Chapter 7: Caravans and Robbers

"Captain, this man was sneakily hiding in the bushes to watch us, and we two touched him and tied him up behind him. The young men of the garrison reported their merits to Kirin with some joy.

At this time, Lei Ming had already passed through most of the hall, blocking the front of Qi Lin, he went around to the man's side again, and put a hand on the man's shoulder, intentionally or unintentionally, he was very keenly aware that the muscles of the man's body first tightened, and then quickly relaxed, but his eyes no longer stared.

"Explain your purpose. Lei Ming waved his hand to signal the two young men to let go of their hands, and his deep voice opened his mouth to inquire about the man.

The townspeople, who had stopped their movements and were about to take a look at the bustle, found out that it was the lord who had come, and immediately continued to work again, but their ears were still paying attention to the situation here, and suddenly they caught a stranger, and they must have learned some other information.

The man slowly turned half of his body, and after raising his head and quickly glancing at the thunder, he lowered his head at a faster speed, took a deep breath and explained in a humble tone: "This honorable lord, I am a steward of the Great Storm Chamber of Commerce, our caravan was attacked by a gang of robbers last night, I took advantage of the chaos to escape and prayed for help, I inadvertently offended you in a panic, but please also lend a hand for the sake of our Great Storm Chamber of Commerce's past reputation." ”

It was actually the Great Storm Chamber of Commerce, and the residents of Kent Town had also heard of this caravan, because many of their daily necessities such as salt and iron tools in the town were operated by this Chamber of Commerce, and suddenly heard that the Great Storm Caravan had been attacked by robbers, and these townspeople were also a little nervous, maybe the robbers would be more terrible than the beasts.

"According to what you said, your caravan was attacked by robbers last night, even if we rush to the rescue now, I'm afraid it's too late, right?" Thunder muttered for a moment, not yet able to see what this person really thought, but what he said just now about the Great Storm Chamber of Commerce being attacked by bandits seems to be true.

"It's not like this, our Chamber of Commerce is more fully prepared this time, and there are many small businessmen accompanying it, so there are quite a lot of guards in the team, unless they give up resistance, otherwise it will not be wiped out for so long, I see that the number of robbers is also limited, plus the fight has been for a long time, at this time it is bound to be exhausted, as long as the lord with more than ten people, you can break the siege, if the lord agrees to help, I can be the master and give half of the goods accompanying the caravan to the lord as a thank you. "When this person spoke, he kept secretly scanning the changes in the expression on Lei Ming's face, hoping to see the look of intention on Lei Ming's face, but unfortunately Lei Ming disappointed him, since he appeared, Lei Ming has been very calm, but he was not discouraged and continued to lobby," In fact, even if the caravan's guards have all been killed, there is no loss to the lord, but it took a little time to go over and investigate, our caravan has transported a lot of goods this time, and now everyone is fleeing, if the lord can get this batch of goods, life will be much better. ”

Lei Ming pondered for a moment and didn't speak, he was thinking about a question, that is, if he hadn't come, then the townspeople of Kent Town would definitely follow the route taken by the caravan if they walked to the periphery of the Kel's Forest, and most of the traces of that large caravan were left by the Great Storm Caravan, he wondered if the townspeople of Kent Town had not encountered the bandits, or did they help the caravan guards to deal with the bandits?

Lei Ming didn't value goods so much, he roughly estimated the belongings of the townspeople of Kent, if he could find a suitable piece of land, it would be enough to cope with the initial development plan, and what he asked for now was stability.

But he didn't know how the townspeople of Kent Town had dealt with the past at the moment, so he thought about it for a while and decided to check with the so-called caravan steward, who was now a Blood Knight, and his spear wanted to drink blood.

"You lead the way, and we follow you. Lei Ming made the final decision.

Thunder gave the man a warning look, and told Kirin to hurry up and prepare the team, and turn back to the room to get a spear and stone horse, as a knight, weapons and mounts are necessary.

When Lei Ming rode out on a stone horse, a bullock cart in the team had been set up, and as soon as the morning breeze in the forest blew, the smell of dragon feces came out for a while, and the steward of the caravan glanced at the team several times with strange eyes, but no matter what he thought, he couldn't guess what kind of creature's feces it was, but it was the stone horse under Lei Ming's seat and the spear hanging on the right side that made him a little jealous, and he felt it when Lei Ming patted him on the shoulder before, this lord is also a professional, and much stronger than him。

Despite this, when Lei Mingping held the spear and asked him to lead the way in front, the caravan steward felt a chill in his heart, he was just a first-class thief, and he was followed by a knight, not to mention the feeling of fear, he could take his life with a stab of his hand, especially the palpitating bright red in the eyes of the strange stone horse made him dare not move, and he even regretted his reckless action this time.

