Chapter 24 Horse thieves on the road
As the sun sets, the afterglow of the setting sun gently casts on the land, and when you turn the mountains, you will find a large open field in front of you, and the village will be located in it.
"I was delayed a lot by the beast walker, and when I got to that village, I must have to change two horses, and I might as well go faster!" Li Siguang patted the horse's back helplessly, the horse was already exhausted, and no matter how he urged, he was not in a hurry.
"How far are we from this village?"
"Two or three days away, and then go forward is the gravel hill, after the post and then walk for a day is the foot of the Sword Pavilion mountains, the place of the Sword Pavilion, the sea welcomes the mountains like the end of the world, the scenery is really fascinating!"
It will be a two-to-three day journey to the Sword Pavilion, but Shi Jingtian's heart is getting more and more impatient, and finally it is getting closer and closer, and he doesn't know if Qin'er has been wronged in the Sword Pavilion, thinking of this, he can't wait to fly directly to the Sword Pavilion.
"That's right, brother, how are you going to arrange Miss Zifan!" Li Siguang nodded into the carriage.
Shi Jingtian pondered for a moment, it is indeed inconvenient to always take a girl all the way, but there is no good way to arrange himself. Looking at the village in front of him getting closer and closer, there were not many families in the walls of the wooden fence, and said, "Seeing that small village is quiet and harmonious, it is better to place her there first, and then make plans after the completion of the Sword Pavilion!"
"The girl looks like she is following you, although the village is quiet but she is not familiar with the place, can you rest assured that you stay there?" Li Siguang smiled, "I haven't all come here in the past few days, I still care about the last three or two days, Zi Fan is gentle and considerate, I don't take care of you all the way, it's better to go to the Sword Pavilion and then plan it." ”
Hearing the conversation between the two, Zi Fan poked his head out of the carport, his big eyes flashing to look at this and that, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
"I'm mainly thinking about what to do after the Sword Pavilion saves Qin'er!?"
"This is simple, brother, you are also a martial artist, but you are always stupid and stupid, with two beauties living in seclusion in the mountains and forests, one is in love with the other is willing, that is the blessing of Qi people! I usually can't think of it! Haha!" Li Siguang said that he couldn't help laughing.
"This" Shi was speechless for a while.
Let Zi Fan's cheeks crimson, and he snorted dissatisfiedly and got back into the car. Seclusion in the jungle may be a good option, and this man seems to be quite reliable, but he won't share it with another woman, and there are still many things that have not been resolved.
In the blink of an eye, the village was in sight, through wooden fences and gates. There was smoke in the house, and the people who had gone out to farm had already returned, and it should be time for dinner, and a few children were chasing and playing in front of the house, it was really a quiet and harmonious village.
"Let's go! let's find a family to have a hot meal!" As soon as Siguang pulled the reins, the tired horse still walked towards the wooden gate of the village step by step.
Yes, I haven't eaten a hot meal for a few days, I haven't taken a hot bath, and seeing that the village is in front of me, the horse is walking more and more slowly, and people can't help but be secretly anxious.
Suddenly, I heard a rush of horses' hooves, and Li Siguang and Shi Jingtian stood in front of the car and turned around to look, only to see several tall horses galloping in a forest under the mountain, followed by dozens of people holding torches behind them. Together, they rushed towards the village.
"There are horse thieves!" shouted from someone in the village, followed by the sound of gongs and drums, and the children playing in front of the house were carried away by their mothers, and many young men took up their hoes and sickles and ran towards the wooden door, which creaked shut!
It was only a dozen meters away from the wooden gate, but the unhurried carriage was not able to enter the village without being rushed. Shi Jingtian also wanted to get out of the car with Li Siguang and run into the village, but when he thought that there was still Zifan in the car, it was too late to pick her up.
Shi Jingtian and Li Siguang looked at each other, this came too suddenly.
"Let's do it when the opportunity arises, it's a big deal to give some money! Listen to me!" Li Siguang said. He was suddenly a little scared, not because of the sudden arrival of this horse thief, nor because he was worried about the weak woman Zifan, but because he was afraid that this stone would be as murderous as that night in Del City, and what should he do.
"En! Zi Fan, be careful, don't show your head!" Dozens of horse thieves with mediocre martial arts, even if they do it, there is nothing to be afraid of, Shi Jingtian is just a little worried about Zi Fan.
Zi Fan responded obediently, without a trace of fear on his face, and hid his body in the carriage.
The horse team had already arrived in front of the wooden gate, followed by dozens of people, and had already arrived, surrounding the village, Shi Jingtian and the others and the carriage.
The two of them still sat motionless in front of the carriage, and although they were among the horse thieves, they did not seem to have much interest in the carriage of this road, and several pairs of eyes swept over them, and finally looked into the wooden door.
Shi Jingtian was also looking at these dozens of people, except for the few people who were riding horses, the rest of them were dressed in tatters, and some even had no shoes. There is no shortage of wooden sticks and short sticks in their hands, and some of them look yellow and thin, and they can't help but pant after running by!
"Why does this horse thief seem to be weak? I have the impression that he should be a strong man and a strong horse, and his weapons are sharp!" Shi Jingtian leaned in front of Siguang and asked in a low voice.
"Hey, the horse thieves are also in a recession, let's take a look and then talk about it, listen to me!" Li Siguang instructed repeatedly, looking at Shi Jingtian, who had a calm face, and nodded, and his heart was at the bottom.
A burly man at the head rode on a horse, pointed at the wooden door with a big knife in his hand, and shouted at his throat, "Why, do you want to stop us even if you break through this door? Take out the food we have promised, and we will turn around and leave! Otherwise, don't blame us for breaking in!"
