Chapter 24: Passing by
Each of them was dressed in dark armor, and their faces were solemn, which was intimidating.
Before the crowd could react, the man whistled past them.
The man's face was not clear in the night, but his eyes were burning and his expression was calm and resolute, he was wearing sharp armor and holding a long sword pointed directly at the leader of the horse bandits.
"Protect the safe evacuation of the people!"
As Lu Chong's voice fell, the long sword in his hand hit the life of the horse bandit leader.
The opponent responded with a knife in embarrassment, and the swords collided, sending out a string of sparks in the night.
Lu Chong's sword power was like ten thousand jun, and the leader of the horse bandits was invincible, and he fell off his horse in embarrassment.
Chang Ping and Chang An also led a group of soldiers to fight with the horse bandits.
The disparity in strength made the bandits' side quickly defeated, and they were even powerless to fight back.
"While they are fighting, they don't have time to care about us, everyone hurry up."
Shen Xinyue dragged Shen March and Shen Gui'an, who were still watching the excitement, and urged everyone to leave quickly.
"Yes, yes, the sword has no eyes, so let's get out of here first." Shen Dacheng also reacted, leading the mule cart and running towards the woods in the distance.
The people who were originally sluggish saw their group fleeing, and they did the same, and fled in all directions.
"We're here to protect everyone, don't be afraid, alas, what are you running for?"
Chang Ping saw that the more he shouted, the faster everyone ran, and was about to chase after him, but was stopped by Chang An.
"They should be scared, as long as they see that there is no danger, they will come back later, and it is important to get down to business first. I don't know what happened to Zhou County's order and that batch of grain and grass, let's go over with the young master to take a look. ”
Leaving a team of men and horses to deal with the remaining horse bandits, Lu Zhong took another team of people and quickly ran in the direction of the county government......
"Just now, that man shot down the horse bandit leader and got off the horse, it's really amazing!" Everyone walked out far away, and Shen Guian was still immersed in the scene he had just seen and couldn't extricate himself.
"I feel like he's much better than Crescent."
"Nonsense." Shen Jiyue sat in Mrs. Shen's arms, tightened her nose at Shen Gui'an, and said dissatisfiedly: "My eldest sister is the most powerful, more powerful than them." ”
Shen Yueyue hugged the wooden stick and nodded heavily: "That's it, since that person is so good, why don't you go to learn martial arts from him, second brother?" ”
Shen Gui'an knew that he had forgotten and said the wrong thing for a while, scratched his head and smiled: "Actually, the eldest sister is also very powerful." ”
Shen Xinyue smiled back: "Thank you second brother for the compliment, in order to show your gratitude, tomorrow you will practice alone, and run twenty miles with a weight of twenty catties." ”
As soon as her words fell, Shen Gui'an immediately wailed in pain.
"It looks like those people should be soldiers of the imperial court, but fortunately they came in time, otherwise we would all die today." Shen Dacheng said with great joy.
Shen Laoqi: "Fortunately, we ran fast, in case they check the way, we will all be finished." ”
Only then did everyone remember that there was still this stubble.
Li Guilan: "In the future, I will never come to this town again unless I have to, although there are wild beasts on the mountain, I think it is easier to get along with than people." ”
The group talked to relieve their frightened emotions as they hurried towards the front at night.
After more than an hour, the sky gradually brightened, and everyone stopped at a relatively flat place on the side of the road.
After cooking a little porridge to cushion his stomach, he continued to hurry.
With the mule cart, the old man and the child were able to take turns to rest on it, and the speed of the crowd was much faster.
Ning County.
Lu Zhong listened to the doctor's words and made sure that Zhou Yixue's life was not in danger, and his face was slightly pale.
"When I received your news, I started to prepare, and I will take you there."
Knowing that he was in a hurry, Zhou Yixue ignored his injuries and showed him the way while talking.
"Brother Zhou, I have written down this incident, and I will be useful in the future, just ask."
"We have been friends for many years, if it wasn't for your strong guarantee, I wouldn't have been able to live here, besides, there are no eggs under the nest, this is only a hundred miles away from Quyang, if the city is broken, I'm afraid the first one will be the disaster here."
Saying that, Zhou Yixue took Lu Zhong to a secret passage, but when he went out, it was a dry well in the courtyard.
"I bought it without any opinion, and this time it was of great use."
Soon, bags of grain and grass were loaded onto the truck.
Chang Ping: "Young master, the others have been killed on the spot, but the person at the head is very strict, no matter how he asks, he won't say anything, but after understanding our interrogation methods, ......"
Chang An interrupted him: "He is Zhang Ju's person, although Zhang Ju has a small official position in the army, he has another identity. His sister was the concubine of Zhao Yan, the son of the Marquis of Chengbo. This time, it was Zhao Yan who was responsible for escorting the grain and grass to Quyang. ”
Lu Zhong seemed to have guessed, and he didn't have much surprise on his face, so he only said lightly that he knew.
"Young master, I also heard that yesterday there was a group of people fleeing from the famine in the town, and one of them was a young woman who sold two horses in the East Market, which were the war horses in the army. Do you want to call this person for questioning? ”
"Forget it." Lu Zhong turned over and got on his horse: "We have more important things to do, and we can't delay." Inform and leave for Quyang immediately. ”
"Yes!" Chang An responded and went down to give the order.
Soon, the convoy full of heavy weights slowly left Ningxian County and headed in the direction of Quyang......
"It's not early, everyone has been on the road for a day, so why don't you stop here for the night." Shen Dacheng looked at the relatively gentle terrain in front of him and stopped.
After entering the mountains, the mule cart was inconvenient to walk, so it was necessary to disassemble the cart and lead the mule to walk.
The group was tired and hungry, and when they heard him say this, two men immediately went over and unloaded the bags from the mule's back.
The men cleared the grass around and went to chop wood, while the women lit a fire to prepare dinner.
"After cooking the porridge in a while, let's bake these noodles into cakes, so that it is easier to carry them on the road." Li Guilan said, throwing all the wild vegetables picked on the road into the pot.
"I like it, make it into cakes, it's convenient to eat and can fight hunger, so I'm going to make noodles."
Liu Sumei was about to get up as she spoke, when she was suddenly squeezed aside by a figure.
"His aunt, it's been a tiring day, you can go and rest, and I'll do the cooking." With her mouth wide open, she snatched the basin from her hand.
It's rare to open her mouth wide and take the initiative to work, Liu Sumei didn't think much about it, and handed the basin into her hands.
It wasn't until she watched Liu Sumei leave that she opened her mouth wide and approached Li Guilan and kindly reminded: "Sister-in-law, there is only such a little food in total, and it is uncertain when it will be eaten, how can outsiders be as reliable as our own people, who knows if she is carrying us on her back or not." ”
Li Guilan wanted to say that you can do this, and Liu Sumei can't do it.