Chapter 80 Meeting a scholar at night, very human
A thin mist lingered in the wilderness, and in the distant night, there was the sound of horses neighing,
Bang β
Bang Bang β
The wheels ran over the rough ground and spun wildly, and a fast horse rushed to the carriage with a knife in hand, shouting at his companion who was driving the carriage.
"Stop!"
"The horse is frightenedβ" The big man holding the reins and driving the horse tilted his head and showed anxiety.
Pedal Pedal .....
Behind the carriage, the sound of the chasing horse's hooves got closer and closer, and the man riding a horse next to him gritted his teeth: "Protect them!"
The Law of Sighs β
The horses screamed, the rushing horses knelt on their forelegs, and thumped forward to raise their hooves, and under the great inertia, the carriage galloped past and collided with the horses.
There was a loud bang, the axle broke, the wheel broke away and flew out, hitting a tree next to it, the moment the carriage toppled and disintegrated in mid-air, the side wooden wall crashed open, and the driver who drove before, holding a child, dragged a woman out of the way, fell to the ground and turned over several times.
"They're left behind, let's go in the woods, quick!"
The big man on the horse hurriedly came down, and while picking up the child on the ground, he dragged the woman who had fallen and ran into the woods, and the driver picked up a knife and followed behind, looking back from time to time.
The sound of swords colliding can still be heard.
The light of the torches swayed, the voices suddenly screamed, and a figure flew sideways and hit a tree, and the body of the tree shook, and the leaves fell in a swoop.
A slender figure wearing a cardigan and green robe, with built-in fine scales and soft armor, withdrew his hand.
Click.....
On that hand, there were iron gloves as dense as scales, fingers and sharp claws, and with a grip, the man walked past the corpse under the tree, his pale cheeks, and his eyes coldly squinted at the only living mouth on the ground.
It was one of the three who escorted the carriage and left the broken back.
"Hmph. β
The man approached the wounded, withdrew his gaze, lifted his steps, and stomped down, twisting the man's neck.
Click.
The neck bone was broken by being stepped on, and the dead could not die again.
After a while, more than a dozen people here continued to chase down, and what they saw was the wreckage of the carriage scattered all over the ground.
Someone held a knife and arched his hand: "Unified ....."
"Huh?"
The firelight flickered, the slender figure turned his face slightly, and the man hurriedly buried his head: "Leader, there are no corpses around, the other party may have fled." β
"Run?"
The faintly headed blue and white face, with thin lips outlined, spread out the iron hand, and someone handed a small cage behind him.
"Hmph, fortunately, I expected this to be unsmooth. β
Open the cage door, and release a bird, slightly larger than a thumb, jumped into the palm of his hand, chirped for a while, spread its wings, and flew in a certain direction in the forest.
"This bird is a precious thing, and it is very good at finding and keeping up!"
With a wave of the iron hand, more than a dozen people ran up and followed behind the birds.
..........
Rumbling .....
Under the rock, the Taoist who was about to fall suddenly covered his stomach, put down the chess pieces, stood up awkwardly, and ran outside.
"Wait a minute!"
Lu Liangsheng, who was immersed in thinking about the chess path, raised his head and looked at the back of the person who ran out.
"What are you going for?"
Bypassing the rocks, the Taoist who ran to the barren grass behind him howled dryly.
"!!"
Lu Liangsheng smiled, looked at the chessboard, and continued to think, the toad Taoist jumped on the stone, took up his double web, looked at it for a while, and bowed his head.
"Come, take his bad game of chess for the teacher, and continue to play. β
"Then Master should be careful.......
The scholar twisted up the sunspot before he spoke, and in the wind outside, there was a faint sound of rustling from a distance.
Beast?
His thin eyebrows were slightly furrowed, his gaze crossed the top of the master's head, and in the distance, among the trees, two men and a woman stumbled and ran with a child.
The woman who followed was really a little unable to walk, and her hair was scattered and swaying.
"I can't walk...... It really doesn't work. β
"Madam, go a little longer, grit your teeth, and go a little more. β
The coachman holding the child looked back, swallowed his saliva, and looked at the big man with the knife in front of him.
