Chapter 39: Flying Swallows in Troubled Times (1)
Screams, screams, shouts, loud voices;
The sword wind, the sword shadow, the gold and iron are intertwined;
Horses neigh, people roar, mistaken repeatedly.
All this is so chaotic and bloody.
For Princess Pinglan, who was born in the deep palace, has not been in the world for a long time, and has never seen such a scene, she should have been so frightened that she cried. But she didn't do that, on the contrary, she saw such a chaotic scene, such a bloody killing, and she just stood quietly on the carriage and watched.
She didn't make a sound and seemed very calm. (Maybe scared silly.) )
Escort Ling Bing, sure enough, led his forty or so sergeants to rush and kill desperately, and rushed out of the swarming bandits...... But the robbers were brave and numerous, and most of the guards were blood-stained with armor, and there were many dead and wounded.
After a big battle between the two sides, the whole mountain was screaming and killing. The originally quiet mountains and forests became uneasy.
In troubled times, there may be unrest everywhere;
People, the most secret hearts, can be confused.
Princess Pinglan's bodyguards kept retreating while resisting. The guards suffered many casualties, and those who were still struggling to hold on could fall under the swords and axes of the bandits at any time......
It cannot be ruled out that the bandits also suffered a lot of casualties, but they were much better than the escort team. Because they have a large number of people and take advantage of the terrain, they are more familiar with the methods of jungle warfare, and they know how to use the advantages of the terrain to fight...... There are also the two mountain kings who 'occupy the heavens and the earth' are extraordinary, and the guards who can block the blow of their Jin Ge iron spears are not ...... As a result, there were at least dozens of guards who were killed or injured in the hands of these two people.
After such a scuffle, it is not easy for the escort team to hold on until now.
Soon, after a burst of people turned over on their backs, the leader of the two bandits who 'occupied the world and the earth' really rushed into the group of guards, and after killing and wounding more than a dozen people, they were only a dozen steps away and rushed to Princess Pinglan's carriage.
The rest of the guards saw that they couldn't save the princess, and many of the guards withdrew and were about to flee for their lives, but they were slashed at the feet by the bandits who chased them......
The guards who were still struggling to protect Princess Pinglan's carriage at the end of the year, plus Ling Bing and the chief of the guard, were only a dozen or so people.
And the bandits all over the mountain, as if they had fallen down and climbed up again, were still missing......
Nowadays, the strength and weakness are known early, and the victory or defeat does not need to be explained.
"How's it going? You soldiers...... Do you want to hold on any longer? I see you, you can't even block Lao Tzu Tiege's blow, right? If you want to live, learn to crawl over me like a dog, and Lao Tzu who wants to die will let you get your wish immediately......" Xi Luodi's eyes were red, like a wild wolf with red eyes.
However, the remaining guards were all brave and tenacious, and if they wanted to escape, they would have gone long ago. Just now, among the guards, there are many people who escaped......
After Schillo said this, their hands holding their weapons seemed to tighten a little.
It seems that there are still many people in this earthly world who would rather die standing than live on their knees. (Not to mention crawling?)
"Stop......" a childish girl's voice roared, still with anger.
Everyone was shocked and looked at her.
Xiao Pinglan jumped out of the carriage and stumbled towards the 'Occupy the Heaven and the Earth' and other bandits.
"Don't you just want me, as long as you don't kill them...... I can go with you......" Xiao Pinglan didn't seem to be afraid, but said in a childish voice, word by word.
When she said these words, everyone was stunned. How can a little girl have such a spirit, and how can everyone believe it if they have not seen it with their own eyes and heard it with their own eyes?
In fact, there are many things in the world, which are possible and impossible, and who can say clearly? For example, positive and negative, strong and weak, right and wrong, beautiful and ugly, failure and success, these chaotic contradictions are always relatively true in a certain time and space, rather than absolute.
But one thing is true, Xiao Pinglan did say such things. Otherwise, where can there be anything that happens next......
It is said that Xiao Pinglan jumped down from the carriage and walked towards the robbers. Her words made everyone look at her with admiration. At a young age, he not only has an innocent and kind nature, but also has the spirit of sacrifice to save others......
In that chaotic and unstable era when everyone was in danger, it was really not easy for her.
For a while, the robbers were silent. At that moment, they were all stunned.
A gust of mountain wind blew through, sobering up everyone's thoughts.
"Come back, princess...... Don't go over, danger ......" the chief of the guard and the guard Ling Bing shouted almost in unison.
The two were about to rush forward to stop them, but they were blocked by several thieves. After another fight, they retreated, and when they saw Princess Pinglan, they were only anxious.
At this time, Xiao Pinglan had already walked to a place that was only a few steps away from 'Occupying Heaven and Earth'. Obviously, the Jin Ge iron spear of the two people who 'occupy the heavens and the earth' only needs to wave forward slightly, how can little Pinglan still have her life?
However, the two of them didn't mean to make a move, and looked at Xiao Pinglan in surprise, they admired Xiao Pinglan's courage from the bottom of their hearts!
