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Without the goods to be escorted, the Black Rose Mercenary Group marched very fast, no less than galloping on a horse alone, which made Shi Jingtian feel a lot more relieved. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The elderly mercenary who was in the same carriage with him was named Chen Ping, about forty, very cheerful and talkative. Along the way, I kept chatting with Shi Jingtian about the customs of Jiuyao City, as well as the strange things he encountered. At the same time, Shi Jingtian also knew that the leader of this Black Rose mercenary group was called Yuan Lang, his three daughters Yuan Yue, Yuan Zi and Yuan Rong were the deputy heads, and now the leader of the team was the eldest daughter Yuan Yue.

"Young man, don't underestimate our three deputy heads. Although she is a woman, take Deputy Leader Yuan Yue as an example, there is no one who disagrees with her!" Chen Ping pointed to the figure at the front of the team galloping on a horse and said, "There are no people to choose, and in terms of cultivation, there are few people in the entire Jiuyao City who can compare!"

I didn't expect to be a fire magician, Shi Jingtian nodded, looking at Yuan Yue's heroic appearance, I don't know why I suddenly remembered Li Siguang, that guy's stunt is the sigh of the flame of the family heirloom sword.

"But... However, Yuan Yue, this girl is usually very easy-going, but her temper is not small, she is still an impatient, and she starts a fire like an avalanche, so she hasn't found a mother-in-law until now!"

"That's it!"

It is estimated that Chen Ping doesn't say it, Shi Jingtian can also guess a rough idea, such a neat and neat strong woman must be a little short-tempered, and she can also do magic, who can stand it for ordinary people! Maybe only with a thick skin like Siguang can it be painless and itchy.

Suddenly remembered the scene when he met Li Siguang's sister Li Hanyun at the foot of the Sword Pavilion, and Li Siguang was like a mouse seeing a cat, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but have a smile.

Chen Ping saw the smile on the corner of Shi Jingtian's mouth in a blink of an eye, and couldn't help but joke, "How brother, is it lustful for our deputy head of the regiment, don't blame the old brother for not reminding you, it's an out-and-out thorny rose, haha!"

The carriage was moving fast, the time was not so boring, and in the blink of an eye the sun was about to plunge headlong into the horizon, and at a glance it was no longer an endless plain, the terrain was a little undulating, far away

The evening sunlight reflects the silhouette of the rolling mountains.

"How far is this from Jiuyao City?"

"Well, it's not far! See the outline of the big mountain in the distance, it is the Wanshi Mountain Range, and Jiuyao City is at the foot of the mountain range. ”

"It'll be there in the middle of the night!"

"Yes, but we will definitely go to Zicun before dark, our mercenary group will rest there for the night, hurry up at dawn, and we can also arrive before noon, there is no need for people to gallop all night!"

Shi Jingtian nodded, and rushed to Jiuyao City in the middle of the night, and there was no one who was unfamiliar with the place and wanted to ask for directions, so it was better to enter the city with the mercenary team at dawn. However, when he heard Zicun, Shi Jingtian seemed to be a little familiar, but he couldn't remember it for a while.

"Brother, Zicun, this village has a very strange name!"

"Who knows how it came to be such a name, but the people of that village were very skilled in crafting, much better than the blacksmiths in the city, and very hospitable. Basically, as long as we pass by there, we will take a break and repair or buy some weapons and iron equipment. “

As soon as he heard the building skills, Shi Jingtian suddenly remembered that the two brothers, Hu Zuo and Hu Wei, wanted to steal their heavy armor that night, and after being caught, they confessed that they lived in Zicun. The heavy armor given by Jin Dou looks like a treasure, and it is worth letting the two of them run so far to steal, and I don't know how many people are like this in the village.

The sky is getting dark until it is dusk, even if you are traveling at night, there are many inconveniences in stepping on the moonlight, it must be much slower than the day, it is really better to rest for the night. Yuan Yue, who was galloping at the front, turned his horse and led the convoy down the avenue and ran along a dirt road to a village.

The sub-village is next to the avenue, and you can see at a glance that this village is not large, with horizontal branches forming a simple fence, in which there are a few clusters of fire, and you can vaguely hear the crisp sound of the clanging and steel ringing.

