In the past, when walking on the mountain roads in Jingzhou, everyone was desperately hurrying, just wanting to get to the village or inn as soon as possible.

There is really no way but to spend the night in the mountains, which is the most dangerous time.

Everyone had to pile the goods in a circle around them, light a big fire, and arrange for men to guard them.

At night, there are all kinds of strange sounds in the dark forest, and even the call of birds is particularly terrifying.

During the day, the tiger is afraid of encountering wolves at night, and sometimes after a night, only the goods are left in the morning, and the people are eaten by the wolves and there is nothing left.

Of course, there is no way to survive when encountering robbers and bandits.

Today, everyone who followed Zhuang Rou was very happy, and there was Yinba guarding everyone, so they could spend the night with confidence.

When they went out, a large number of people brought pots, and the tiger meat was cut into small pieces and boiled in the pot, wafting out a faint fragrance.

The crowd sucked their saliva and sat around the four fires with their eyes full, looking at the meat in the pot.

Zhuang Rou rummaged in the carriage for a long time, found a bottle of wine, looked up at the cold sky and took a sip of wine, this inexplicable sense of loneliness couldn't be better.

Yinba sniffed the wine and snorted in disgust, in its opinion, there was no difference between wine and urine.

Suddenly, it jumped out of the carriage and stared vigilantly at the mountains and forests across the official road.

"Huh?" Zhuang Rou also followed, walked to its side, and looked at the black forest.

In the breeze, there is a peculiar smell.

The kind that hasn't been bathed for a long time, and the smell of fleas is all over the corners of the clothes, is not a beast, it can only be a human.

"......," she rolled her eyes and said in disgust, "water doesn't cost money, and you can take care of it cleanly as a bandit." ”

In the middle of the night when everyone was waiting for the meat to be eaten, her voice was exceptionally clear, and the word bandit came out, which made the people who followed her dare not say a word.

The hairs of the crowd exploded, giving them goosebumps, and they were instantly cold from head to toe, and even if they sat by the fire, they couldn't warm up at all.

"Hahaha!" There was a loud laugh in the woods, and suddenly a fire lit up, and a large crowd rushed out.

"The bandits are coming!"

Everyone stood up, nervously grabbed wooden sticks and other objects, and stared at the group of bandits who rushed out of the woods.

Zhuang Rou took a few steps forward and looked at them curiously.

None of these people rode horses, or the slopes were steep and difficult to ride, or they were probably too poor.

It's very ordinary, it's not very broken, there are all kinds of materials, but it's very dirty.

This cottage should be a lady who hasn't washed her clothes, look at this dirty and homeless people.

She took advantage of the light of the torch to see everyone's faces, and sure enough, good-looking people are living a good life, and it is impossible to fall into the grass.

"Hand over the stuff! Otherwise, it will cost you your life. One person raised a knife and shouted directly.

What a bandit!

Everyone panicked, this is all the belongings, and many of them are borrowed, if they are handed over, it will be really over.

Everyone has all their eyes on Zhuang Rou, and now they can only count on the horse master!

Unexpectedly, Zhuang Rou was surprised, shook her head and said, "It's not like this!" That's not the case with the bandits I've heard in the book! ”

The bandits and the people were stunned, what else could the bandits be?

Zhuang Rou pointed at the bandits and said angrily: "You deceive people, you are not bandits." I heard that when the bandits came out, they would shout domineeringly: I planted this tree, I opened this road, if you want to fight this, stay and buy road money! ”

"But you have not said this, and you are not at all imposing, like begging outcasts. I don't believe that you are bandits, you must be refugees who fled from Hongzhou. ”

She pouted and said stubbornly, her face full of disbelief.

The people wanted to speak and stopped, not daring to accuse her of not knowing the bandits, those were all things that were told by the storyteller of the Bridge Restaurant, how could it be true.

The bandits looked at each other, and the atmosphere of the robbery made this woman a little embarrassed, could it be that she really shouted again?

I don't know which one went crazy, and I felt that I couldn't let Zhuang Rou look down on it, so I shouted when I mentioned the dantian qi: "I planted this tree, I opened this road, I want to fight this, and leave it to buy road money!" ”

He shouted with full anger, showing the domineering spirit of the bandits, and sure enough, adding this sentence made him feel more deterrent.

"Nonsense!" Zhuang Rou suddenly shouted, "This tree is grown from the sky, this road is opened by the government, if you are a bandit, you will be a bandit, what excuse do you have to find such a large group of masters, you want to be ashamed." ”

Everyone suddenly looked at her blankly, what!

She just said those words, she was just deliberately playing with these bandits?

The bandit who shouted was so angry that he gritted his teeth, and the others also felt very shameless and glared at him viciously. If he hadn't shouted nonsense, how could he be humiliated now.

Finally, the leader of this gang of bandits, Lu Jian, came out and said with a cold face: "Little girl, don't know the height of the sky, hand over the money, and we will let you live." ”

Zhuang Rou smiled, "Yinba, go and clear the road for the people passing by, there is one less bad guy like bandits. ”

Yinba didn't understand the latter sentence, but she could rely on the tone in which she called herself, and knew whether she wanted to talk to herself or let it go out and kill people.

It snorted, and stepped out of the darkness and appeared in the firelight.

When the bandits saw it, they were shocked, this is not an ugly man in a black robe, but a beast!

It's too big, it's too strong!

Yinba walked forward, pressed his hand to a stone the size of a human head, and was crushed by its random force.

When Lu Jian saw it, he immediately raised his knife and shouted at Zhuang Rou: "You let it stop, we are not here to rob!" ”

"Who are you fooling, just now you obviously shouted to stay and buy road money." Zhuang Rou cut off, what kind of bandit is this, it is impossible to coax a three-year-old child.

Lu Jian saw that this plan was unsuccessful, and as soon as he retreated, he dragged out a person from behind his subordinates, put the knife on his neck and shouted: "Stop, or I will kill him!" ”

"Yinba, wait." Zhuang Rou shouted, asked Yinba to stop, and carefully stared at the person Lu Jian used to blackmail, it was a dirty old man.

She scratched her head and said helplessly: "Isn't it a bit stupid for you to threaten me with your own subordinates." Don't make a fuss, let's go to King Yama together today. ”

Lu Jian was in a hurry, dragged the old man to the light, and shouted loudly: "This is a big man, saving him is only your benefit!" He was tied up by us at the beginning, but as long as you take him away today, today's matter will be settled, and we will let you leave easily. ”

Zhuang Rou only felt inexplicable, why did they look like they wanted to give the old man to her, if it was a kidnapped meat ticket, who would bring it together to rob it.

At this time, the old man, who had been doing nothing and hadn't opened his eyes much, finally spoke, "You young man, how can you just throw the old man out?" I'm not leaving, I'm going to stay a few more days. ”

The bandits suddenly panicked, and today they originally planned to rob the group of people, and then throw the old man down. I didn't expect that the other party was not a big man, but a beast, and he could fight a tiger and be obedient, how could he rob it.

But more important than robbery is to get this old man away.

Lu Jian had an idea, pointed to the fire on Zhuang Rou's side and said, "Senior, look at it." There's boiled tiger meat over there, and there's wine! ”

"Wine?" The old man's eyes immediately widened, and he quickly searched for it.

Zhuang Rou quickly hid the wine jug in his hand behind him, what should he do if he entangled himself with the old man who didn't even want the bandits!