Chapter 140: Thrilling
After spending one night in a tavern, Lyon set out on a journey of discovery. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
In order to avoid attracting the attention of the robbers, Leon brought only one guard with him. It was also the mount that decided that he had to do this, and there were only two emaciated old horses in Goodingtown, which the tavern owner used to buy materials, and they were rented by Leon today, and of course they were paid very well.
The first feeling of riding it, Leon felt that it was not very good, it was too much worse than his own mount, and it was even more incomparable to the Nakasu horse that he bought at a high price that day. Now when I go out, I can only use it.
To the west of the town of Guding, a large area of wasteland is in front of you, the soil is still quite hard, and there is not much undulation, and it will save a lot of work to open up roads in the future.
Along the wasteland all the way to the south, a small half a day out of the scope of Guding Town, according to the inquirement, further south you can see the wide official road, but from here there are robbers infested, the official road has not been rested for many years, almost became abandoned, overgrown with weeds on it is not conducive to the use of cars and horses.
"Your Highness, should we go back?" When the guards came out this time, they changed into ordinary clothes and did not wear a sidearm, so they could not protect the prince's safety in case of danger.
"Take a look at that slope and go. "Leon also changed into civilian clothes today, all in order to hide his identity.
The whole terrain is relatively flat, Lyon after a preliminary inspection, did not find too many problems, the main work still has to be spent in the town of Ravenwood, leveling the land is the premise of building the road.
When they came to the slope, they could see that the withered yellow earth stretched endlessly, and in the distance there was a vague town that Leon guessed was the seat of the lord of Gooding.
"Let's go. Leon had a rough idea in his mind, and the specific plan needed to go back and work out slowly.
The old horse's physical strength was not good, he could not gallop on the grass, and he had to rest for a while after running for a while, and Leon was not too dissatisfied with this, and he had to endure such a result without bringing his mount out.
They had just ridden down the slope when they saw a few shadows in the distance to the west.
"Your Highness, they are robbers, let's run. "The guard's first reaction was that of robbers, and there was no one else to the west but them.
"What's the hell, our horses can still outrun them, remember not to reveal our identities. "Leon had already had a countermeasure in his mind, and he didn't expect it to come in handy.
The group drew closer and closer, and when the distance was sufficient, Leon found that there were six of them, each of different statures, some fat and some thin, some tall and some short.
Leon and his guards rode leisurely on horseback.
Soon, a group of people chased after them and surrounded them.
Leon rode his horse and stopped, looking at them.
One of them was more noblely dressed, with a delicate dagger pinned to his waist, and seemed to be the highest ranking of the men.
"Who are you?" Leon didn't panic at all, no matter how he looked at his outfit today, he was a poor person, and if he wanted to rob, he had to find someone else.
"Who are you?" The person who seemed to have the highest status was fat, and the first thing that came to mind when faced with a question was to question the other party.
"We are from the town of Gooding. "Leon conceals his identity, and the robbers should know this place, and they should know that it is full of poor people.
"Hmph, since it's from Guding Town, don't you even know our name?" The man's body moved slightly, and the dagger shone brightly. His face was fat, and the flesh of his cheeks shook as he spoke.
"If I knew, I wouldn't have asked that, would I?" Leon smiled kindly, it was never a good idea to keep a righteous look on his face at this time.
"Well, remember, we are ......" The man with the dagger was about to speak, but was forcibly interrupted by another person.
"Don't you forget, Duru, that we have important things to do? Don't waste your time on these two poor devils, for in the end you won't get anything. A middle-aged man next to him looked impatient, and what kind of talk was there with these two poor bastards.
They had planned to go straight to the east, but Duru insisted that it was a good deal, and insisted on robbing the two men, but now it seems that this idea is really wrong.
"Shut up, don't you eat the fat you get in your hands?" This Duru seems to be about his stature, and he has a good appetite, and as long as it reaches his mouth, he will not dislike it.
"Fat, which eye can you see that this is fat, even if you strip them of the two, you can't find two copper plates. "The man was not afraid of Durroux at all, they were robbers, and they specialized in robbing passing merchants, and the two men in front of them did not look down on them at all.
Duru didn't speak, but looked at the two Leons, and he noticed that the expressions of the two were too different.
One of them looked at them with his chest puffed out, and the other didn't dare to look at them again.
"These two horses are still good. "Durrou took a closer look, and really couldn't see anything worth robbing, and the most valuable of them were probably these two horses.
"If you're in a hurry, take them slowly. The man did not intend to linger, but turned his horse's head and headed east, as if there was still important business to be done.
The rest of the group followed.
"It's your luck this time. Du Lu gritted his teeth, and the fat in his hand could only be given up, these two old horses that couldn't run would only become a burden to the group, and the delay would outweigh the losses.
Looking at the inexplicable scene, the corners of Leon's mouth couldn't help but rise.
Wait until the robbers leave a certain distance before the guards dare to speak: "Your Highness, let's go back quickly." ”
"Don't you see that they look down on us?" said Leon, who rode forward, and since they had given up, he would not turn back, and seeing how they looked, he was quite anxious to get somewhere.
"Your Highness, why do you say they are in a hurry?" the guard rode his horse to follow, he was unfamiliar with his surroundings and could not guess the robber's intentions.
"I guess I got the news and was about to rob a certain merchant. Leon could only guess that the robbers went out for money.
"It's a good thing we've changed to this, Your Highness, you've been so wise. "The guard's mood has now recovered, and the intentions of the prince, who he didn't understand in the morning, are now fully understood.
"I've just prepared for the worst. Leon was not too happy with his decision, he wanted a safe journey, and in the future, if he opened up the land route, he would always encounter robbers, so that the bandits could only run aground before they were destroyed.