"We're running too far, they shouldn't be able to catch up, so let's let Madame and Son-in-law rest for a while." β
The big man gritted his teeth, the woman opposite him had a pale face, white lips, a face full of cold sweat, panting and slumped on the ground, and the child in his arms was also confused and depressed.
His cheeks were swollen, and the big man nodded: "Okay, but get out of this forest first and then rest." β
After that, he persuaded the woman on the ground, who was helped up by the coachman, stumbled and followed, and the man leading the way in front of him chopped down the branches that blocked the way, and in his eyes, only dozens of steps away, under a big rock, there was a fire.
The coachman asked cautiously, "Could it be that they are waiting for us in an ambush here?"
"How can an ambush be so open?"
After all, the man has martial arts, his ears and eyes are keen, and not far away, an old donkey sneezed in the grass, and within the scope of the firelight, a young man dressed as a scholar was sitting there, and there were two bookshelves next to him.
After observing the dress and the other party's objects, Dahan also relaxed.
"It's a scholar. β
Chasing and escaping for a day, several people are indeed tired, since there are people, and there is a fire, it is best to warm up and rest, the first man approached, only to find that the scholar was playing chess alone, and there was a big toad in a short coat lying next to him, for a while, some regrets came in.
"This man is a little weird, don't talk. β
The big man told the woman and the coachman, let the two of them get a little closer to the fire, and then put the child in his arms into the woman's arms, pinched the handle of the knife, and clenched his fist at the scholar over there.
"I'll wait for me to pass by here, this boy will also make it convenient, if there is any disturbance, we will leave after a while. β
Before, the man's whispered words, Lu Liangsheng had already heard it, and he also looked at the other party in the afterglow, the woman was dressed plainly, but her neck and palms were white and delicate, not like a woman wearing such coarse cloth clothes, and the other man was rough and rough, but he was careful to take care of the left and right, obviously a subordinate.
As for the big man who gave up, he didn't have to guess that he was also a guard.
However, when you are in a hurry at night in the barren mountains and mountains, you should be vigilant when you meet someone, and Lu Liangsheng will not be angry because of this.
It is to raise your hand and smile in return.
"Don't get in the way, this big rock is not unique to me, the strong man and you are at will. β
"Thank you very much!"
After speaking, the two sides did not talk again, the child leaning on the woman's arms, curiously raised half of his face, looked at the figure opposite the fire, and asked in a low voice: "Mother, that person seems to be playing chess with a toad......"
The woman's hair was in a messy bun, and when she turned her head, she flashed a beautiful face, and when she heard the child's words, she hurriedly covered her son's mouth.
"Jing'er, don't talk nonsense. β
The coachman on the side was leaning against the wall of the cave, and he looked worriedly at the handsome scholar pinching the chess pieces, and studied the chessboard with a focused expression.
Lower your voice.
"My lord, I think we'd better go...... I looked at the scholar in a panic, and I often heard people say that when I met a handsome scholar in the middle of the night, he was definitely not very human. β
"Hmm...... I also think it's a bit weird. β
The man agreed with what he said, as a martial artist, he felt more sharp, and he didn't know if he was too sensitive to being hunted down, and the scholar over there made him feel more and more uneasy.
"Let's go now. β
Grabbing the long knife at his feet, he was about to take the child from the woman's arms, when a buzzing sound suddenly sounded outside.....
Bee?
Lu Liangsheng raised his head, and a very small cyan bird, quickly flashing its wings, hung at the entrance of the cave.
The big man who was about to leave saw the bird, his face changed wildly, and he blurted out.
"It's the birds, they've spotted us, let's go!!"
Just as the cave echoed with a loud shout of 'go', a scarlet black shadow suddenly swept through everyone's sight like lightning, and rolled up the wandering bird.
Suddenly, the bird was gone, and only one feather slowly fell to the ground.
"Birds..... birds?"
The big man, and even the coachman and the woman behind him, looked at the feathers on the ground dumbfounded, and slowly turned their eyes to the fire.
Hiccup!
The big toad on the chessboard puffed out its belly, and a feather hung from the corner of its mouth.
"Quack ......"