Chapter 4 Bandits

The man saw that someone was chasing behind him, and he quickened his pace and ran towards the outside of the imperial city.

Jiang Wan looked at the route the man ran, her face was solemn, and if she ran again, it would be outside the city, the terrain was complicated, and the trees blocked it, so it would be difficult to chase.

She also sped up and quickly shuttled through the crowd, and the two of them flashed like black shadows, avoiding the crowd.

When they arrived outside the city, the man saw that he could not get rid of the two of them, so he looked fierce, and ran into the woods with the child in his arms.

The distance kept shrinking, and suddenly, with a 'whoosh', the sugar gourd in Jiang Wan's hand turned into a sharp blade, shot straight at the man, and inserted it into his calf.

The man stumbled to the ground in pain, and the hat on his head fell and rolled aside. The little boy in his arms was also thrown to the ground.

Jiang Wan signaled, and the prisoner immediately flew forward, but the man was caught before he could react, and the sword was also on his neck.

Jiang Wan stepped forward to check if the boy was injured, but fortunately, the little boy was only a little frightened and had no skin injuries.

The little boy's small body shrunk into a ball, his whole body trembled uncontrollably, he bit his lower lip, his eyes still filled with tears, and he looked at the visitor vigilantly like a wounded little beast.

Jiang Wan comforted the boy softly, "Don't be afraid, we're here to help you fight the bad guys." Her breath softened as she spoke.

Jiang Wan saw that the little boy did not reject her approach, so she took out the ointment she carried with her and carefully applied it to him.

The little boy looked at the immortal brother who fell from the sky in front of him with those immature eyes.

The mother said that only immortals will fall from the sky when people are desperate, this brother looks better than the immortals in the book, and just now he knocked down the bad guys, he must be a very powerful immortal.

When he saw his dirty hands on the white clothes of his immortal brother, he immediately felt ashamed, felt that he had offended the immortal, and immediately retracted his hand.

Fortunately, Jiang Wan had already finished giving the little boy the medicine, thinking that the little boy was afraid of life, so she didn't care too much about his reaction.

However, when Jiang Wan thought of the medicine on the little boy just now, his arms under the sleeves were covered with large and small scars, and it seemed that he should have been abused often, and his face was solemn.

On the other side, the man saw that the person who came was not easy to provoke and immediately begged for mercy, "Two good men, spare your life, I am also old and young, forced to live helplessly." ”

He cried with a handful of snot and tears.

Jiang Wan took the little boy by the hand and stood condescendingly in front of the man, "According to Article 132 of the Law of the Kingdom of Shao, the human being sold as a slave will be punished with a hundred rods and exiled for 3,000 li. Anyone who sells human beings to others as wives and concubines shall be sentenced to three years' imprisonment with 100 canes. Those who plunder and sell children were the first to be hanged, and the accomplices were exiled for 3,000 li. ”

The hat fell off, revealing a man's face, copper bell eyes, hooked nose, and a face full of meat. When he heard Jiang Wan's words, his face darkened, and then he was full of flattering smiles.

"Shaoxia misunderstood, the boy's father was a drunkard gambler, and he owed a lot of debts that he didn't have to pay back. It's he who wants to use the child to pay off the debt, but he doesn't care about the villain's business. ”

He hurriedly took out a piece of paper, "This is his deed of sale, and there is his drunkard father's handprint on it." ”

Jiang Wan frowned, looked at the deed of purchase carefully, her face was solemn, he was right, there were indeed the handprints of both parties on it, and the signatures were pledged, which was undoubtedly ironclad evidence.

The man saw that the young man in front of him was silent, and he suddenly had confidence, he had a deed of sale in his hand, this young man who even had a noble hair all over his body, must be the son of a big family who stole away. It's a hero, it's no longer a problem.

He tried to stand up proudly, but was pressed by the prisoner's expressionless face, and sat down with a sharp blade on his neck. He grinned in pain.

"Hey, what do you want to do with the two young heroes, why do you still use the knife? I have a deed of sale here, and it is also a legal transaction, don't be embarrassed villain. He said, holding his neck with one hand and carefully pushing away the sharp blade with the other.

The prisoner looked at Shang Jiang Wan, and put the blade of the sword on the man's neck expressionlessly, letting him play with it without moving, the posture seemed to say that I didn't move, he moved it himself.

