Chapter 15 Emergencies
The next day, after breakfast, the three of them went to the hotel to wait for Mr. Hovdent. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
White Rock Castle is north of Bell Town, and there is no direct road to pass, so you need to go around the forest and mountains in a circle. The whole journey takes four or five days on foot, but if you ride a fast horse, you can get there in about two days. There were some trails to follow, but Mr. Hofdent felt that the big road was safer and decided to take the big road. Mohe, they don't object, one road is easier to walk, the other is more pedestrians, and it will be relatively safer.
At noon, when Mr. Hovdent was ready, Mo He and the three of them began to escort the merchants from the official road in the northwest direction.
Along the way, Shaanna was put into the carriage and rode with Mr. Hofdent, while Wren and Mo He followed the carriage one after the other.
The journey was boring, and Shaanna couldn't stay in the carriage, so she jumped out of the carriage and ran in front with a large package on her back, and then began to sing. Mo He knew that the current section of the road was close to the town, and there were many villages around, and the terrain was flat, so there should be no danger, so he didn't stop Shaanna and let the little guy have fun by himself.
Wren chatted with Mr. Hofdenter, who was a nobleman and was very knowledgeable in medicinal herbs and business, which made Mr. Hofdent look at the mercenary differently, and exchanged all kinds of business information.
Mo He would also listen to them while they were chatting, but more often than not, he was paying attention to Shaanna and the situation around him.
Before I knew it, the four people and a carriage had already driven out of the road for most of the day, and this place had long left the range of the town guard's patrol, and there was no village nearby, and there were weeds and rocks all around. Mo He called Sha Anna back, carried her into the carriage, and told her to enter the area that needed attention.
Sha Anna has already formed a tacit understanding with Mo He, as long as she enters the area that needs attention, she will completely obey Mo He's command, Mo He let her squat, she will never stand up, let her stop, she will not run around. Therefore, although the little girl liked to run around on the ground by herself, now she also sat obediently in the carriage to help pay attention to the surrounding guards.
There shouldn't be bad guys robbing here, but there are more beasts in the wilderness, and you need to keep an eye out for beast attacks. Mo He has spent most of the past two years in the wild, and he knows very well how dangerous a beast attack is. Maybe a wild wolf or a firewood leopard may pop out of a pile of weeds in front of you, and it will go straight to the vital point of people's blood, biting one accurately. Often, novice mercenaries can easily risk their lives in these places.
Mr. Hofdent seemed to have had such an experience, so he stopped talking to Wren with great interest. Wren, on the other hand, seems to have experience in hunting, and he has taken the initiative to walk to the front of the carriage, exploring the way and guarding against the beasts that will appear at any time.
Fortunately, until sunset, there were no wild beasts that hurt people, but the hares encountered many of them, and when they heard the sound of the carriage, they ran about with joy. It's a pity that there are no bows and arrows, otherwise they will be shot to death and roasted to eat, so there will be no problem of hunger. Mo He and Sha Anna's stomachs purred in a tacit understanding, and the two looked at each other and then laughed, not at all embarrassed. On the contrary, Wren was embarrassed, his stomach was seduced and screamed involuntarily, he seemed to want to control it, but his stomach was still screaming presumptuously.
The only food Wren has eaten these days that can be quite filling is the baked pancakes he ate at the mercenary bar. Every time he eats white pasty food, he will always wake up hungry, and in the end he can only fill his hunger with water. After experiencing such days, he admired Mo He and Sha Anna very much, these two should have lived on such food for a long time.
The most incredible thing for Wren is Mohe. Just eat a little bit of food, but leave most of it for the little girl. I can still practice like that every day, and I can still be so energetic when I am on a mission. However, he usually looks at Mo He's eyes and is blank, maybe he reserves his energy for critical moments.
At night, I have found a grassy slope suitable for resting. There are rocks blocking the way up, and the other side of the slope is not easy to come up, which can effectively prevent the invasion of wild animals. After lighting a fire, they began to cook, while the merchant went to unload the wagon and feed the horses. In the end, I ate my own dry food in the car.
