Chapter 157
Madara thought to himself that he had never seen such a kind and talkative nobleman, and he had seen the selfish and insatiable character of the nobleman in Li Qing, but only the nobleman was so generous. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoCould it be that the nobles of the Sonam Empire are so friendly?
Madara said, "Then I will be wronged by you!"
Li Qing said: "There, there!"
Mary, who was on the side, saw that her grandfather was chatting with Li Qing so politely, so she interjected and said, "Grandpa, don't talk anymore, it's better to hurry." After speaking, Meimu glared at Li Qing, and Qiong's nose curled up "Hmph!" It seems that Mary still has an opinion on Li Qing, a nobleman.
When Madara saw Mary's appearance, she rebuked, "Mary, don't be so rude!"
Hearing his grandfather's reprimand, he muttered in a low voice, "I've always been like this!" immediately turned around and walked over, and glanced at Li Qing and the other three demonstratively before walking away.
Li Qing and the others didn't think it was allowed, and Madara hurriedly said to Li Qing and the others: "My granddaughter has such a temper, I hope you will bear with me!"
Li Qing and others said: "Mrs. Ma is polite, this is also Mary's bold side, if she has something to say, she is not hypocritical, but it is also admirable, and she is worthy of being a heroine among women." ”
Hearing Li Qing's appreciation, Madara couldn't help laughing, and had such an evaluation of her granddaughter, how could she not be happy as a grandfather, and hurriedly said while laughing: "You have complimented you!"
Mary, who was not far away, also heard Li Qing's words, and whispered in her mouth: "This guy also has a good side, at least to tell the truth, it's not nothing." ”
With Li Qing's ability, Mary's whispering had long been listened to by Li Qing, and he couldn't imagine that other people's evaluation of himself was so low, and he had nothing to do, telling the truth about these eight words, and couldn't help laughing at himself on his face.
At this time, everyone followed this road all the way to Panluo City, and listened to the introduction of Madara along the way, this Apelo Empire is managed by a total of one emperor and seven generals under his command, the emperor is the general marshal, in charge of his seven generals, and each emperor is elected from among the eight by force, in the whole country, only the strong can survive.
The city where the emperor lived was the largest city, called the city of Lintian, which means the city closest to the sky, and the cities where the seven generals lived under his jurisdiction were the dragon city, the night eye city, the Ganda city, the Luo Xiu city, the Jialou city, the Jina city, and the Mohu city.
And the city of Luo Xiu that everyone wants to go to is the city of one of the seven generals, and the crime they get from Madara is a relative of the general of Luo Xiu City, who often bullies the people because he has such a big backer.
The whole empire is practiced martial arts, and those who are incapable and disabled are not as good as dogs, and are often bullied to death.
And Madara and the others are still in a good situation, if someone else encounters this situation, I'm afraid there is only a dead end.
Everyone walked all the way to the city of Narasius, and from time to time on the road, corpses, maggots, and flies could be poured on the side of the road, buzzing around the rotting corpses, which showed how the Apelo Empire was the weak.
Since the difficulties have been solved now, along the way, Mary and the others are unusually relaxed, and Mary still hums a small tune from time to time, and her steps are very cheerful and relaxed.
And it will take at least four days to reach Luo Xiu City on this way, and everyone can't help but speed up their pace at this time because they miss the people at home, hoping to get to Luo Xiu City as soon as possible.
On the first day, the road was also peaceful and calm along the way.
On the second day, at this time, everyone rushed to the foot of the two mountains, as long as they passed the gorge between the two mountains, then there was a spacious plain area, and the speed of everyone's journey could be much faster, but this was because there were many bandits, and the large number of bandits was another characteristic of the Apelo Empire.
Under the tyranny, it can be said that the people are not able to make a living, and there are many people who mourn everywhere, and some farmers who cultivate the land are forced to go up the mountains and become bandits.
And some are originally brutal by nature, and they can be said to enjoy the life of bandits very much, and even bandits from other empires have moved their positions to the Apelo Empire and set up camp.
Madara and the mercenaries looked at the gorge in front of them, and couldn't help but raise their vigilance, only to see that although the gorge in front of them was very wide, the mountains on both sides were relatively not too steep, and all kinds of not too tall trees grew densely in it, but it was a good place to block the road and rob.
