Chapter XVII: Hotel Killings
That night, taking advantage of the darkness of the night, Ma Shen took the Scar Man and twenty-four elite soldiers in armor to leave the Water Gate by boat, these elite soldiers were selected by Ma Shen from Harrenhal, and the selection method was very simple, the one who could take his three swords.
They were either wandering knights, retired guards, and some were blood-licking mercenaries like Scar Man, but they were not ordinary civilians, each of them had combat experience, and in Ma Shen's eyes, their strength should be similar to that of Lannister's soldiers.
"My lord, where are we going now?" After walking through the shallow water with difficulty, the scar man turned his head and asked, the scar man was the only one wearing leather armor among all of them, in his words, wearing heavy armor affected the performance, but Ma Shen always felt that he was not worried about affecting the performance, but worried about the impact on the escape.
Taking a deep breath of the fresh air mixed with plants outside the city, Ma Shen looked solemn: "Wait for the rabbits, let's find a nearby village and wait for them to deliver it to the door." ”
For a while during the day today, it was impossible for the unfamiliar Lannister soldiers to go to too many villages, so it was better to set up an ambush in advance than to sneak around behind their butts.
Since he had secretly left by boat from the Water Gate, he could not take with him the few horses in Harrenhal, which meant that if he was discovered and entangled by the Lannister army, it would be difficult to get rid of them.
"Rohr, you lead the way. Ma Shen reached out to a soldier who had grown up in the countryside of Harrenhal.
"Okay, sir," replied the brown-haired Rohr.
"Let's go!" looked around, feeling that everyone had gathered, Ma Shen didn't stay long, waved his hand and roared.
A group of men followed behind Rohr, walking briskly through the dark jungle, making no sound except footsteps and wheezing.
"Stop. After walking for a while, Ma Shen suddenly stopped, slowly bent down and listened for a while, there seemed to be some noise of men and women mixed in front of him.
"What's the place ahead?" asked Ma Shen in a low voice to Rohr, who was leading the way.
"My lord, it's a hotel that usually caters to travelers to Harrenhal. ”
"Harrenhal is all fenced, now where are the travelers, go, let's go and see. With a wave of his hand, Ma Shen and the soldiers walked cautiously forward for a while, and a building appeared in front of him, which was brightly lit and the sound came from inside.
"There are a lot of people listening to the voice, you stay here, Scar Man, you and I go to the hotel to see what is going on. Ma Shen lay down in the grass and commanded.
Regarding Ma Shen's order, Scar Man obviously had a different opinion: "My lord, will the two of us not have enough people, what if there are Lannister soldiers inside, you will not be very dangerous." ”
"That makes sense, then you can go and find out the situation alone. ”
"No, my lord, let's go together. ”
With a scarred man like a sheep being pumped, Ma Shen pretended to be a tourist and walked towards the hotel.
As we got closer to the hotel, the voices coming from inside became louder and louder, and it seemed that there was only one woman's voice, and the others were all men's noises.
"My lord, the horses at the door have Lannister's marks on them, and they must be all Lannister's soldiers. Scar Man whispered a reminder in Ma Shen's ear.
"Hmm" Ma Shen nodded, this is one of the reasons why he brought the Scar Man, although he has many shortcomings, but there is no need to question his ability, I just don't know if there are many Lannister soldiers in it.
Gently opened the door, a wave of heat came, Ma Shen glanced at it, the hotel was "very good", Lannister soldiers in red armor were staggered, you come and go, in the right corner lay an old man with blood on his head, I don't know whether he is dead or alive.
At a table next to the old man, a naked man was constantly stirring inside the body of a screaming woman, and behind him were five men dressed as Lannister soldiers, who were talking obscene swear words, and occasionally urging the man in front of him.
The voice I heard outside just now should have come from them, and from the screams of this woman, it was obviously not voluntary.
According to common sense, this old man should be the innkeeper, and the woman who was abused may be the daughter of the hotel, and Ma Shen has automatically imagined the scene at that time.
