As the center of the empire, the imperial capital is generally wide and safe, and most of the roads leading to Chambord are the same, except for one place, which needs to be crossed by crossing the two earth slopes, which also guard the imperial capital like a door. Out of this door, less than 100 meters is the last village in the imperial capital, and out of this village, you will officially leave the imperial capital.

It took them a day and a half to get here, and although it wasn't too slow, there was always a sense of delay.

Peng Xiu rode on his horse, looked at the village in the distance, and then looked at the huge team behind him, and felt a little embarrassed to pinch his temples.

Even if he is such an appealing existence, it is not easy to bring a team with uneven hearts.

The time was only about a month, how could the situation be very different? At that time, he and Nikei were still able to walk on this road quite leisurely alone, exploring the road together, staying in a hotel together, and even in the same room.

Now I have to lead this team of people with different hearts, and I don't know whether to arrest people or go on a spring outing.

Needless to say, the people of the mercenary group are still united, and it is extremely easy to command.

Although Lance's people are quite easy to command, Lance's current state is not right. Either he was too impatient about the path ahead, or his attitude towards Carmel fluctuated. Either it is a debt to him for being involved in this matter, after all, the source may come from his unknown truth. Either they were angry with him, after all, Althea was innocent, and if he hadn't made peace with Morton, Althea would still be living a carefree life now.

What made Peng Xiu feel most unhappy was Yulia, who had to come with them. Not only is it completely out of their control, but what is even more irritating is that Yulia insists on riding the same horse with Hikage.

As the strongest candidate saintess of the Bright Holy Court, she said that she couldn't ride a horse? Who would believe it? But she couldn't be debunked in public. What's even more strange is that the people who follow her have no objection to her behavior, not only do they not object, they just turn a blind eye, as if they think that what she does and say is always correct, and they follow without any hesitation.

"Where is the shampoo?" asked Yulia, who was on the same horse as the Hikage, tilting her head sideways and raising her head slightly. The whole person and the shadow of the sun are only within walking distance, and the others seem as if the whole person is in the arms of the shadow of the sun.

"Yulia can ride a horse, right?" asked Sunshadow, a little helplessly.

"Yes, I can ride a horse, I've been a basic skill since I was very young. But I usually go out without horseback riding, only by car. Yulia replied very naturally, ignoring Sunshadow's words.

"I agreed to ride a horse because you said you were in a hurry, to save Altheea. But, Xiaoying, next time you must not ride the same horse with a woman......" Yulia's smart eyes turned, and there was a clear expression in her eyes. "It's too easy to expose some truths. ”

For a somewhat sudden answer, the sun shadow was slightly restrained, the truth?

"The truth, what is the truth...... "Sunshadow asked.

"A truth that will get in the way of your freedom. Yulia squinted, hiding the unbelievable hatred in her eyes.

This answer made Nikei completely stunned. If anyone else answers such an answer, they may just be fooling. But the one who answered him was Yulia.

I can understand the meaning of the word freedom better than he can.

Could she ...... But this is not possible. Nikkage was reluctant to associate Yuria's words with a secret.

Just as the shadow hesitated, he suddenly felt a strange aura. Sunshadow frowned, and offered her Hidden Blade.

"What's going on?" Yulia saw Sunkage's sudden serious expression, and after he sacrificed his Hidden Blade, someone else sacrificed their weapons one after another.

"Someone was on the sidelines. Sunshadow instructed. "Wait a minute, don't leave me. ”

"What kind of person, come out of the old decay!" A white-bearded old man on the Reims team behaved and jumped into the forest first.

In response to him, and to everyone's attention, it was a rain of arrows.

The crowd reacted quickly, and some of those who had not yet sacrificed their weapons were also quickly sacrificed. Sunshadow hugged Yuria's waist with one hand, and quickly blocked the incoming sword with her Hidden Blade with the other. The length of the Hidden Blade is limited, and although the radiation range is not as wide as that of ordinary longswords, the Sunshadow moves quickly and the rhythm is mature, and it basically has no effect. And the team responsible for protecting Yulia also quickly rushed over, even ignoring the damage caused by the rain of arrows, and only wanted to surround Yulia and Sunshadow. Suddenly, Yulia and Sunshadow were the safest place in the group, and even the horses were unharmed.

In addition to some people surrounding Peng Xiu, a large number of people chose to go up, facing the direction of the rain of arrows, intending to solve the problem from the root.

Although these people are not in harmony, their skills and training are very good, although the rain of arrows came suddenly, but except for some abrasions, there is basically no big personal damage.

After a rain of arrows, the members of the mercenary group killed in several directions, and after a wail was heard, the rain of arrows basically stopped.

Immediately, there was a shout of killing, and several more people rushed out of the forest, and they couldn't help but kill them.

Sunshadow and Yuria are basically in a hands-off state. Occasionally, a few fish caught in the net, and under the flying kick of the Sun Shadow, they did not touch the corner of Yulia's skirt for half a minute.

The battle ended faster than a rain of arrows. After a battle, several people were captured, and they were tied up and thrown in front of Peng Xiu.

"Are you Morton's people?" Peng Xiu frowned, feeling a little strange, this kind of sneak attack, does Morton think it will be successful?