Madara motioned to everyone, "Be careful, everyone, be vigilant. ”
Hearing Madara's command, everyone responded in unison: "Yes, Commander!" After speaking, they all drew their weapons one after another, and several mercenaries also summoned their summoned beast Flying Eagle, hovering in the air, watching the surrounding situation.
But Li Qing and the others looked unfazed, not worried at all, seeing the looks of Li Qing and the others, Madara couldn't help but admire the courage of several people.
Everyone watched the surrounding situation vigilantly, and entered the wide gorge, in fact, Li Qing had already sensed the surrounding situation with his divine thoughts, and knew that there were fifty or sixty bandits hidden in the gorge who were preparing to attack everyone, but Li Qing did not break it, and saw how these flying eagle mercenaries coped.
Not long after I walked into the gorge, I saw a group of people rushing out of the woods on both sides, each of them fierce and vicious, holding various weapons in their hands, and looking at everyone with hideous faces.
I saw the scar-faced man with a scar on his face who took the lead shouted: "I opened this tree, I planted this road, I want to fight here, and leave the road to buy money!"
When everyone heard this, they burst out laughing, and the subordinates behind the scarface man couldn't help but laugh secretly.
I saw a lean man reminding the scarfaced man: "Boss, you just said something wrong!"
The scar-faced man paused and said, "What is wrong, I have been practicing for a long time to be able to speak so smoothly, you dare to say that I am wrong!"
The lean man couldn't help but smile and said: "Boss, it should be that I planted this tree, and I opened this road, so I want to fight here and leave it to buy road money!"
Mary saw that the scarface man was so stupid, and laughed loudly: "How to open the tree, how to plant the road, you let us see and understand, haha!"
When the scarface man saw Mary say this, he exclaimed, "Wait, let me say it again, do it again!" ”
After speaking, under the leadership of the scar-faced man, they all retreated into the woods.
Everyone in the Flying Eagle Mercenary Group couldn't help but look at each other with tears and laughter, they couldn't imagine that the robbers actually looked like this, this boss was too confused.
At this time, I saw the scarface man rushing out of the forest again with his little brothers, rushing in front of everyone, and the scarface man said loudly: "I planted this tree, I opened this road, I want to fight here, leave to buy road money!"
After finishing speaking, he added a funny sentence and asked Mary: "How is it, I didn't say it wrong this time, my memory is also very good, and I memorized it after reciting it fifty times." “
Then he said: "Okay, let's stop sloppy with you, now the robbery has begun! Take out all the valuable things on your body, if you don't take it, then don't blame me for the ruthlessness of the giant axe in Scarface's hand." ”
After speaking, he also demonstratively brandished the giant axe in his hand to show his power.
Everyone couldn't help laughing when they saw the scar-faced man's way of robbing, they thought that the robbers were all fierce and abnormal, and they couldn't help but say, they would cut and kill when they came up, and now there is such a thing.
I saw that the fighting spirit on Mary's body emanated, although it was only a faint red fighting spirit, but it was also surprising, and the slender sword in her hand was withdrawn, it seemed that Mary was still a junior fighter.
The scar-faced man was suddenly shocked, he didn't expect that he would encounter a hard character in this robbery, and he really fell into eight lifetimes of mold.
I only heard the scared pimple of the scar-faced man say, "You...... You...... It's a ...... Fighter!" even his legs were shaking, but his courage was clear.
Mary said loudly and proudly: "Yes, you little thieves actually dare to rob the head of our Flying Eagle Mercenary Regiment, see that you are all impatient." ”
As soon as the words fell, the whole exuded a faint red light, and the whole person rushed towards the scarface man like lightning, and when Mary rushed towards himself with such momentum, the scarface man only felt that the red figure in front of him flashed, and he felt light in his hand, and the axe body of the huge axe fell down, and when it fell to the ground, it immediately stirred up dust in the sky, and the handle and the axe body were cut in half by Mary.
The scar-faced man stared blankly at the axe that was split in half, and suddenly his eyes were demented, and he didn't dare to move, for fear that Mary would split it in half.
Mary looked at the scar-faced man proudly and said, "Do you want to rob us?"
The scar-faced man hurriedly said: "Don't dare, don't dare, we have no eyes and offended the heroes, please spare our lives, we don't dare anymore!"
And the bandits behind him were already begging for mercy in fright when they saw their boss, so they could still hold on, and hurriedly dropped their weapons one after another, and began to beg for mercy like their boss.
