Chapter 30: The Den of Thieves

The neat sound of drawing the sword attracted Shi Lan, and when she looked back, as if she saw the picture of countless cavalry pressing down like black clouds that day, without the slightest hesitation, she ran away, and when the saber was about to cut at her, she jumped into the woods and ran down the hillside.

Grandpa's third plan, if you can't beat it, you can run!

"Chase!"

After the general shouted, he opened his bow and arrows at the same time, predicting Shi Lan's next foothold in advance, and without hesitation, a feather arrow roared out.

With a slight but familiar sound of breaking the air, Shi Lan followed the sound and saw the silver-white light that flickered in the sunlight leaking from the trees.

The picture flashed for a moment, and Shi Lan recalled that this was the vertical pole that had been tied to the horse and took away life.

There was no time to think for a moment, and the feather arrow came in an instant.

Although it was okay to be pierced on himself, it was very troublesome to pull it out, Shi Lan didn't want to be pierced, so he had to lean slightly and subconsciously grab the feather arrow.

Luckily, Shi Lan held the middle end of the arrow shaft, she grasped it very firmly, so that she was deflected by the feather arrow and did not let go, but this time she hurt herself, her body rolled over and hit the tree, the momentum was not reduced, and she was about to roll down the mountain.

This time, the bookcase will definitely not be able to stand it and will fall apart.

This is the only thing that Grandpa left her, Shi Lan didn't want to lose it like this, so she opened her hands to support the ground, and kept sliding down the mountain in the way of "face brake", until she hit the tree and stopped, she supported herself up.

This scene shocked everyone again, and it was hard to imagine that this was something that one person could do.

But seeing Shi Lan stand up like no one, everyone was no longer in a daze and continued to catch up.

Another feather arrow came, and Shi Lan didn't dare to catch it with his hands anymore, but waved his knife to block it.

But this time she didn't grasp the speed of the feather arrow, and shot ahead of time, and the feather arrow came half a breath late and stuck on her right shoulder.

"Daughter's house?"

Shi Lan slid on the ground this time, his clothes were torn apart, and a large area of skin was exposed on his chest, and the white strips of cloth wrapped around his chest were noticed by the generals, but as a soldier, he could not have mercy on the enemy, and one after another feathered arrows were shot out one after another only a few times.

Shi Lan blocked while running, and occasionally could block it once or twice, but more of it was stuck on her, five, six...... Shi Lan simply didn't care, lifting a knife to block arrows would affect his speed, they were so terrifying, Shi Lan didn't want to be caught up.

The last arrow! The general's eyes were instantly sharp, staring at Shi Lan's straw hat, exhaling softly, and his fingers were released at the same time.

The feather arrow passed through the woods, carrying a fallen leaf, and appeared in front of Shi Lan's eyes in a breath.

Yes, in front of you! This arrow should have pierced into the back of Shi Lan's head, but Shi Lan couldn't help but turn back, because there was a wooden hairpin in the hair on the back of her head, which was also a very important thing for Shi Lan, she didn't know if this arrow would damage her wooden hairpin, even if there was only a 1 in 10,000 probability that she didn't want to, so she could only face this flying feather arrow.

The arrow was getting closer and closer to the pupil, but Shi Lan did not panic at all, and in an instant, he raised his hand to cover the horizontal knife, and the blade collided with the arrow accurately, and in the sharp friction sound, the feather arrow flew out obliquely from the ear.

"Master! It would be nice if she could be absorbed into the army, regardless of whether she is a daughter's family or not. ”

The general, who left two men to look after the horses, took a new quiver, and chased after them.

Shi Lan shuttled freely through the woods, and although he was fast, he still did not get rid of this group of pursuers.

This team of people is a veteran of a hundred battles, although they are armoured, but each of them is a guard selected from the elites from all over the world, and they have experienced a lot of jungle battles, plus the generals in the rear occasionally shoot arrows to stop him, so everyone did not lose it, and bit tightly.

