Chapter 130: Chasing Soldiers

The wheels of the carriage creaked heavily with a thudding sound

My father still wouldn't let me get out of the car, as if he was afraid that Sabel and Goblin would see me, and he unconsciously wanted me to stay away from these two people

You, with the help of the groom, hit the horses in front of the carriage, and several of the horses widened their eyes and panted to pull the carriage out, and from time to time they bent down, and put a piece or two of freshly peeled bark on the pit where the wheels had sunk in, and the horse's hooves kicked and popped up a few splashes of dirt on the ground, and the horses curled their necks under C and pulled forward with all their might

My father's expression was still uncertain, and I had a feeling that the comforting words of the two scholars had not calmed my father, but had plunged him into great fear

I have experienced that feeling, when I was in the valley, there was an old woman who was terminally ill, and the doctor at home clumsily comforted her, but to no avail, the old woman grabbed her son's hand, and did not dare to let go, although the doctor told her that she would be able to walk on the ground when she opened, but that fear was still written all over the old woman's face, and when she died, her face was already gray and twisted into a terrible appearance

Now my father's face reminds me of the old woman, and my mother's expression is not much better, I quietly looked at my mother in the car through the morning light, she bit her mouth tightly, her fair and clean face frowned slightly, and listened attentively to the movement outside, and after feeling that I was watching her, my mother gently kissed my forehead, rubbed my head with her hand, and whispered to me that it was okay

The horses continued to gasp and work forward, I wished that the carriage would be able to climb out of the pit, and I hoped that at this time we were galloping freely on the road leading to the north, I remember my father said, there are endless dried fish in the North Sea, endless ice and snow in the North Sea, glaciers floating through the sea in the North Sea, and there is a strange landscape called the aurora in the North Sea

How I wish I could go and see those things, with my father and mother

It was at that time that I suddenly hated those two reckless bachelors, if it weren't for their sudden nonsense, our family might still maintain the happiness at the beginning at this time When I left the White Dove Valley, my father warned me not to make noise when I was on the road, he said it very seriously, but to my ears, I only felt that it was no different from quietly playing to catch Mízo, and until the arrival of these two bachelors, I didn't feel any depression

Outside the car was filled with silence and the noise of the horses, and the atmosphere was strange

Finally, to my excitement, the carriage crawled out of the pit after a trembling jolt, and with the thrill of moving forward, I felt in an instant that everything would be all right

"Arcadio," a voice came from outside the car, "go north, don't look back"

It was the goblin, and this was his last advice to his students: "Go, forget that stupid prophecy, forget the sad things here, and if possible, forget that everything here will have your heaven and earth in the North Sea"

The Bachelor's tone was full of sincerity, and I felt that my father would surely whip himself north after a brief silence

I was still thinking about going back to the Valley of the White Dove to find my grandfather, although I heard some questions from the bachelor's words and my mother's reaction, and my grandfather may have had something wrong, but what could have brought him down?

While in the car, I imagined that one day I would return to the Valley of the White Doves with my father and mother: my grandfather did not know that we had returned, and I rushed into Mén and saw my grandfather sitting by the fireplace guarding a fragrant deer rouge asleep, and my grandmother sitting on the side carefully sewing a shirt, and my grandmother promised me to make a shirt for me, which was said to be a rhodoc-style shirt

But now, everything seems to have changed

At this moment, the groom outside the car suddenly shouted in surprise, "Master, the watchtower in the forest is smoking."

Hearing this, everyone turned their heads to look at Lu Sabel who came, turned his head and squinted at a puff of black smoke rising in the distance, and his expression became very strange: "The sentry tower is smoking, this is the alarm of the enemy, as expected, within a small hour, this forest will be blocked, there are still a few sentry towers in front, and they are afraid that they will gather the militia after they get the signal."

"What's going on?" The goblins were a little puzzled, "Who can hear faster than we do?" How did we storm 1ù"

"Don't worry, maybe it's not Arcadio at all, it's close to the border, the general will often light the siren and gather the militia, this kind of exercise is very common in the Empire"

"Common? There hasn't been a war in this place for more than 20 years, and the soldiers themselves said last night that when the battle was at its fiercest, there was no casual prohibition here, but now it's smoking? We must have been revealed."

"Okay," Sabel shrugged, "you've convinced me, we're probably being revealed."