Seeing those robbers like this, Mary couldn't help but admire herself, and just made a move, she scared these little thieves and begged for mercy, Mary looked up at Li Qing and the others in demonstration, and Li Qing and the others just laughed.
At this time, Madara stepped forward and said kindly to the scar-faced man, "I don't think you are like people who rob houses and houses, and do all kinds of evil, why do you fall into the grass?"
Seeing that Madara was so kind, the scar-faced man was a little relieved, and said respectfully to the white-bearded old man of Madara: "Actually, today we only robbed for the first time, I didn't expect to meet you, originally we were the villagers of a village, but we were robbed by those soldiers, and there were often thieves who haunted and killed us, and we were forced to be robbers when there was no way." ”
After speaking, he smeared the scar on his face with his hand, and said with an embarrassed smile: "Actually, this scar is also painted, it is all bluffing, and it can make me look fierce." ”
Seeing that the scar on this guy's face was painted, all the mercenaries immediately laughed, and Li Qing couldn't help but laugh dumbly, I didn't expect this guy to be so interesting, and he actually thought of this method, which really made people laugh out of their big teeth.
It seems that this empire is really full of thieves, and the people are not happy.
When Madara saw that this was the case, she sighed and said, "Fortunately, you have met us, if you meet others, I am afraid that there will be no corpses, I think you should not go on like this!"
Hearing Madara's words, those villagers couldn't help but talk, it seems that they are not the material to be bandits, if we meet a ruthless character that day, I am afraid that our cadres will be cut into eight pieces.
I saw the big man say pitifully: "But we all have no way to be bandits, and now we have nowhere to go, no way to support ourselves, what should we do!"
Madala looked at these poor villagers with broken copper and iron in their hands, and there was really nothing they could do, and she couldn't help them for the rest of her life, and she couldn't bear to leave them aside, so she couldn't help frowning.
Li Qing, who was watching from the side, said to Mardala: "I have a method, I don't know if Ma Lao is willing to listen to it?"
Madara, who was frowning tightly, couldn't help but light up when she heard that Li Qing had a way, and hurriedly asked, "I don't know what method you have, Li Qing?"
Li Qing smiled indifferently and said: "I see that there are only so many people in Ma Lao's Flying Eagle Mercenary Group, why don't you let them join your mercenary group, train them well, and let them become a qualified mercenary of your mercenary group, first, so that they can have a place to live, and second, it can increase the strength of your mercenary group, I don't know what Ma Lao wants?"
When Madara heard this, her eyes lit up, and she felt that Li Qing's idea was good, but after thinking about it, a new problem came out, and she couldn't help frowning and said: "Li Qing, your idea is not bad, but our mercenary group is not rich, and now we have to support such a large group of people, I'm afraid it is powerless." ”
When Li Qing heard this, he smiled and said, "Money is not a problem, I can give you a little more to the mercenary group, just as the cost of hiring you will increase a little!"
As soon as she heard Li Qing say this, Madara hesitated for a while and said, "How embarrassing is this, you were lucky with your 200,000 gold coins just now, and now you want to use your money, how can this work?"
Li Qing said: "Can you bear to watch these villagers starve to death? Can you bear to watch them die of corpses? Besides, when Ma Lao has the ability to pay it back in the future, you can return it to me." ”
Madara turned her head, looked at those yellow-skinned and thin people, and her eyes showed a desire to get food, and looked back at Li Qing gratefully: "Okay! Then I will accept these gold coins first, and then return them to you when our mercenary group has the ability to pay them back in the future." ”
Li Qing took out a bag of about 100,000 gold coins from the Bodhi ring and gave it to Madara, who glanced at Li Qing gratefully before taking the bag of gold coins from Li Qing's hand.
And Mary and those mercenaries also looked at Li Qing and the others differently, although they believed that Li Qing was a nobleman in their hearts, but in their hearts they admired Li Qing and others abnormally, no one would be willing to give such a large sum of money to someone they didn't know and let them deal with it. Everyone only got along for a few days.
Those villagers listened to the conversation between Li Qing and Madara, and when they heard that the white-bearded old man Madala was willing to take him in, they all shouted happily, and the young man who exuded a flowing temperament was more willing to pay for them to become the Flying Eagle Mercenary Group, and they were even more grateful to Li Qing and the others.
Dahan and the villagers immediately thanked everyone and said, "Thank you, thank you, we will do our best to serve you." ”
After speaking, they immediately had to kneel down.
