poured out of the woods in an instant, and there was no doubt that the fierce and vicious people were dressed up as Qishan mountain bandits, and they chased a young man with swords and swords. The young man was dressed in black, holding a long sword in his hand, and his face was already covered in blood, and it was obvious that he was exhausted from fighting when he stumbled. I saw that the young man was in a panic, but he still rushed out of the mountains and forests and came to the Yi family's carriage. There were dozens of mountain bandits chasing him, and they looked very good; They chased after them in an instant, forming an opposition to the Yi family's carriage.

"It's a bandit! Fast! Escort the wagon! Everyone was still in the stunned state of mutation, Zhou Jiao shouted loudly, only to see that the guards all drew their swords and protected the carriage behind them.

Yi Xiangxiang knew that the premonition came true, and it was not good, she looked outside through the gap in the curtains, only to see that those mountain bandits were all ruthless and angry, and one of them had a beard and a big mole on his cheeks and said with a laugh: "I didn't expect to chase a kid and pick up a pen to buy!" It's not a loss! Old eight, look at which unlucky ghost should move in this carriage battle, this time you have to catch a few little girls and go up the mountain to raise them in captivity, and you can't solve it on the spot as rude as last time. ”

When the Yi family's daughters heard these words, they were so frightened that they all trembled in the carriage, and even the Lin family clasped their palms tightly, intending to suppress the fear in their hearts.

"Sixth brother, you don't understand this, there is the fun of the moment. Climbing a mountain with someone is not an easy task, and I am too lazy to spend that effort! Last time, those were stupid enough, knowing our rules and hitting our swords, I don't know whether to live or die! "The mountain bandit known as Lao Ba has a delicate face, but there is a scar on his face, and his eyes are deeply sunken, looking very ruthless.

When Yi Xiangxiang heard this, she became more and more confused about their rules! How can there be mountain bandits who rob and kill people and still pick a day? But she doesn't have time to care about these things now, and the most important thing to think about now is how to escape.

"You're called a hurry! But this time, seeing that there were quite a lot of women in the carriage, I thought I could choose two to give to the owner of the village. His vision is not ordinarily high, the last time he caught the merchant lady who went up the mountain, the owner of the village was quite satisfied! The bandits, with their faces in the face, stared at the wagon as if they were about to pick up the goods.

The young man who was being chased and killed by them shouted when he heard this: "You are going to kill me, and it has nothing to do with them!" I'll give you my life! His black clothes were dyed dark red with blood, and he saw that he was seriously injured.

"Mo Zhaoxi, you are too embarrassed to yourself, our village master sees your bones Qingqi accepts you as an apprentice, and this year is also a good year to eat and drink to raise you, I don't think you are a kind of revenge!" The mole-faced mountain bandit who was called Sixth Brother said.

"Humph! Do you think that if I eat and break the dust, I will be able to recognize the thief as my father? Dream! My Mo family has hundreds of lives, and one day I want you to pay for it with blood! Mo Zhaoxi spurted out a mouthful of blood as he spoke, and his anger made him even more red-faced!

The Mo family? Is it the Mo family who was blocked by Qishanzhai a year ago? Yi Xiangxiang thought.

"Do you remember? No wonder they want to escape from Qishan! Sure enough, it's perseverance and tenacity, we really underestimate you! This dust dispersion medicine is extremely strong, after taking it to reshape the mind is like regeneration, you actually stabilized your mind, no wonder the owner of the village is impressed with you! It's a pity, if you keep pretending, maybe you can really subvert my Qishanzhai in the future, after all, it's a young man, and I can't hold my breath! The scar-faced bandit sighed, his ghostly eyes full of mockery.

"You Qishanzhai has lost all your conscience, I feel disgusted when I look at you! Wait, you will not die well! Mo Zhaoxi said to the mountain bandits!

The Scar Mountain bandit laughed when he heard this: "You can't die well? You're naΓ―ve, too! You've been in Qishanzhai for a year and you can't even figure out who we are, and you want us to die a bad death? It's only you who can't die today! ”

Mo Zhaoxi stared at Scarface, and his monstrous hatred was unconcealed.

At this time, Zhou Jiaotou stood out of the carriage with Yi Kangwen in his arms, only to see the latter arch his hand and say to the group of mountain bandits: "Ladies and gentlemen, we are the family members of Lord Yi of Tongzhou, please raise your noble hands and let us go." ”

"Heroes? Hahahahahaha The bandit burst out laughing, and the rest of the bandits laughed too!

"You old man can bend and stretch, but which is this Tongzhou Yi family? I haven't heard of it! Old man, do you know who this young man is standing in front of you? The grandson of the Mo scholar! Back then, we didn't even kill the Mo family and didn't leave a piece of armor, would we care about your Yi family who came out of nowhere? Even if the emperor stands in front of us, it will be killed! Speaking of which, today is considered unlucky, otherwise we would all be drinking in the mountains at this time! If you want to blame this kid, if he doesn't run away, we won't chase him down! It was still the "sixth brother" of the mountain bandit with a ruffian face who spoke, he and the eighth man seemed to be the leaders of the current group of mountain bandits, and what he said seemed to be killing the Mo family was like killing a few rabbits, it was full of indifference.