Soldiers in ancient China were added by the common people behind the back of the "Qiu Ba" such a contemptuous name, in the song of ice and fire is not much better, soldiers are worse than bandits, for some people the army is more terrifying than bandits, robbers and bandits sometimes talk to you about morality, after taking the money will not hurt people.
But there is no such reason with the soldiers, the soldiers have the power of life and death, if you are lucky, after being robbed by the soldiers, you can also go to the generals and nobles to redress their grievances, if you are unlucky, you have no place to reason, you will die a long time ago, unless it is those armies with good military discipline will restrain it, but the Lannister army is obviously not included in this.
"Who are you?" Seeing two strangers walk in, a slightly drunk soldier in red armor came up lazily with a sword at his waist and asked, in their thoughts, the wolf slayer was still hiding in Harrenhal and did not dare to come out, completely unaware that the biggest boss in Harrenhal was in front of their eyes.
"We are travelers and are going to King's Landing. Ma Shen replied casually, and continued to observe the situation through the drunken soldiers, there were a total of 12 Lannister soldiers in the room, 6 of them were taking turns to destroy the women, and the other few were sitting on stools and watching him vigilantly.
"You don't look like a normal traveler. The drunken soldier looked up and down at Ma Shen's outfit with hazy eyes, "Are you going to flee to the Riverland nobles in King's Landing, hahahaha!" As if thinking of something, the drunken soldier laughed.
There are 12 in total, which can be dealt with, ignoring the laughing soldier, Ma Shen raised his chin at the scar man and raised his chin at the six Lannister soldiers who were queuing, those people were already in the brain, and even put the sword aside, believing that the scar man could deal with it.
Receiving Ma Shen's hint, Scar Man immediately walked towards the six Lannister soldiers.
"Hey, what do you want to do!" the drunken soldier couldn't help but be a little angry when he saw that one of the strangers was walking inside without his permission.
"you old wood. ”
"What?"
"Fuck!" The swear words came out of Ma Shen's mouth clearly, and before the drunken soldier could be furious, Ma Shen, who had already seen that the scar man was very close to the six soldiers, suddenly turned his face and slashed the drunk soldier in front of him to the ground.
At the same time, Scar Man also exploded in an instant, and went up to chop several Lannister soldiers who were anxiously waiting to the ground like chopping vegetables.
"It's the enemy!" Several soldiers at the wine table saw the scene in front of them, knew that they had encountered the enemy, kicked the table over, drew their swords, and rushed forward.
"Ah!!" Ma Shen shouted angrily and met the five soldiers who rushed towards him.
"Bell" Ma Shen swung his sword to block the long sword of the soldier who rushed to the front, roared angrily, and his arm exerted force, immediately squeezing the soldier back a few steps, and then Ma Shen turned his foot and cut down the soldier who rushed up on the left side with a knife.
"Kill!" A soldier who rushed to the back had already come to Ma Shen, and was about to swing his sword, but was kicked by Ma Shen, and the whole person flew to the wooden table two meters away.
With the sound of the wooden table breaking, Ma Shen slashed the last soldier in close quarters, and then a slash sent the Lannister soldier to the ground.
"Who the hell are you? Do you know that we are from the Lannisters!" The soldier who had just been pushed away by Ma Shen was still left on the field, and the soldier with a beautiful face was horrified to see his teammates fall one by one in such a short time, wandering on the side and not daring to come up.
"Ahem" At this time, the soldier who was kicked away by Ma Shen also struggled to get up from the table, "You... You're a wolf slayer!"
"That's right, but there's no reward. Ma Shen turned his head and smiled brightly at the soldier who had guessed his identity.
"Good opportunity!" The Lannister soldier with a delicate face lit up in his eyes, thinking that he had found a good time, he quickly stepped forward a few steps and swung his sword at Ma Shen.
The sound of the sword piercing into the flesh sounded, and Ma Shen quickly dodged to the side as if he had eyes, and then stabbed a sword into the soldier's heart, "I'm sorry, I deliberately turned my head." Ma Shen whispered softly in the young soldier's ear.