However, when the manpower was finally exhausted, after crossing five mountains, Shi Lan finally got rid of the pursuers, and she didn't care whether there were still people chasing, she still kept running forward, and after three mountains, suddenly her eyes lit up, and she rushed out of the woods.

This is a small basin, surrounded by mountains, paddy fields are green, people who are busy with farm work on the way home, talking happily with each other, very leisurely, not far away, is a small village, has risen cooking smoke.

Shi Lan hesitated for a moment, remembering what Grandpa said about not being close to crowded places, so he didn't go towards the village, but walked on the path in the field and headed towards the mountain on the other side.

Sometimes, though, trouble always comes its way.

The villagers who had not yet returned home on the road saw Shi Lan and couldn't help but exclaim and ran quickly to the village.

Someone in the village heard the sound and rushed over with a small group of people, and more people gathered at the entrance of the village, they talked to each other, although Shi Lan could hear it from a long distance, but these people spoke a strange dialect, Shi Lan couldn't hear what was being said, but someone blocked the way, so she had to stop to see how these people reacted.

"Hey, the third master, there's a girl from outside the village."

"What kind of girl, in this barren mountains and mountains, and the girl's family dares to be alone?

"Believe it or not."

"What do you look like? Isn't it handsome? ”

"I don't know if I'm handsome or not, but this figure is really good!" As the man spoke, he flowed out of the hara.

"My dear mother, is this a human? With so many arrows stuck in his body, he can't be a spirit in the mountains. ”

"Spirits? Three masters, you have killed so many people, and you still believe this? ”

"Hurry up, call all the brothers who can come, this person doesn't look simple."

More people came out of the village, holding all kinds of farm tools, and the momentum was menacing, and Shi Lan couldn't help but clench the knife in his hand when he looked at it.

At first, it looked like it was a girl, and everyone's eyes lit up, but the more they looked at it, the more they felt that something was wrong, and their expressions suddenly became much more solemn, and they surrounded them with farm tools.

"It's the feathered arrows of the official army." The discerning man said.

"Could it be that there are officers and soldiers from around here? Hey, girl, where did you get hurt? ”

There was a lot of noise around, but Shi Lan still adhered to the instructions of the eldest lady, without saying a word, and suddenly noticed everyone's eyes, only to notice that the clothes on his body were messy, so in the midst of everyone's lamentation, Shi Lan sorted out his clothes, and then silently glanced at the surrounding villagers, quite a bit of "If you dare to rush up, I will dare to fight back".

"Seems to be a fellow traveler." Suddenly, someone whispered.

The third master glanced at the man, and after seeing the man shrink his head, he looked back at Shi Lan, and after thinking for a moment, his frowning brows suddenly relaxed.

"Put away the guys, and look at the little girl who scares them. Girl, it's almost night, and it's not safe in the mountains, so it's better to settle down with us first, so that you can heal the wounds on your body. Rest assured, girl, we are not bad people, no one in these ten miles and eight towns does not know, our Qingshui Village is famous for its generosity and hospitality. ”

After the three masters finished speaking, everyone laughed.

The three masters are speaking official words, everyone can understand it, Shi Lan is naturally too, watching everyone laugh, the tense atmosphere is gone, a little more cheerful, Shi Lan's nervous heart also relaxed, put the knife into the sheath, since he is not a bad guy, there is no need to be afraid.

"It's all gone, Xiao Li, you take her back to the village to heal first, and you." The third master pointed to the man just now and said, "Wang Wu, be careful next time, dare to say some nonsense in front of outsiders, be careful that I cut you, okay, you take a few brothers to patrol the mountains tonight, and report to me what is the situation." ”

"Yes."

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When twilight fell, the general led people to a mountain outside Qingshui Village, and they were looking for the traces left by Shi Lan, which was naturally much slower.

The corporal wanted to light a torch, but the general stopped him.