Mo Zhaoxi was already split when he heard this, and after a year, he still remembered the tragic situation of his relatives that day!

"What are the sixth brothers talking about with them! Kill these people and hurry back to the village to drink! The scar-faced bandit said.

The mole-faced bandit looked at Mo Zhaoxi and said, "The owner of the village said that he wanted to bring this kid back alive, so you weren't afraid of being killed?" There was some fear of the owner of the Qishan cottage in his words.

"What's so bad about that? Let's just say that he rushed into the caravan, and we killed people by mistake when we were killing and looting. ”

"It's still the eighth child who has a plan, Cheng, I'll kill all the men, and the women will be arrested and the big guy will enjoy it!" As he spoke, he gestured for his subordinates to rush over!

Zhou Jiaotou and his guards resisted desperately, but after all, none of the Yi family's guards had really killed anyone, and although the number was not less than the mountain bandits in front of them, they were still defeated and retreated. The cries in the carriage grew louder and louder, as there were soon bursts of screams from outside the carriage.

"Zhou Jiaotou, hurry! Let the driver in front of you drive out! Yi Xiangxiang said through the curtain to Zhou Jiaotou who was not far away!

Zhou Jiaotou was in the scuffle, and could only shout to let the coachman in front drive, so the carriage of Lin and others in front was driven by the coachman and ran, and the other carriages that followed behind also spread their legs and ran around, but halfway through the run, they were stopped by the mountain bandits who followed closely, and the guards fought with the mountain bandits again. However, Yi Xiangxiang's method also separated everyone a lot, so that the guards would not be able to let go of their hands and feet because they were gathered together, and the carriage would not be in the encirclement, which greatly increased the chance of escape.

Yi Xiangxiang's carriage was also stopped after running more than ten meters away, and she was dizzy when the carriage ran away, and she was helped up by Qingxuan just now. Yi Xiangxiang is now guarding Qingxuan and Shumei by her side, as well as Mama Li, who is talking to her, and she is rubbing her head at this moment. Shumei heard the sound of fighting outside the carriage and remembered again that she was in danger, only to see that she quickly hugged Mama Li next to her and hid in her arms, while Qingxuan gritted her teeth and pulled out a dagger to guard the curtain of the carriage door.

The dagger was given to Yi Xiangxiang by Ren Feihong when he left Jinhua County, and he accepted Yi Xiangxiang's wooden plaque of Xile Building, and returned the gift with a stainless steel dagger. Luo Minghao also said that this dagger was obtained by Ren Feihong for a long time, and it was also very precious.

Yi Xiangxiang looked at the dagger exquisitely at that time, and she couldn't live up to Ren Feihong's gratitude, so she took things and planned to watch and play, but she didn't expect it to come in handy so quickly.

The roaring outside became more and more miserable, Shumei was crying in the carriage, and Yi Xiangxiang was thinking hard about countermeasures. But even if she is an adult soul, she is helpless in the face of the current one-sided situation! She sat in the corner and listened to the shouts outside, almost in despair. And at this time, a long sword was violently inserted from the window by a mountain bandit and rolled down the curtain, and Shumei fainted in the carriage on the spot. The mountain bandit saw the people in the car, and was just about to send out the second sword, but it was broken by Zhou Jiaotou, who rushed over, and the mountain bandit shrank back.

"Go, go and break all the cages for me, and see what treasures there are!" The bandit with a mole-faced face said to his men.

After hearing this, Scarface said: "Why is the sixth brother so anxious, kill everyone and check slowly, you still can't do those things?" ”

"I don't want to listen to what you say, you love beauties, I want wealth, and the two of us brothers don't conflict!" The mole face talked to the scarred face while fighting, and the movements did not seem difficult at all, and the two of them chatted lightly while killing people.

Because the carriage just ran away, it was now that Yi Xiangxiang's carriage was behind the cage cart, and most of the mountain bandits were attacking in the direction of Yi Xiangxiang after hearing the words of the stalker. The scene was too chaotic for the carriage to get out, and now the only way for everyone was to throw away the carriage and belongings, cut off the reins and ride out of the encirclement.

Yi Xiangxiang shouted: "Quick! Lead the horses and don't let the horses frighten away, cut off the reins of the carriage, and rush out on horseback! Fast, can walk is one! ”

"This little girl is smart! It's a pity that such a good mind is going to bury his bones here today! Scarface said with a gloomy face, like the devil of hell.

"Eighth, don't you love beauty, just leave this little girl and raise it!" The mole-faced bandit said.

Yi Xiangxiang didn't listen to what they said at all, because Zhou Jiaotou had already cut off the reins of the carriage on her side and held the horse, so Yi Xiangxiang immediately lifted the curtain and walked outside the carriage. There were corpses everywhere in the mountains, and Yi Xiangxiang didn't even have a chance to sigh, so two more mountain bandits attacked. Yi Xiangxiang gritted her teeth and deftly dodged a sword, and when the other sword was about to stab her, Mama Li blocked in front of her, and with a "poof", the sword pierced Mama Li's chest.