In the woods in the distance, two dark plumes of smoke slowly rose, and there seemed to be a faint cry of soldiers

"It's so loud, it's probably cavalry," the goblin said as he climbed into the carriage and looked away

"Whew" Sabel exhaled, "Cavalry, as far as I know, there are only a few generals in the empire who are best at cavalry combat, and one of the most talented generals has just finished a wedding."

"It's not going to be," the goblin shook his head, "is that guy really going to get this far?" ”

"He can't do it himself, but someone will ask him to do it," Sabel continued, looking at the black smoke rising in the distance

When the soldiers of the empire want to blockade a piece of land, black smoke will rise in the center, and after seeing the black smoke, the soldiers at the surrounding checkpoints or fortresses will get orders, and then they will quickly block all the roads and waterways. And almost the entire region is flooding with soldiers to fight them

In times of peace, this method is also quite effective against the endless stream of green forest bandits, once an area is plundered, as long as a man goes out of the alarm, then the robbers will be slaughtered mercilessly by the patrol in half a day, only the most intelligent robbers can clear the defense between the various villages and fortresses, and even then, they have to pay huge losses to be able to escape back to their lair with their looted goods

The more black smoke there is, the greater the scope of the forbidden will be, and the warning of two pillars of black smoke suddenly rising like this is probably to block the passage in the entire forest

At this time, a group of people who were cutting wood in the forest in front had already left their work in their hands, and ran along the avenue with their own tools to the place where the smoke was rising in the distance, these people seemed to be unfazed, obviously they had long been accustomed to the existence of black smoke, so although the black smoke was not often forbidden in this area, but the residents here could still react quickly when they saw the black smoke: immediately stop working, move closer to the fortress, and report everything they saw on the road to the soldiers or patrols they encountered

"Stranger, go back to the village," an elderly man yelled at us as he passed by with a double-edged logging axe behind his back, "I guess it's dangerous ahead"

"Got it," Sabel nodded, but didn't move

The man's expression flashed in his honesty, and he looked at us carefully, looked us in the eyes carefully, and finally shouted before leaving, "Then pay attention."

The people gradually ran towards the village along the main road, and the forest road fell silent again, these people had just arrived at the logging site in the morning, and now they were in a hurry to rush back, we estimated that they were the only people they saw in the morning, that is to say, within half an hour, no matter who ordered the blockade of the area, he would know that more than ten miles away from him, there were two unknown carriages parked in the middle of the road, and the people inside were whispering

After the crowd had dispersed, Sabel looked at my father and said, "Arcadio, my student."

At this time, my father didn't seem to have the kind of yīn depression just now, he looked at the noisy sentinel in the distance lightly, and said nothing

Sabel continued, "I'll stay here, whoever comes, I'll buy you a little time."

The father closed his eyes, "Is it Wright?" He asked Sabel, as if asking himself

"It's hard to say," Sabel smiled, "It's cruel, but it doesn't matter who it is, it's important to leave this place now, the goblins will go with you, he knows some people on the road, it will be convenient to take him with him, go north, walk for a long time, and then turn east, leave the Riblet Forest from the mouth of the valley, the people there won't ask any suspicious people, it is estimated that a whole army will pass by there and no one will report it, you will be able to meet your childhood friend"

A horse turned its face to listen to Sabel's words, and after hearing it only raised its head in confusion, and then turned again to look ahead; The two grooms seemed to pick up the danger in the words of my father and the two bachelors, and they looked at us nervously with their straw hats in their hands; You stood quietly to the side, as if ready to follow and protect my family to the ends of the earth as long as my father gave the order

"Let's go," Sabel smiled, "it's time to go."

The goblin and Sabel hugged and climbed into our carriage, where he would be in charge of dealing with the checkpoints on the road that might check us

The father looked at the smoke and dust in the distance again, turned and lifted the horse that had been unloaded from the goblin carriage, and he tugged at the reins with such force that the horse chewed the iron until it foamed at the water

"Let's go, Yu"

You nodded, and with a hard swing of the whip, the carriage rushed forward

Father lifted the reins of his horse, glanced back at Sabel, who was standing in the middle of the road, and then chased after us

Sabel stood alone in the middle of the road, his hands intertwined, and he smiled playfully at the noise in the distance, as if it were all just a funny thing for him