Jiang Wan listened to the man's bitter complaints, and as soon as she raised her legs, she felt someone tugging at the corner of her clothes.

She looked back to see the little boy biting his lower lip nervously. Touching his little head soothingly, he said softly.

"Trust me."

Perhaps it was Jiang Wan's words that gave the boy a sense of security, and he slowly let go.

Jiang Wan took the deed of sale and unfolded it in front of the man, "If I'm not mistaken, the law of the country of Shao stipulates that the deed of sale also needs an official seal." You don't have an official seal on it! ”

The man's eyes dodged, and he didn't know what to say.

Jiang Wan sneered, and as soon as she let go of the deed of sale, it fell to the ground, "It's just a piece of waste paper, and I dare to say that it is legal." ”

The man still wanted to struggle senselessly, so he detained him after three or two strokes of imprisonment and waited for Jiang Wan's instructions.

At this time, there was a sound of fighting in the woods, Jiang Wan frowned, looking for prestige, and saw a man in the distance being chased and intercepted by a group of people similar to bandits.

Jiang Wan only glanced at it and looked away, she didn't want to be nosy.

I just wanted to signal the prisoner to leave, but I didn't expect that the man still had a dagger hidden in his hand, and with the strength of his whole body, he broke through the prisoner's shackles, revealing a ruthless force, and stabbed Jiang Wan desperately.

The little boy was scared and couldn't help but exclaim, Jiang Wan turned around and kicked back beautifully, the man was kicked out a meter away, and the dagger fell to the ground with a clatter.

The prisoner immediately stepped forward and slammed him unconscious.

Jiang Wan's face was solemn, and it was obvious that the sound just now had alarmed the bandits in the woods.

The group said it was bandits, but in fact it was more plausible to be a killer pretending to be a bandit.

They were professional and fast, and although they looked like mountain bandits, Jiang Wan was sure that this was a group of extremely organized killers.

The bandits glanced at each other, and a few of them had already rushed forward, slashing at Jiang Wan and them with knives.

Jiang Wan raised her eyes and accidentally looked at the man's eyes, the man's eyes were indifferent and calm, even in such an unfavorable situation, there was no panic in the slightest.

He just glanced at Jiang Wan coldly, then stopped caring about their situation, and casually solved another bandit.

Jiang Wan took the little boy with some scruples, so she could only avoid the attacks of the bandits, and the prisoner took a sword to protect Jiang Wan and them behind him, and solved one bandit after another.

The shape of that skill was like flowing water, and he sealed his throat with one move, and he was deadly, so that the bandits looked at him vigilantly and did not dare to approach again.

The bandits' eyes fell on the white-looking and skinny boy next to him.

The three bandits glanced at each other, two of them entangled the prisoner, and one of them attacked Jiang Wan.

Jiang Wan dodged the attack sideways, but she didn't expect that the bandit was just a false shot, and the real target was the little boy next to him.

Jiang Wan's heart tightened, and when she saw that she was about to hurt the little boy, a sharp blade volleyed and stuck behind the bandit, and the bandit vomited blood and fell to the ground.

The little boy closed his eyes, did not feel the pain for a long time, and quietly opened one eye to see the bandit die in front of him with a knife stuck in his back.

The little boy was very frightened, and immediately ran to Jiang Wan's side.

Jiang Wan breathed a sigh of relief and looked over there, the man raised his eyebrows, he couldn't see any expression on his face, and glanced at them coldly.

The bandits took advantage of the man's distraction to save the little boy and rushed up, but before Jiang Wan could open her mouth to remind her to be careful, the man was stabbed in the abdomen by a bandit.

He reacted extremely quickly to dodge the attacks of several bandits next to him, and with a toe pick, he easily dealt with several bandits by holding the handle of the knife, and he pulled out the abdominal knife and threw it to the ground.

Although the man has dealt with many of the bandits, the remaining bandits are eyeing them. Jiang Wan can't see death at this time.

She handed the little boy over to prison and let him watch it.

He drew the sword stuck in the bandit and flew forward.

She held the wounded man in her arms and watched the bandits around her with caution.

The man was handsome and dressed in armor, and he should have been a soldier.

It's just that how could a soldier be here alone?