Chapter 424: Mountain Road
It takes two days and one night to get from Xishan to the capital, but Xiaoxiao doesn't have that much time, so in a hurry, she decided to take a risk and go directly from the mountain road.
The trail can shorten the day by a whole day, but it's just a bit dangerous.
At night, Xiaoxiao has entered the mountain road, there are many robbers and bandits in this mountain, these people have not been close to women, once Xiaoxiao is caught, unintentionally entered hell.
For this reason, Xiaoxiao is extra careful with every step she takes, and when she meets someone, she holds her breath and hides to the side, regardless of whether the person is a robber or a bandit.
Soon, Xiaoxiao came to the top of the mountain, as long as she followed the trail down the mountain, then she could reach the outskirts of the capital.
But things are always not as expected, just as Xiaoxiao was about to go down the mountain, she heard countless footsteps coming towards her, Xiaoxiao carefully observed the surrounding situation, and found that this mountain top seemed to be someone else's camp.
Sure enough, a large number of people soon came to the top of the mountain.
Now Xiaoxiao is hiding on the edge of the cliff, and the only two paths she can take have been blocked, and from the conversations of these people, it can be known that these people are either treacherous and evil, and they are definitely not good people.
Xiaoxiao looked at the cliff below and found that it was a little high, but fortunately, her current position was a little protruding, and she could sit down and rest when she was tired.
Originally, Xiaoxiao wanted to stay like this until dawn, and then leave when these people left her, but she drank more water on the way, and now she only felt bursts of urine surging.
Xiaoxiao must have been unable to bear it for a night, and the cliff was too high, she couldn't jump directly, and now the only thing Xiaoxiao could do was pray, praying that someone would come to save her.
Perhaps it was Xiaoxiao's sincere prayer that moved the heavens, and on the mountain road, she heard the neighing of horses.
Soon, Xiaoxiao saw two people riding horses to the top of the mountain, looking like a man and a woman.
Just after everyone was attracted by the two on horseback, Xiaoxiao quietly climbed up and then hid in a tent.
After hiding in the tent, Xiaoxiao found that this tent was filled with thatch, and there were several stacks of stacked thatch in it, so Xiaoxiao hurriedly walked between the two piles of thatch to facilitate it.
Soon, after Xiaoxiao had finished settling the problem, she stood on tiptoe and walked to the door of the tent to observe the situation outside through a small gap.
The people outside were surrounding the two men on horseback, as if trying to rob them of their money.
I only heard the woman in it say: "I'm sorry for the children, I am passing by here in order to find someone, if anyone stands in my way, then I can only send them to the underworld." ”
The person who spoke drew his sword and pointed at the group of robbers, Xiaoxiao wanted to go up to help, but after thinking about it, Xiaoxiao felt that the most important thing was to return to the capital.
Xiaoxiao was about to sneak away while the robbers weren't looking, but just then, she heard another man on horseback say.
"Aunt Wang, are you sure you can get to Xishan by taking this road? ”
As soon as she heard that the two of them were looking for Bai Xuan, Xiaoxiao immediately decided to help the two.
Just when the robbers' attention was on the two of them, Xiaoxiao pulled out her dagger and touched the back of the person closest to her, and at the same time, Aunt Wang also found her.
Under Aunt Wang's gaze, Xiaoxiao covered the mouth of the person in front of her, and then quickly slashed the person's throat with a dagger.
In an instant, Aunt Wang knew that Xiaoxiao was a friendly soldier, so she jumped off the horse.
After dismounting, Aunt Wang didn't bother to say hello to these people, and directly facing this group of robbers was a complete set of jade girl swordsmanship.
However, a few of the robbers in this group seem to be good at martial arts, and a few backflips dodged Aunt Wang's attack, but they didn't know that there was a Xiaoxiao behind them.
Xiaoxiao looked at the person closest to him, and after the person stood firm, Xiaoxiao pointed at him with a flying knife, which pierced the person's back directly, and then the person fell to the ground in pain.
Then Xiaoxiao and Aunt Wang joined forces and swept away the robbers on the top of the mountain.
Aunt Wang put the sword into the sheath, then clenched her fists and said, "This girl is good, dare to ask the girl what kind of teacher she is?"
Xiaoxiao knew that these two people were looking for Bai Recommendation, so she didn't talk nonsense with them.
"In Xia Xiaoxiao, it is the guards of the capital, I just heard that you came to find Bai Zhi and I came out to help, and now they are no longer in Xishan, and they are rushing to the border fortress guarded by General Shusha. ”
After learning about this, Aunt Wang was very grateful to Xiaoxiao, and when she learned that Xiaoxiao was going back to the capital, Aunt Wang asked Du Bai to accompany her back, while Aunt Wang went to Biansai by herself.
After understanding the route, Aunt Wang set off non-stop, and the remaining two were also ready to rush to the capital.
However, before the two set off, Xiaoxiao still cleaned up the people on the top of the mountain.
About half an hour later, Xiaoxiao and Du Bai also set off, although Xiaoxiao is very tired now, but in order to send the information to the capital, she can only endure fatigue.
It's just that Xiaoxiao didn't know that the emperor had already learned about Fantu's true plan from the messenger from the stone ruins.
At the same time, the group of people in Stone Ruins City was also ready to set off, and after an afternoon of waiting, they all had indeed gone away.
However, for the sake of prudence, Dr. Liang still walked ahead of the troops and came to the place where Fantu was stationed.
Seeing that the tents around him had been dismantled, Dr. Liang also breathed a sigh of relief, and soon the troops followed.
At this time, Dr. Liang continued to explore the way, and Chi Lian followed.
After the two of them walked away, Chi Lian asked with a worried face: "Brother Liang, you also know the ruthless situation, can you save Wuxian first when you are fighting?"
Doctor Liang shook his head, it wasn't that he didn't want to, he also wanted to save Ji Wuxian out, but fighting is fighting, and when he got to the battlefield, it was difficult for him to ensure his safety.
However, in order to comfort Chi Lian, Doctor Liang sighed and said, "It depends on the situation, if there is a chance, I will save him, but the premise is that he is also willing to leave." ”
Chi Lian smiled reassuringly, and then the two walked side by side, finding a lot of traces of the Tujun passing by on the road.
The two came to the edge of a valley, and found that there was light in the valley, and after a closer look, it turned out to be a small group of Fantu troops, and Dr. Liang was very curious about why there was a group of people left here.
"This is one of Fantu's tactics, to be wary of whether anyone will follow them, and one of these people is in charge of the flares, and if they encounter danger, they will send signals to the troops in front. ”
Knowing this, the two hurriedly retreated, leaving the troops to stay where they were, while the two came to the edge of the valley again, ready to attack them.