In the end, Qianfeng and Ping'an gave up their plans to sleep with her under Xin Yu's tough attitude.

Xin Yu closed the door and breathed a long sigh of relief.

In the past, women dressed as men only felt convenient, and they had never experienced this kind of experience.

After a night of silence, the next morning they freshened up and ate, and the group continued to ride on horseback.

Horseback riding is arguably the fastest way to get around, but it is also the hardest.

Although He Qingxiao knew that Xin Yu had kung fu and could endure hardships, he still couldn't help but cast a look of deep concern.

"Would you like to take a break?" He rode closer.

Xin Yu shook his head when he heard this: "I'm okay." Would you like to take a break? ”

Staring at her sweat-soaked hair, He Qingxiao was silent and nodded: "Well, I want to take a break." ”

Xin Yu immediately pulled the reins, turned over and dismounted.

"Take a break." The Jin Linwei who shouted was called Huang Cheng, and he was the leader of these ten people. Considering the miscellaneous travel, He Qingxiao deliberately chose a clever one from several outstanding cronies.

On the side of the road are the big trees with lush foliage, which is suitable for resting in the hot summer.

Everyone was sweating through their clothes, and as soon as they got off the horse, they gulped down water.

He Qingxiao handed over a leather bag: "I asked the postman to fill it with salt water, and Xin Gongzi drank a little...... The water bladder is new. ”

Xin Yu saw that he deliberately explained, and couldn't help laughing: "It's okay if it's not new, it's not so particular when you go out." ”

As she spoke, she took the water bladder and gulped down.

It was obviously an ordinary scene, but He Qingxiao's face was inexplicably hot, thinking of what she had just said: It's not new...... Isn't that okay?

The sound of clattering horses' hooves came, and He Qingxiao looked over with his floating thoughts, and saw a convoy coming.

It was a caravan, several wagons loaded with goods, and dozens of people walked beside them.

They looked like they were going to stop and rest, and when they looked over here, they saw a dozen young people on Xin Yu's side, one with a horse that was not easy to provoke, and they stopped to rest when they were far away.

Among the twenty or thirty people, the man in charge was a slightly chubby middle-aged man, dressed in a long robe, with a kind face, and as soon as he sat down, he talked to a young man. The appearance of the young man at the age of seventeen or eighteen was somewhat similar to that of a middle-aged man, either a father and a son, or an uncle or nephew.

Xin Yu stared at the group fixedly, his eyes unblinking.

"What's wrong?" He Qingxiao's voice sounded in his ears.

She retracted her gaze, looked at He Qingxiao and whispered, "These people are black, and their death is approaching. ”

Especially the father and son people, in the picture, the middle-aged man protected the boy under him, and cut it with a knife behind his back, and the boy turned over with all his strength and took the long knife dripping with blood. This father and son both wanted to protect each other, but in the end, neither of them survived.

The caravan must have been attacked by mountain bandits.

Xin Yu recalled what she saw.

It was a slightly narrow road, with high walls on both sides and lush trees, and when someone passed by, he only had to hide in a high place and push a large rock down, and he would be killed or injured.

There were about a dozen mountain bandits in ambush there, and with the advantage of the terrain, it was easy to rob and kill this team of twenty or thirty people.

"With so many people in distress at the same time, and a caravan on the way, I guess they have encountered robbers."

Having personally experienced the miracle of Xinyu physiognomy, He Qingxiao had no doubts about her words at all, looked at those people and asked in a low voice, "Are they all dead?" ”

"Well, they're all dead."

The two of them were silent and said shocking words.

The young man in the caravan glanced over here, and gently pulled the corner of the middle-aged man's clothes: "Dad, the people over there always look at us, shouldn't they fight our cargo?" ”

"Those people looked like they were in a hurry." The middle-aged man analyzed his experience and ordered to go down for the sake of prudence, "We will leave when those people ride away." ”

He Qingxiao's ears were good, and when he heard this, he said to Xin Yu: "They are father and son, and the young man is still worried that we will rob the caravan." ”

Xin Yu was silent for a while, and then made a decision: "Since we met, let's save it." ”

He Qingxiao didn't immediately agree: "I'll send someone to the front to find out the situation first." ”

Without her, he didn't mind helping her, but his mission in Beijing this time was to keep her safe. In public and private, he will only put her safety first.

She was his mission and his sweetheart. If she has something to do, dereliction of duty and love, he will have no shame to live.

Xin Yu can't say the number of mountain bandits, not to mention that the picture doesn't represent everything, and he agrees with He Qingxiao's caution.

She wanted to save people, but she didn't want to put her own people on the hook.

He Qingxiao quickly arranged for a Jin Linwei, who was good at reconnaissance, to take the first step, and the rest of the people rested for another two quarters of an hour before preparing to leave.

At this time, the middle-aged man walked over and arched his hand to He Qingxiao: "This little brother, just now I saw a noble subordinate leave first, is there anything wrong?" ”

A businessman like him, who often runs away, is most afraid of encountering robbers, and he can't help but be careless if he gets in the air.

He Qingxiao had the intention to save people, so he said: "We originally took another official road, but the water was blocked, so we changed this road." Because he was not familiar with it, he asked the attendant to explore the way first. ”

Seeing He Qingxiao's amiable attitude, the middle-aged man relaxed a lot, and sighed: "We also changed our way because of this." If the little brother's attendant finds anything, can he tell me a thing or two? ”

He Qingxiao bowed slightly.

His lukewarm attitude made the middle-aged man more at ease, turned around and went back, and brought an oiled paper bag: "The jerky made by the mother-in-law at home is very durable, and the little brother eats it to relieve boredom if he doesn't dislike it." ”

"Thank you." He Qingxiao took it and handed it to his subordinates.

He Qingxiao's act of accepting the gift made the middle-aged man smile, and he didn't talk anymore.

After a while, the sound of horses' hooves came urgently, and the pathfinder Jinlin Wei rode back.

"Eldest son, there is a fork in the road ahead, the road on the left is wider, and it is inconvenient for cars and horses to walk because of the water, and the road on the right is narrower, but it can be unimpeded......"

Listening to the situation that Jinlin Wei came, Xin Yu raised his eyebrows and pondered.

The father and son in the picture did not die under the rocks, but on the way to escape, and their sight seemed to be a fork in the road - that is, the bandits were in front of them.

After coming to this conclusion, Xin Yu immediately went to see his group.

From He Qingxiao to Qianfeng, no one was abnormal.

If they had accompanied the caravan, would the bandits abandon the operation?

The inevitable tragedy of rocks falling from a high place in the picture made Xin Yu deny this speculation, so the biggest possibility is that the mountain bandits saw that they were traveling lightly and did not move.

When the middle-aged man heard that the mountain road was narrow, he was a little uneasy, and his tone was pleading: "Little brother, the mountain road ahead is difficult, can we walk together for a while?" ”

"I'm afraid it's inconvenient." Without waiting for He Qingxiao to answer, Xin Yu opened his mouth.

(End of chapter)