Madara hurriedly said: "Everyone hurry up, from now on, everyone is a family, don't be like this, everyone get up quickly!"
After the villagers respectfully kowtowed to everyone, they stood up and looked at everyone gratefully.
Dahan led those villagers to introduce themselves one after another, and quickly mingled with those mercenaries, after all, those mercenaries were also from poor families, and they were all poor people, so they were naturally easy to get along with.
After a commotion, under the command of Madara, everyone continued to rush to the city of Naluoxiu, and that Mary was also very happy, it turned out that several of those villagers were women disguised as men, originally when they were bandits, they were to increase the number of people and bluff people, but now they don't have to be, naturally they all pretend to be daughters, and Mary is so happy because she can get rid of the fate of cooking for these guys in the future, and let those people do it.
In a short time, everyone had already left the gorge, and what appeared in front of everyone was the undulating plains and mountains, but because it was almost winter, the original green grass had turned yellow, and it seemed lifeless, but it had a different scenery.
Madara said to Li Qing beside him: "We have to speed up our pace, and we can rush to a city in front of us before sunset, although this city is not big, but it is very prosperous, we can settle there at night." ”
Li Qing said: "Okay, let's speed up the pace and rush to the city as soon as possible!"
Madara nodded, then turned to the crowd and said, "Everyone hurry up, we will rush to the city in front before sunset, and when the time comes, everyone can have a good meal and rest!"
When everyone heard this, they immediately came to their senses and responded in unison: "Yes, regiment leader!"
Under everyone's rush all the way, everyone finally rushed to the city before sunset, and along the way, Madara has been paying attention to Li Qing and others, only to see that although Li Qing and the three have been walking in the middle of the team, they are all very relaxed, after arriving in the city, everyone, including himself, is a little out of breath, but Li Qing and the three are out of breath, there is no sweat on their faces, it is incredible.
A procession of more than eighty people walked through the city, and the people were not surprised at all, and it seemed that they were all accustomed to all kinds of things, and they would not be surprised at all.
The road was full of people armed with swords. The streets were bustling and unusual, and it seemed that there were a lot of people coming and going in this city, and Madara was very familiar with this place, and led everyone to an inn.
This inn is very wide, and into this inn, there are a lot of people drinking and eating, and it is divided into two floors for guests to eat, and you can see the scene on the street in the window on the second floor, but it is also a good place to eat.
Madara led the group into the inn, and when the innkeeper saw so many people, he knew that big business was coming, so he hurriedly greeted him, and shouted: "Whether you want to eat or stay, we are here to ensure that you are satisfied!"
Madara said to the waiter, "Give us a big compound, we want to stay, and then leave us a place, and when we are settled, we will come out to eat!"
The waiter hurriedly smiled and said, "Okay! I'll show you the way, please!"
Accompanied by the waiter, everyone came to a large courtyard and took a look at the situation, but it was also very quiet, just enough to accommodate so many people. In addition, Madara also instructed the waiter to prepare some wine and food for everyone to eat, while Li Qing and Madara and a few others went to the restaurant in front of them to eat together.
After everything was ordered, Li Qing, Ando, Yasen, Mary, Madara and a few others went to the restaurant on the second floor in front of them to dine together, of course, Tianhuo, after ordering a few kinds of wine and food, everyone drank and ate in the restaurant, and chatted at the same time.
After a while, the entire second floor was almost full, and it seemed that the business here was also quite good, and it was also very famous in the city.
At this time, I only heard a chaotic footsteps going up the stairs, and an arrogant voice, "Boss, let's hurry up with good wine and food!"
I heard the boss hurriedly respond: "Yes, distinguished guests, it will be fine immediately, and the upstairs elegant seat will sit for a while." ”
With the sound of chaotic footsteps, I saw five people coming up from the top of the stairs, four young men and a beautiful woman, only to hear one of the young men please the woman and say, "Senior sister, come, sit here! ”
Another young man rushed to say: "Senior sister, it's better to sit in this position, you see, the scenery outside can be seen clearly." ”
The junior sister looked at it and said in a coquettish voice: "I'll be the second senior brother in this position, and his position can see the scenery outside." ”
Seeing their junior sister sitting in this position of the second senior brother, the other three young people were immediately discouraged, and they didn't expect to be robbed by the second senior brother, and they really lost a good opportunity to curry favor in front of their junior sister.