At night, Wren and Mo He took turns guarding the fire and keeping guard. Mr. Hovdent slept leaning on the goods in the carriage, and Shaanna fell asleep sweetly on the mat laid beside the carriage.
In the early hours of the morning, before the sun rose, a horse whistle in the distance woke Wren from his sleep. He sat up sharply and grabbed the sword beside him. He saw that Mo He was already carrying a silver iron spear on the top of the slope and looked out in the direction of the road.
"Everyone, get up. There is a condition. Mo He lowered his voice and shouted.
Wren didn't ask about the situation, he went to wake up Shaanna, and then went to wake up the merchant.
"Wren, help Mr. Hoofdent load the carriage with you. Shaanna quickly packed her bags. We're going to hurry up, maybe bandits, I hear the fighting. Mo He instructed others to continue to stay at the top of the slope and continue to check the situation in the distance.
At the hearing of the word bandit, Mr. Hofdent turned into a rabbit, and at one time he ran back to look for the carriage, and then he ran back to push the carriage, and he was in a hurry, but he did not speed up the assembly of the carriage. Fortunately, Wren was still calm, and the man was more powerful, so he led the horse up, and then put the carriage on the horse, which made the carriage move.
As Shaanna and Mr. Hovddent's carriage returned to the road, the voices behind him grew louder. Sure enough, there was the sound of fighting, the clashing of blades, the neighing of horses, and the sound of wheels. Someone is fleeing this way.
"Quick, don't look back, you drive the carriage away, I'll follow. "Mo He said it to Wren.
But Wren was stunned, and stood fixed looking at the direction behind Mo He, as if he had no intention of moving and running away. Mr. Hofdent, however, took up the whip and began to whip the horse, and the aching horse hurried to pull the carriage with all his might, and the wheel of the carriage turned faster and faster.
Mo He saw Wren's strange behavior, and then turned his head to check the situation behind him. Several covered carriages were approaching this direction, and judging by the magnificence of the carriage, it should have been the carriage of a wealthy family. The curtain of one of the carriages had been removed, and through the exposed door, a woman in bright red makeup could be seen lying on the edge of the carriage and exclaiming. The carriage was followed by a large group of men riding horses of various colors and wearing different equipment, roughly numbering fifty or sixty people. Some of them brandished their weapons and shouted at the wagon, while others shot arrows at the people driving in the carriage with their short crossbows.
"Wren quick, let's run before they see us!" Mo He didn't look any more, and hurriedly turned around and shouted to Wren behind him. These people are only three or four hundred meters away from them, and if they don't run, they will be in trouble if they are found involved.
"No! Don't you see a lady in the car who needs help?" Wren looked resolute, as if he was going to save someone.
"If there is a lady, you must have the strength to save it. Don't you see so many thieves on horseback?"
Wren seemed to want to argue, but he himself understood that the bandits were numerous, and they all rode horses and crossbows, and it was indeed unwise to rush over with such a disparity in strength.
"Help, help!" the woman's screams could be heard even from hundreds of meters away. This made Wren even more anxious, he had already followed Mo He's steps, and now he was indeed determined to stay and save people.
Mo He looked back and found that a bandit had rushed to the front of the carriage to block the carriage, and the driver of the carriage carrying the woman had already been shot, leaving the horse alone to run on its own, and it seemed that it was only a matter of time before it was stopped.
"Hurry up, are you going to leave Shaanna and Hovdent alone? Hurry up, don't look at it! We can't help these people. Mo He put his hands on Wren's shoulders and shook him, trying to make him sober, if he didn't leave now, Shaanna and Hovdent and their carriage would run away, and it would be troublesome to lose it then.
"Damn!ahh
"Ahh!!h
Mo He, who was running behind Wren, suddenly had a cold face, and he bumped into some liquid head-on. Then he understood, and did not speak, his godless eyes blinked, and continued to silently follow Wren after the carriage.