The gray-haired old man in the wooden door walked over under the support of several young and strong young people, and the old voice came, "I gave you a few loads of grain three days ago, why do you want to come again today? You know, how can there be extra food for more than 100 people in the small village!"
"Don't talk nonsense, give or don't give!" the big man roared, and everyone lit up their weapons and shouted this to take out the food!
Next to the old man, a young man with strong blood stepped forward a few steps, without fear, and pointed at the horse thief with a sickle in his hand, "If we give you food, how will more than 100 people in our village live, these robbers, it's a big deal to die with you!"
As soon as the words fell, many people in the village blocked the wooden door with anything that could be used as a weapon, and they were bound to fight the horse thieves to the end!
"I didn't want to hurt people's lives, I just need some food, you are forcing me!" The big man's eyes revealed a hint of fierceness, and the long knife in his hand was ready to swing down, leading a group of people to break into the door.
Seeing that a fight was inevitable, Shi Jingtian just wanted to step forward to stop him, but unexpectedly Li Siguang grabbed him, "Don't move, listen to me!
How dare Siguang let him stand up to solve it, for fear that the discord would lead to murder, and he would lose his will to slaughter with the villagers, which would be unexplainable!
The horse thieves robbed the grain, and the villagers protected the grain, saying that it was not about money. In the past few years of self-cultivation, I have not sold any less animal skin spars or anything, and there is still silver! Since I met this brother, I don't know how much it has cost me along the way, alas!
So he jumped out of the carriage, stood there and pulled his neck and shouted, "Wait!
The big man put down his long knife and looked back, thinking that it was his own person shouting, "Who! Who is shouting from behind! Come from the front!"
All the horse thieves looked at Li Siguang with their eyes, and said in their hearts, what is this herdsman shouting? After a while, he grabbed the grain and came to ask for silver, and now he is still in a hurry! Hearing that the leader asked him to come ahead, he made way of the way.
"Brother, you are here to take care of Miss Zifan!I can settle this matter!" Li Siguang said confidently.
"En!" Shi Jingtian nodded, with his eldest brother's martial arts, it was more than enough to deal with a few horse thieves, but he just didn't want to kill indiscriminately.
Li Siguang saw that Shi Jingtian agreed, reached out to grab his baggage, jumped out of the carriage, and walked towards the wooden gate and the big man.
"Who are you?" the big man asked unconsciously when he saw that the herdsman dressed as Li Siguang was not his own.
"I'm just a herdsman passing by, ready to rest here, but I don't want to encounter such a thing!"
The big man looked at the person in front of him, his face was fearless, his speech was flat, and he was burly, and he couldn't figure out what was going on for a while, "Don't worry! We only take grain, and never kill indiscriminately, as for you, a herdsman passing by, I will let you leave safely if you give you silver!"
"Then thank you!" Li Siguang said with a smile, although he is a horse thief, he is not a fierce man, it seems that he has discussed everything, and continued, "We herdsmen are nomadic in the vast grassland, and we don't have to worry about food and clothing, and we also have some savings, even if we encounter it, we don't want to make a big fight between you, why don't I take out more silver taels, and you can withdraw!"
Hearing this, the big man was stunned, and the villagers in the wooden gate were also stunned, there was such a kind person, willing to spend money to help everyone survive this catastrophe.
"Is this true!?" the big man turned over and dismounted and walked to Li Siguang, staring at him.
"Really!" Li Siguang nodded seriously and pointed to the burden in his hand.
"Alas!" Dahan sighed, "Actually, we don't want to be thieves, it's just a helpless move forced by life, since you are willing to give up your wealth, we won't be insatiable!"
"It's easy to say, it's easy to say!" If you can eat and clothe, who wants to be a thief, there must be something unspeakable, horse thieves are also people, and they are not a very vicious person between their clothes and words, so they can help a little, and it can be regarded as making up for some sins for the earth-shattering killing of brothers.
Squatted down and opened the package, except for a few clothes, it was white silver, which caused a lot of horse thieves to drool, but without the order of the big man, no one dared to step forward.
took out twenty ingots of silver and put it on the ground, there was not much left in the package, Li Siguang pointed to the silver and said, "This is two hundred taels, buying some food and being thrifty should be enough for many people to use for a while!"
As soon as Dahan saw that this herdsman was so happy, he didn't have any nonsense, you must know that many people were waiting for the silver to eat, and hugged his fists and said, "Thank you for this friend, Xiao San collects the cash!"
There was a person running next to him, squatting down and putting away the silver, his face was full of excitement, and his hands holding the silver were trembling with excitement, maybe he hadn't seen so much silver for a long time.
"Then let's go!"
"Wait!"
Dahan was just about to turn around and get on the horse, but was stopped by Li Siguang!
"What's the matter with friends?"
"You must know that horse thieves are not a long-term solution, if one day the officers and soldiers encircle and suppress or the masters kill them, you will not survive this rabble!"
"We were originally peasants outside the city of Del, and the lord of the city was greedy and robbed us of our fertile land, so we had no choice but to fall into this, and now we live in the mountains, and we also wanted to cultivate and farm, but. The big man shook his head helplessly.
It turned out that it was the city lord of Del City who bullied the fertile land that caused this group of peasants to become horse thieves, and now the city lord and hundreds of soldiers were killed by Shi Jingtian with their bare hands, and it can be regarded as the will of heaven to encounter it today. Thinking of this, Siguang also let out a long sigh, and reached out and took out a fourth-order magic crystal in his arms.
The crystal clear magic crystal made everyone's eyes shine, and the magic crystal was something more valuable than gold, even if I saw it, I heard it.
"This is a fourth-order magic crystal, take it for at least two gold bars, buy cattle and horse farming tools, and don't be this horse thief in the future!" Li Siguang handed the spar to Dahan.