Chapter Seventy-Nine: Continuing the Frontier
Comforted by the fact that the daughters are united and love Garl as a little brother, but because he knows that it is impossible for him to compete with Kawa with only seven daughters, let alone protect Garl.
Song Lingxi has been on the road day and night since leaving the palace, although the body has recovered some, but it is still unable to withstand such a toss, only out of the pass, the yellow sand full of eyes made her feel uncomfortable in an instant, she has been looking for her son, she has not lost her reason, when she obviously felt that her physical strength was exhausted, she chose to rest in the stack, since she was a child, she has been going back and forth between Guanwai and Luoyang, she knows that there are many bandits outside Guanwai, and there is no good body, not to mention Loulan, even in this desert, it will be difficult to move an inch.
Song Lingxi, who was sitting in front of the dim candle fire, nibbled on the unpalatable steamed buns, tears blurred her eyes again, although she had no appetite, but in order to find the child, she also had to eat, only after eating and resting, she could continue to set off towards Loulan.
After staying in the inn for a day, Song Lingxi took her horse again and set off towards Loulan, and several horse thieves who lived in an inn with her saw that Song Lingxi was dressed gorgeously and made a big move, and they had bad thoughts about it, after all, there are not many rich people who go back and forth on this road, especially if it is a woman who goes on the road alone, it is very rare.
The three of them have been following Song Lingxi for more than ten miles, and only when it was determined that Song Lingxi was only one person, the three horses first surrounded Song Lingxi before and after, and then the leader stepped forward: "Leave your money and spare you from death." ”
Song Lingxi replied disdainfully: "If you leave now, I can spare you from dying." ”
"Hahaha, the little girl is not old and has a very big temper, let the uncle see what you are capable of today?"
The leader of the horse thief took out the saber and stepped on the stirrup with both feet, jumped into the air and slashed at Song Lingxi, Song Lingxi pulled out his sword and jumped up, stood on the back of the horse and waved his sword to block the horse thief's knife, the horse thief fell to the ground after a few backflips, Song Lingxi swung his sword and slashed at the leader of the horse thief, the leader of the horse thief quickly raised his knife to block Song Lingxi's sword, Song Lingxi took advantage of the situation and kicked the horse thief to the ground with a flying kick, and then swung a sword to seal his throat, and the other two saw that the situation was not good, so they immediately raised their knives and attacked Song Lingxi together, Song Lingxi kicked one of them down with a gorgeous whirling leg and slashed at the other with a sword, and after a few moves, the person was cut off his wrist and fell to the ground with a saber.
Seeing that they had encountered hard stubble today, the two supported each other and fled into the distance, and Song Lingxi, who was in a hurry, did not continue to chase.
It was her kindness that almost killed him, these horse thieves were actually just a few minions of the horse gang, and soon after the two little horse thieves escaped, they found dozens of helpers, not to mention that Song Lingxi's body had not yet recovered, and it was not easy for her to escape from this gang of vicious horse bandits before giving birth.
Just when Song Lingxi was surrounded by these people and it was difficult to get out, Luo Wei, who was riding a fast horse, galloped from a distance, aimed at the bandit leader, quickly pulled the bow and released the arrow, after the bandit leader fell to the ground with an arrow, Luo Wei then fired three arrows in a row and rushed into the crowd, pulled Song Lingxi on the horse, waved the horsewhip and whipped the horse's buttocks, and the horse disappeared on this mountain in a blink of an eye.
After the horse has been running for several miles, Luo Wei took the reins of the horse and slowly let the horse stop, and then jumped off the horse and then stretched out his hand to pull Song Lingxi down, Song Lingxi's feet just touched the ground and there was a feeling that his legs and feet did not obey the call, only to feel that his feet were soft and the whole person sat down, Luo Wei hurriedly squatted down and asked with concern: "Lingxi, how are you?"
"It's okay, I just feel a little numb in my legs."
Luo Wei looked back at the distance and said, "It seems that they didn't chase after them, let's take a rest here." ”
Luo Wei took off the package from the horse, took out a cowhide water bag and handed it to Song Lingxi: "The climate outside the customs is dry, let's drink some water first." ”
"Thank you, Fifth Brother, by the way, Fifth Brother, how did you come to Guanwai?"
"I'm no longer a wanted criminal, so I wanted to walk around and have a look, but I didn't expect to meet you here so coincidentally."
"Thank you today, or I might have died at their hands."
"And how did you come across this gang of bandits?"
"I killed one of their accomplices, they must have come to seek revenge."
"Further down is the desert, beyond the desert is Loulan, are you going to Loulan?"
"Yes......"
"Can you tell me what to do? Why didn't the prince come with you?"
"I am ......"
Song Lingxi wanted to speak and stopped talking again, she really didn't know where to start, Luo Wei handed a piece of osmanthus cake to Song Lingxi: "You should be hungry too, let's eat something first." ”
Song Lingxi took the osmanthus cake, the familiar fragrance reminded her of Zhang Ji Osmanthus Shop, she smiled lightly: "It's Zhang Ji Osmanthus Cake, I didn't expect the Zhang family's osmanthus cake business to be outside the border." ”
Luo Wei avoided Song Lingxi's eyes, smiled awkwardly and returned: "Yes......"
"There are few people on this road, and there is not even a decent inn, how can there be a seller of osmanthus cakes, you bought it in the capital, right?"
"I ......"
"Am I right?"
"I did follow you all the way from the capital to here, after leaving from Mengxian County, I was always a little worried that the prince would blame you for those things, so I followed you to the capital, and then I saw that the prince still loves you and I put my mind at ease, I wanted to leave, but I didn't know where to go, and then I discussed it with my aunt and Lao Hua Tuo, and simply lived in the capital, because it is common for your maid to come out to buy this kind of osmanthus cake, it is estimated that you like to eat it, so I took some on the road."
Song Lingxi's nose was sour after listening to Luo Wei's words, and she instantly had the urge to cry, she never knew that there was such a pair of concerned eyes behind her, always watching her: "Fifth brother's great kindness, Lingxi is unforgettable in this life, but Lingxi has already belonged, but I am afraid that I can't ...... in this life."
Luo Wei looked to the side inadvertently: "Hey, I have long said that you and my brother and sister advance and retreat together, don't say those words that are not reciprocated, I am the elder brother and it is right to protect my sister." ”
Luo Wei is light words, but in fact, his heart is already bleeding, although he has long known that it is impossible between him and Song Lingxi, but it is inevitable that he will feel uncomfortable to be rejected in person like this.
"Thank you, fifth brother, are they okay with Auntie and Lao Hua Tuo?"
"It's all good, and they miss you too."
"If you can return to the capital, you must take me to meet them."
"Okay, let's go, we'd better cross this desert before dark, or the night will be more dangerous."
Chu Yiyun took Han Peng, Yang Yong and the twenty guards accompanying him all the way to Domar Mountain, and when he also encountered the horse thieves, Chu Yiyun recognized at a glance that the horse under the horse thief's crotch was the horse that Song Lingxi rode out of the palace, and before the horse thief could make a move, Han Peng and Yang Yong took down all the horse thieves with twenty guards in one fell swoop.