The mercenaries slowed down, and the convoy slowly drove into the village. There was a large clearing in the middle of the village, and the rest was the grass hut where they lived, near which a few children in old clothes were laughing and playing, and there were several blacksmith furnaces around, only two of which were still burning with red-hot coals, and two strong men were beating something bare-chested.

Seeing a carriage coming, the children who were playing were pulled aside by the adults. The people of the mercenary group dismounted one after another, and Yuan Yue dismounted first, walked in front and turned around to command.

"Everybody dismount and rest, stay here tonight, and hurry tomorrow morning. ”

"If there are damaged weapons and the body needs to be fixed, they will be piled up in the middle of the yard, and the rest will be placed outside the yard first!"

"There weren't that many places in the village for us to live in, so you guys set up your tents and lit two bonfires, and it was very cool at night. ”

Yuan Yue, as the deputy head of the mercenary group, managed and commanded in an orderly manner, and everyone moved, but it seemed that he had forgotten Shi Jingtian, the hitchhiker.

"Brother, get out of the car. Rest assured to rest here, come with us to Jiuyao City tomorrow morning, of course, such a trivial matter as eating and drinking at night will be wrapped up in me!" Chen Ping got out of the carriage with a smile and greeted Shi Jingtian.

"Well, then thank you, brother!"

It seems that this is not the first time that this Black Rose mercenary group has come to Zicun. As soon as they entered the village, a few sturdy young men came over and took aside the items that the mercenary group had gathered to repair. Then, a few more people walked out of several houses, and Shi Jingtian found that the men in the sub-village were generally tall and strong, and their physiques were unusually strong.

However, it was a middle-aged woman who walked in the front, and her long hair in coarse cloth and blue clothes could not hide the luxurious grace on her body. With low eyebrows and light eyes, her face is like pink, if it weren't for the crow's feet that crept up from the corners of her eyes, she wouldn't have been able to tell that she was a woman about half a hundred years old.

At this moment, she was holding Yuan Yue's hand, chatting kindly, with a slight smile on the corner of her mouth. Shi Jingtian knew that this was the first time he had seen this graceful woman, but he had a sense of déjà vu, strange but unusually familiar. Is it because of her ease and kindness?

The people in Zi Village were really hospitable, even if Shi Jingtian saw the silver taels that Yuan Yue had forced into the hands of the villagers, their warmth and thoughtfulness were by no means pretended.

The steaming meals, the mellow wine, and the thick bedding that the villagers took out of their homes were crammed into the tents set up by the mercenaries. A few people also sat around the bonfire with the mercenaries, chatting heartily and drinking wine, it was really a simple and hearty village with simple folk customs.

When night fell, the bonfire in the courtyard was still blazing, and most of them were asleep, except for a few people who were still pushing glasses and changing lamps. Shi Jingtian held a jar of wine brought by Brother Chen Ping in his hand, leaning on the frame at the door, thinking about his own business while drinking.

In fact, I also hope that at this time, I can have a few drinks with Mo Yan and the Shuangsha brothers, look at the sleeping little Nizi, and Lihanyun, who is gradually entering her own life, what else is there to pursue.

I thought I had let go of a lot of things, but in fact, I just pressed it deeper into my heart. When I heard about the affairs of Shanyan, I didn't want to ask about it, and the world was free to take care of the world, but when I saw the blooming lotus, I resolutely went to Jiuyao City alone. Ay... Always struggling with contradictions and whirlpools, calm but with more uneasiness.

Shaking his head and not thinking about it anymore, he took a few sips of wine and tried to calm his thoughts. Click, click, a slight sound came, and Shi Jingtian turned his head to look at the village unconsciously.

By the moonlight and a campfire, beside a long-extinguished furnace, two burly young men were chopping wood and wielding axes that could split the trunk of a tree the size of a bucket in two. If you look at the appearance carefully, the short-haired horse face is all rugged, and the appearance is extremely similar, but one person is thinner.

Isn't this the two brothers Hu Zuo and Hu Wei who sneaked into the courtyard late at night to steal the heavy armor, why haven't they rested so late, and they don't feel sleepy anyway. With a smile on the corner of his mouth, Shi Jingtian walked towards the two brothers step by step.