Most of these people were silent. Only one nodded.

"What do you mean by this bastard Morton, do you really want to rebel and dare to attack our Highness Yulia?" said one of the leaders who followed Yulia.

But instead of answering him, the men looked at the wooded hillside on the side of the road.

Do they have a backhand?, Sunshadow felt a little uneasy. Then he felt the shaking of the hillsides on either side of the road. He yelled, "Disperse, everybody. ”

Sunshadow just finished shouting. A loud popping sound rang out on the hillsides on either side, and countless trees and stones splashed and rolled towards the middle of the road.

At this time, the Japanese shadow hurriedly pulled Yulia over and half-pressed her under his arm. At this time, Peng Xiu also hurriedly turned around, pulled the two of them over, ran forward, found the nearest big rock as a cover, stuffed the two of them under the rock mass, and he lay on the edge of the rock mass, completely covering the two of them.

It happened at this moment, and neither the timing nor the action could be changed. We have to wait for it to calm down and then see the consequences.

After a brief eruption, the splashing rocks and trees subsided. Riying didn't even have time to shoot the ash on his face, and hurriedly stood up, wanting to check on Peng Xiu's situation.

Peng Xiu also straightened up at this time, shook his head, and shook off the dust and some small rocks on his body. Compared to the ash on Sunkage and Yulia's faces, Peng Xiu's face was cleaner.

"I'm fine. Peng Xiu saw that Sun Ying was worried, and hurriedly said, reaching out to Sun Ying and gently patting the ash on his face and head. Although he felt some pain on his back, he also noticed that it was not serious, and there might be a slight bruise, but it should not have hurt his muscles or bones.

Sunshadow was not convinced, and went to check his back facing the attack, and gently stroked it with his hand, and found that there were no bleeding spots, which was a little more reassuring.

"Ahem......" Yulia, who was still sitting on the ground, watched the interaction between the two, pouted unhappily, and coughed twice to attract the attention of the two.

Sun Shadow and Peng Xiu only thought about lowering down to help her up at this time.

"Yulia, are you alright?" asked Sunshadow, patting the dust off her dress. It shouldn't be a big deal for him and Peng Xiu to protect her one after another, but they still have to ask.

"Something!" Yulia pouted again in displeasure.

"Is it hurt? what hurt?" "Sunshadow pulled her arm and began to check.

"Well, it doesn't hurt now. Yulia saw Peng Xiu's unhappy expression towards her, and instantly felt balanced in her heart.

It provoked the confusion of the Japanese Shadow, and he looked at Yulia suspiciously.

"Miss!" "Your Highness!"

At this time, shouts rang out one after another around several people.

The Hikage and the others hurriedly began to check on the other people's situation. The location of this landslide is precisely the place where Peng Xiu interrogated the prisoners.

These captives were taken prisoner precisely because they had gathered them all together. At the moment of the landslide, these captives did not even have a way to escape, and were directly stoned to death.

But fortunately, the day shadow shouted in time to disperse, and the team was already alert, and the moment the rocks and trees flew down, they all had some defenses.

The casualties were higher than the rain of arrows, but fortunately, no one died, but they were all injured to varying degrees. And in this group of people, the only ones who were not injured from beginning to end were Yulia and Sunshadow.

Linghua's arm was bleeding, and she rushed over when she saw Yulia's direction. "Miss, are you alright?" asked Linghua worriedly.

"Boss, Little Shadow. Robert came over with Migami Ken at this time. Robert and Migamijian were both injured to varying degrees. Among them, Robert was the lightest, and Mi Jian was the most seriously injured. Robert just had some scratches on his face. Miga injured his arm, Mi Jian injured his back, and his back was smashed into a bowl-sized hole.

It can be known from the injuries of the three people. Miga Mijian teamed up to protect Robert, and Mijian blocked more for his brother. At this time, Mi Jian was still supported by Miga.

Sunkage saw that he hurriedly greeted him and helped Mi Jian together.

Peng Xiu looked at them and frowned, as a leader, he felt a deep sense of frustration when he saw them encounter such a tragic battle. He brought so many people here, and yet he hurt so many people.

At this time, he still remembered a person. "Uncle!" said Peng Xiu began to look for Lance all over the field.

"I'm here, I'm fine. ”

Lance was also surrounded by a group of people in the middle at this time, some of the people he had brought from the mansion, his personal guard. After Sunshadow's shouting dispersed, the moment the mountain cracked, they also chose to run out, until they were about to hit someone, and three of them pounced on Lance. The three were seriously injured, one hit the head, one hit the back, and one directly broke his leg. The one who hit the head fell into a coma and was in the most danger, while the other two were not in danger of dying.

Peng Xiu hurriedly walked over.

"Xiao Xiu, it stands to reason that Morton only left about half a day earlier than us. Can he set up a mechanism of this magnitude here?" asked Lance, frowning, as he watched his men heal.

This is also the reason why Peng Xiu was not too guarded, so that he suffered a loss here.

Peng Xiu's brows furrowed. "Let's go to the village in front of us to rest. Penxiu did not respond directly to Lance's question.

This matter needs to be considered in the long term.