"Kirin, you arrange for the members of the two guards to maintain order in the team, and the others follow behind me, keep a distance from me, and act according to my orders, and I press this person to inquire about the situation in front. ”

Lei Ming leaned over Qilin on his horse, whispered his arrangement, and then arrogantly threatened the caravan steward to lead the way in front, and waited until he had reached enough distance before waving his hand to signal the garrison to follow.

The road conditions in the forest are not very good, the growth of trees is not the slightest regularity, hanging rattans, dense bushes, make the terrain more complicated, bright green moss is dense in some places, and in some places it will be vacant, revealing black soil, more small unknown plants, accompanied by colorful mushrooms, the forest is more full of life, at the same time, it is also full of danger.

The stone horse under the thundering seat walked steadily step by step, the distance of each step was the same, when the heavy body walked, there would always be a clear hoof print under the soft soil, but it did not make the slightest sound, in front of the caravan steward who relied on his flexible feet to lead the way several times in his heart wanted to escape, but he felt that the eyes of the young nobleman on horseback behind him seemed to be on him all the time, no matter how flexible he moved through the complex terrain, he always had an illusion, as if as long as he escaped, he would be killed immediately。

Qilin and they followed the hoof prints left by the stone horse, and they didn't have to worry about losing them at all, even if the dense jungle blocked their vision, but the clear hoof prints told them that the powerful and noble and wise lord was right in front of them, and although the matter of Thunder Ming's transformation into a dark knight did not cause a sensation among the lords, they had a little more confidence in Thunder, and with the heroic knights, they would definitely tide over the difficulties and find a happy land on earth.

Time passed quietly, and the caravan steward already had drops of sweat running down his back, and he didn't feel it when he fled such a long distance in panic because of the sudden attack last night, and now he had to grope his way back to follow the traces of his own escape yesterday, and only then did he realize that he had run such a long distance.

Lei Ming listened attentively to the movements around him, it was easy to be ambushed in the forest, he had to be careful, after walking such a long way, he estimated that the position of the caravan was not far away, and the spear hanging on the right side of the stone horse was quietly held in his hand.

After walking a short distance, the steward of the caravan lay on the ground, he faintly heard some movement in front of him, he confirmed his judgment, turned back to half of his body, stretched out a hand and pointed forward, signaling that the thunder was ahead, by this moment the sky was already bright, and the caravan did not seem to have fallen, a trace of complexity flashed in his eyes, he as a thief had shamefully escaped in the night, perhaps, he stayed and fought bravely with the robbers, then the situation might be better.

Lei Ming had already noticed the movement in front of him, and after he changed jobs, his senses became more acute, he wanted to know the situation ahead, and urged the caravan steward to step forward quickly.

A large number of wooden wheeled carts loaded with goods appeared in front of Lei Ming's eyes, and the strong smell of blood in the air had spread to all sides, and Lei Ming's heart was a little more vigilant, this place had deviated far from the path opened up by the Earth Walking Dragon Clan, and it was definitely not suitable to stay for a long time, and there might have been wolves who had noticed here.

The caravan steward could not see as far as Lei Ming sitting on the stone horse, he secretly approached and stood on a fallen dead log, and suddenly saw the current situation of the caravan, more than ten board cars formed an arc, blocking the side of the guards, probably because the time was not enough, if the board cars could be surrounded in a tight circle, the form might be better for these guards, more than twenty robbers faintly surrounded this group of guards who were huddled together, and constantly had to be attacked by people or real or false, consuming their physical strength, on the ground, there were already a lot of corpses lying down, it can be seen that last night's battle was fierce, and now there are only twelve or thirteen guards left to survive thereHe even saw two of the guards defect and join the bandits' side, but the robbers seemed to be quite wary of these two, because in a short time these two men had already been sent to test the attack twice.

The caravan was cut into two, in addition to the hundreds of corpses lying on the ground, there were about fifty or sixty women in the caravan who were tied up, and I don't know how many good shows of threatening the guards with women had been staged before, probably the pedantic guards were all dead, Lei Ming thought in his heart, at the same time, he was calculating the combat power of a total of twenty-five bandits, among which there were six first-level professionals, and one second-level warrior!