"There is something wrong with the situation in this village, there are people standing guard, there are patrols, and the layout is quite exquisite, if it is to prevent wild beasts, a fence is enough, this is just a snake to add to it, unless they are not just guarding against wild beasts, Lao Zhang, are there any mountain bandits around here?"

"I heard that there is a group of bandits who call themselves Niujiaozhai near this Dalin City, who make a living by plundering caravans along the way, and they have a characteristic that they only take 30% of the goods and do not hurt people. The Dalin government also wanted to organize an encirclement and suppression of them, but they acted cautiously, and the Dalin City was surrounded by mountains and lush forests, so in the end they couldn't even find their cottage anywhere.

"Okay, make a note here, and let the brothers of the Flying Bear Camp come and practice their hands in a few days." After speaking, the general walked back directly.

"General, you mean."

"Ninety percent sure."

"Eight or nine is not far from ten, general, you are still humble. So, didn't the assassins chase after it? ”

"I can't catch up, I can still survive so many arrows, it's his fate. I wonder if he's going to be in this gang of bandits, if he's here, it's the best of both worlds, and if he's not, it's worth the trip. ”

"The general is wise."

……

Shi Lan followed a few people to a house, the room was full of herbs, Shi Lan and Grandpa had picked herbs in the mountains, and they could recognize a lot, knowing that this should be where Lang Zhong lived.

An old man walked over and immediately gasped when he saw the arrow stuck in Shi Lan's body.

"None of them are dead? Ahem, I mean, sit here and let me see. ”

As soon as Lao Langzhong was about to get close to check the wound, Shi Lan took a few steps back, shook his head, and saw that their eyes fell on the "vertical pole" on his body, Shi Lan suddenly understood, and then reached out and broke the feather arrows one by one at will.

Everyone was stunned.

Someone whispered, "It's a woman." ”

The old man was stunned, but his hands were still trembling, and he wanted to say, "The heart of the doctor's parents, and I am so old, how can I still have the desire of the world, and even if you don't want me to see your body, I can let my daughter come, so as not to joke with my life", but looking at the casual appearance of the woman in front of me, I had to give up.

"It's okay, Niuniu, you can help her treat her wounds, and the medicine will be the knife wound medicine I prepared a few days ago."

"Okay, Grandpa." I saw a fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl coming out of the back room, wearing braids, although she was negligent in dressing up, she still looked delicate and cute.

Grandpa? Shi Lan glanced sideways at Lao Langzhong, and after a while, he realized that he had made a mistake.

"You guys just go out with me if you have nothing to do, right?"

After speaking, Lao Langzhong took the rest of the people out of the house together, leaving only Shi Lan and this little girl.

"Sister, sit here, I'll take a look at the wound."

The girl has healed many injuries with Grandpa, and she was not too surprised to see Shi Lan's wounds, but she was curious why a person could not change his face after such an injury, but she didn't say anything, and took a knife to bake on the candle flame, ready to pick the arrow that removed the wound.

Shi Lan looked around, saw that there was no one else, and the woman in front of him was also a woman, thinking about the words of the eldest lady, he felt that it should be okay, so he also let the other party take off his coat, but when he was about to take off the hat, Shi Lan hurriedly reached out and held it, and the other side was also reasonable, did not continue, turned around and began to deal with the wound.

The knife cut through the skin around the arrow, and no blood flowed out, as if it had been pierced into the wood, and the resistance was unusual.

The girl's eyes widened, and she took the candle flame to look closely, and her face turned pale in an instant, and she fell backwards as soon as her legs were weak, but fortunately, Shi Lan's hand grabbed her hand quickly so that she didn't fall, and the candle flame fell from the girl's hand, and the sparks scattered.

"What's going on?" The noise disturbed the people on duty outside the door.

"Monster, monster!" The girl didn't know where she got the strength, shook off Shi Lan's hand, held the knife and retreated again and again.

Someone broke in outside the door, and Shi Lan only had time to put on a coat before drawing a knife.

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