Chapter 8 Joining the Convoy
After such a toss, the sun sank into the west, and only the last and half wisps of light shone out of the clouds, through the layers of woods, and reflected on Wei Luo's body, face, and the ancient road of yellow dust behind him.
Wei Luo picked up a branch from the side of the road, propped it on the ground and used it as a crutch, and walked forward step by step.
Time passed quickly, and when Wei Luo was still in front of him, and there were no people in sight, it was getting late, and the sun had completely sunk into the horizon. Between the trees, a layer of mist was permeated on the official road.
On this night, the cries of all kinds of insects and animals became particularly piercing and desolate.
Wei Luo's body was numb, and his feet sped up a little. It's a pity that her foundation is too poor, although this action is a little faster, but it is just from a snail crawling to an ant crawling.
Little by little, time passed, and before I knew it, the last rays of light in the sky were also passing away. Gradually, the pale white crescent moon in the sky began to stand out and brighten.
Wei Luo looked up at the crescent moon, looked at the faint shadows in the moon, looked at it, her mind fluttered, as if she had returned to a few years ago, when she was still a little girl, and she longed to fly to the moon to find out if those shadows were from the osmanthus tree. Gradually, Wei Luo found himself walking while looking at the moon like this, and those insects and beasts were not so terrifying when they roared in his ears.
Just as Wei Luo was looking at the bright moon and wandering thousands of miles, there was another noisy sound of horses' hooves.
Someone is here again?
Wei Luo couldn't tell whether she was happy or surprised, she quickly looked back.
On the official road hidden by the trees in the distance, a row of fires came into her eyes like a long snake!
The light of the fire meandered for miles, and little by little it came into her eyes through the trees, and every time the wind blew, a faint noise of human voices came to her ears. Wei Luo took a closer look and found that the speed of the team was not fast.
That's great!
It seems that a large contingent came, and certainly not bandits, because the bandit ranks would not be so large and would not move so slowly.
Wei Luo looked at the firelight with a smile, and thought happily: This team is strong, if I can walk with them, then there is no need to be afraid tonight.
Wei Luo looked forward to it in his heart, so he simply didn't go forward. She walked to the side of the official road and found a stone to sit down. Before she sat down, Wei Luo looked back behind her, the woods behind her were dark and cold, and she always felt that something would suddenly jump out and pounce on her back and bite her.
The more Wei Luo thought about it, the more frightened he became, so he carried the stone to the middle of the road and sat down. Sure enough, after sitting down like this, I felt much more at ease.
The convoy got closer and closer, and gradually, the noise was endless, and in this noise, there was the sound of horse-drawn carriages rolling, the sound of people shouting and laughing, and the neighing of cows and horses.
As the convoy got closer, Wei Luo's eyes grew brighter and brighter.
Gradually, the convoy drove into the official road where she was, and the winding fire dragon also appeared clearly in front of her.
Wei Luo raised his head and looked at it, took a breath secretly, and thought with emotion: Judging from this fire dragon, this convoy is two or three miles long, and I don't know what kind of team this is, there are so many people?
The convoy was getting closer and closer, and gradually, Wei Luo could see the carriage in front of him. The first thing that came to her vision was a rectangular flag, and in the firelight, it was actually pink, no, there was an identical, pink flag on every carriage behind it.
Not only did the flags make pink, but Wei Luo also found that the carriages were also painted very brightly, crimson, light red, pink, and it was actually a slip of red, and at first glance, it was extremely good-looking.
However, it's night, so I can't see it myself.
Seeing that the convoy was getting closer and closer, Wei Luo bent down and moved the stone back to the side of the road.
As she had set up her stones and regained her footing in the middle of the road, a knight rode out of the convoy and ran straight towards her.
A few hundred meters away, the knight arrived as soon as he slipped through the smoke. This is a man in his thirties, with a light beard on his chin, a square face, and a smile on his face when he looks at people, looking very kind.
At a glance, the knight saw Wei Luo, thin and weak, standing in the middle of the road.
Seeing that it was such a child blocking the road, the knight frowned slightly, and said suspiciously: "Xiao'er, why are you blocking the way?" ”
Wei Luo showed a shy smile, and said with a hoarse voice: "This big brother, I am a Yue man who has been separated from my partner, I am here alone, the night is dark and the wind is high, and when I saw the eldest brother's convoy in a panic, I walked to the middle of the road with joy, please don't blame the eldest brother." ”
The knight stared at Wei Luo tightly, not knowing if he had listened to her.
After staring for a moment, he looked up. It's pitch black here, where can he see anything here?
Wei Luo looked at the knight expectantly, she could feel that the person in front of her was not at ease at all, could it be that he thought he was a bait sent by a robber or something? However, when she finally came across such a team, she had to go with them, preferably, preferably to join their team.
What happened to the bandits just now, Wei Luo still has lingering palpitations until now, she doesn't know if tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, will she meet robbers and bandits again? Besides, she didn't have much money to use, and at this time, the only way out she could think of was to join a team to eat and drink, even if it was miscellaneous.
At this moment, neither of them spoke, and the convoy was getting closer and closer.
After a while, a young man's voice came from the convoy, "Brother Lou, who is this?" ”
Hearing this, the eldest brother of the knight's building waved his hand behind him, and said loudly: "A thin and lonely child. ”
With that, he pulled the reins and turned around to return to the group.
Seeing that he was about to leave, Wei Luo hurriedly saluted with both hands, bowed deeply, and said loudly: "Brother Lou, the night is lonely, the tiger and wolf are terrifying, beg the eldest brother to take in the villain." ”
She said this in one breath, and when she saw Brother Lou's figure, she paused, then raised her voice and said loudly again: "The villain can read and write, calculate accounts, and come from a virtuous background, and now he only seeks a place to live, so as not to fall into the mouth of a beast, and beg Brother Lou for mercy." She spoke eloquently, her voice clear and pleasant, listening to a plea, and carefully observing her manners, there was no humility in her countenance.
The eldest brother couldn't help but turn his horse and turned back to Wei Luo to look seriously.
At this moment, a woman's soft and pleasant voice came from the convoy close to thirty or forty meters, "Lou Ju, this kid talks elegantly and behaves generously, it seems that it is really as he said, he is from a virtuous family, you can accept him." ”
Lou Ju frowned slightly when he heard this, he looked at Wei Luo seriously, in the dark, Wei Luo's eyes were as black as paint, clear and clear, after looking at it a few times, Lou Ju nodded and said, "It's okay." ”
As soon as this sentence of 'okay' came out, Wei Luo couldn't help but exhale a long breath of joy, his body weakened, and he almost sat down on the ground.