"Mama!" Yi Xiangxiang shouted heartbreakingly, she half hugged Mama Li's body, and her tears were like flowing water.

When Zhou Jiaotou heard the shout, he turned around and stabbed the mountain bandit with a sword, but the horse was already so frightened that he ran away, and he could only turn around and fight with the others again! The shopkeeper of Hong Xi in the distance and Ah Ping, who was guarding Yi Luochuan's side, both exclaimed when they saw Mama Li falling, but they were also too busy to take care of themselves, so they could only vent their anger on the mountain bandits.

Mama Li fell down after being pierced through the chest by a sword, a large mouthful of blood overflowed from her mouth, she stroked Yi Xiangxiang's cheek with her blood-stained hand, and her mouth didn't even have time to say anything before her hand hung down!

"Mama!" Yi Xiangxiang hugged Mama Li and trembled!

Yi Xiangxiang screamed heartbreakingly, her chest full of hatred! She gritted her teeth and watched the two leading mountain bandits as if they were in a no-man's land, as long as they passed by, there would be guards falling, Yi Xiangxiang's eyes were red and she said to Zhou Jiaotou: "Capture the thief and capture the king first!" There was a monstrous anger in his tone!

Zhou Jiaotou understood what Yi Xiangxiang meant, and turned around to attack the leading mountain bandits! Mo Zhaoxi also heard Yi Xiangxiang's words, and supported his body to kill him together, so there were only a few guards left around Yi Xiangxiang except for Qing Xuan!

"Eighth brother, that maid looks good, go and catch your sixth brother back!" The mountain bandit with a mole face saw Qing Xuan, and his eyes were full of desire!

"The sixth brother also said that he doesn't like beauty, but this vision is not bad!" As he spoke, the scar mountain bandit leaned over to Yi Xiangxiang's carriage, but the bandit with a lea face over there was besieged by Zhou Jiaotou and Mo Zhaoxi.

Qing Xuan watched the scarred face get closer and closer, she protected Yi Xiangxiang behind her, held the dagger in both hands and said, "Miss, go quickly!" Let's go! ”

And Yi Xiangxiang couldn't leave at all at the moment, surrounded by mountain bandits, seeing that the mountain bandits on his side were about to stab him with a sword, Lin and Yi Luochuan, who had already mounted the horse here, shouted in horror when they saw it:

"Xiangxiang!"

"Sister!"

Just when Yi Xiangxiang felt that she was going to die, she heard a "ding", and the mountain bandit who attacked her was shot!

"Tongzhou guards are here, you have to be presumptuous!" A loud voice came from a distance, and a short time later, a group of officers and soldiers came on horseback.

"What's going on? Is there an ambush among us? The bandit with a scab face underestimated the joint efforts of Zhou Jiaotou and Mo Zhaoxi, who were already fighting a little hard at this time, and the appearance of the guards made him even more distracted, and he was stabbed in the shoulder by Mo Zhaoxi!

Scarface had already arrived at Yi Xiangxiang's frame, and he reached out to pinch Yi Xiangxiang's neck, but was blocked by Qing Xuan with a dagger and replied: "Not really, didn't I hear the old man say that it was an adult in Tongzhou just now, maybe he came to pick up this group of people!" ”

That's right, the one who just shot the arrow was Liu Zhengtian, the keeper of Tongzhou City, who passed on the instructions of Lord Jiang and brought the guards to pick up the Yi family.

"It's too late! Evacuate! "The mountain bandits with a stumbling face have been attacked and there is no room for attack, and the other party has rescuers coming, so they can only shout and retreat.

Scarface removed the dagger from Qing Xuan's hand, grabbed the person and ran; After hearing this, the other mountain bandits also slowly fought and retreated, except for the mole face and the road was blocked, the rest of the mountain bandits and their group had quickly retreated into the mountain forest!

"Damn the eight! If I can go back, I'll kill you! "The ruffle-faced mountain bandit has been knocked off by Zhou Jiaotou, and now he is only able to avoid Mo Zhaoxi's sword by relying on his dexterity. However, after a short time, Mo Zhaoxi made a false turn and put the sword on the neck of the mole face.

"You can't go back!" Mo Zhaoxi glared at him and said.

Although the guards in Tongzhou shot some of the mountain bandits with arrows, in an instant, those mountain bandits disappeared.

Yi Xiangxiang was stunned for a moment before she reacted, and she shouted: "Ah! Sect Leader Zhou, you take the guards to chase! Be sure to bring Qingxuan back to me! Life wants to meet people! Dead to ...... See the corpse! The determined tone was very fierce, making the face of the mole have a subtle fear.

No one present questioned the little girl's decision, because even though the mountains and fields were full of blood, the aura exuded by Yi Xiangxiang's body was even more fierce.