It is true that these two people are the bandit leaders of Shuanghuling, what kind of things do they dare not do in normal times? On the green forest road, the Xi brothers are notoriously ruthless...... But today, in the face of such a little girl, they can't do it?
"Hey...... Little princess, your courage is really not small! But we are reluctant to kill you? Hmph...... Can't we say that our brother still wants to make a fortune from you?" Xi Zhantianyin said with a smile.
Xiao Pinglan blinked a pair of big watery eyes, looked at Xi Zhantian, and said, "As long as you let us go, I will definitely ask my father to reward you with a lot of gold and silver treasures......
"Ha Lu Ha...... Are you a three-year-old child? If we let you go, not only will we not be able to get the gold and silver treasures, but we will not even be able to save our lives......" said with a sneer.
Seeing this, the chief of the guard on the side had expected that these robbers were preparing to use the princess to threaten the current emperor.
"Don't you just want gold and silver treasures, as long as you don't hurt the princess...... We...... We will go back and report to the emperor at once, and try to do what you wish......" said the chief of the guard hurriedly.
When the robber Xi brothers heard this, they looked at each other again. I heard Xi Zhantian say: "Gold and silver treasures, we naturally want to ...... But this little princess must go back to the mountains with us for a few days! As long as you can bring gold and silver treasures, we will naturally return the little princess to you when the time comes...... However, if the emperor dares to send a large number of officials and troops to besiege us, it will be difficult to save the life of this little princess!"
Hearing this, the chief of the guard let out a deep breath. He knows the emperor's temper very well, and whether he can come back alive this time is a question, after all, the princess was captured by these robbers at his hands......
"Alright then, you let them go...... I'll go to the mountains with you......" Xiao Pinglan looked at the two Xi brothers and said innocently.
After listening to Princess Pinglan's words, the two Xi brothers actually laughed loudly.
"You can let one of them go...... However, this person has to be booked by the princess!"
Xiao Pinglan looked dazed, just because she didn't understand what he meant.
"What kind of person? Didn't we say okay, you let them go and leave me behind?" said Princess Pinch.
"Ha Lu Ha...... Princess, you don't know. Our Shuanghuling has always been against the official family, and your father has sent troops to encircle and suppress us many times, causing us to lose a lot of people...... If I let them go back like this today, how can I serve the people?"
"What about you...... What do you want?" asked Pinch.
The Xi brothers smiled and said, "You can choose one of them to report the news for your father...... As for the others, they're all going to die!"
After Princess Pinglan heard what the Xi brothers said, she couldn't help but be angry. At a young age, although she faced so many robbers and thieves, she did not show the slightest fear.
"You ...... It's too much to deceive people! It doesn't count to talk...... "Xiao Pinglan was so angry that she almost cried, she had never been so angry since she was a child. After all, she is the proud daughter of the sky, the princess of a country, since she was a child, she has been wanting the wind and the rain, and she has only known the taste of being deceived and threatened to this day.
"Princess, you must not believe the words of these robbers and thieves. We only hate that we are not capable enough to protect you...... As for death, we are not afraid!" said the guard Ling Bingran.
When Pinglan heard Ling Bing's words, her heart was anxious, her old stubbornness returned, and she shouted: "I won't let you die, I want you all to live!"
Ha Lu Ha ......
Dozens of bandit strongmen actually laughed loudly. Naturally, they were laughing at this ignorant little Pinglan and this innocent little princess!
At this time, I heard Xi Luodi say in a strange voice: "Little princess, this is not a palace compound, and you can't decide their life and death! Here, if our brothers want them to die, they have to die......
"Yes, my territory, I am in charge!" Xi Zhantian added without losing any time.
It seems that the robber's arrogance has overshadowed the princess's stubbornness.
After all, the decision of the world is always in the hands of the strong.
There is no doubt about this!
However, there are no absolutes.
Praying mantis catching cicadas and yellow finches are also common.
As it is said in the Book of Changes: "The yang to the extreme must give birth to the vitality of yin, and the yin to the extreme implies the erection of yang." "It can be borrowed here from the fact that some people's brutality (masculinity) is to the extreme, and it will inevitably be dissolved by others with suppleness (femininity).
So, when the leader of the robbers said those words arrogantly, two women appeared on the hill.
These two women are very special.
A woman is dressed in a red silk shirt, with thousands of strands of white silk around her waist, her face is like a peach and plum, her color is better than spring flowers, and her delicate and glamorous posture reveals a heroic momentum.
She is beautiful, but she cannot be forced to look at;
She is glamorous, but she is not to be blasphemed.
When everyone saw her for the first time, they already felt that she was extraordinary, like Qiong Yao's fairy coming.
The other woman was an outsider, a beautiful young nun, to be precise. The monks are naturally dressed in Buddhist green clothes, simple and elegant, but beautiful but solemn.
The beauty of the nuns, the beauty of the extraordinary. It is like a hollow valley orchid, fresh and elegant, which can give people a feeling of beauty and precipitate the evil thoughts in vulgar thoughts.