Chapter 21: Human Traffickers
Chu Xingxian and the others were very excited, and they rushed to the front first, and Chu Xiaowen and Liu Meixue fell last.
Chu Xiaowen looked at the few people in front of him who were already so excited that he didn't know why, and asked Liu Meixue, "How did you find this black feather?"
Liu Meixue said: "I went to the city medicine shop to sell those medicinal materials, and when I came back, I happened to bump into them, so I walked together, when I passed the arched bridge, the young master's eyes were sharp, and he saw the black feather under the river, and said it, so he asked Su Changge to go down and pick it up." ”
Liu Meixue deliberately said what happened to Chu Li and a few people, because she was afraid that Chu Xiaowen would misunderstand, Chu Xiaowen naturally heard what he said, and couldn't help but be a little funny, but he just nodded and didn't say anything more.
Going up along the riverbank, the reeds on both sides soon increased, and even the tallest Chu Xingxian could be covered.
Soon, several people found a hut built on the river.
Seeing this, Chu Luo said, "It must be the place where those traffickers settled, we went over and served them in a pot." ”
Chu immediately happily agreed: "Okay." ”
Chu Xingxian hurriedly stopped the two who were overly excited, and said, "We don't have weapons yet, don't touch them first, let's hide in the reeds, and wait for Bai Xi and the two to bring the sword." ”
When he said this, his eyes unconsciously looked at Chu Xiaowen, obviously needing his consent.
Chu Xiaowen looked at the dense reeds around him, then nodded and said, "That's reasonable." ”
Chu Xingxian couldn't help but smile a little smugly, and when several people heard that even Chu Xiaowen agreed, they all suppressed their excitement and hid in the reeds.
It's just that the two of them are still waiting, Bai Xi and the others are still in the future, and there is no movement in the hut, Chu Li walked to Chu Xingxian's side and said, "Are we in the wrong place?"
Chu Xingxian immediately hesitated when he heard this, these yellow-haired boys had no experience at all, and when they saw the house just now, they thought it was the hiding place of human traffickers, and they didn't confirm it at all.
Chu Xiaowen looked at the road, but before he saw the two of Bai Xi, he said, "I'll take a look." ”
As he spoke, he rushed out, and quickly approached the thatched hut under the cover of the reeds, and the others couldn't help but show admiration when they saw Chu Xiaowen so bold, but Liu Meixue was a little worried, and wanted to remind him, but the person had disappeared into the reeds.
The closer Chu Xiaowen got to the hut, the more he felt that something was wrong, it was too quiet.
He went around to the side window, and lightly picked a gap to look inside, and the room was empty with only a few rays of light.
Chu Xiaowen's heart moved, and he quietly jumped onto the house, with his skills, he didn't make a sound when he fell to the roof, and the speed was extremely fast, if he didn't deliberately pay attention to this side, it would be difficult for martial artists below the Heaven and Human Realm to find him.
Leaning on the roof and looking into the small courtyard, the small courtyard was also empty.
Chu Xiaowen was finally sure that there was no one here, so he jumped into the courtyard.
It was arranged like Orion's house, obviously someone had stayed not long ago, some cups and bowls were casually put aside, and the tea stains had not yet dried, and in the only two houses, one was the master's living room, and the other was like a firewood room, but Chu Xiaowen found a few iron chains and fresh blood stains from inside.
The most important thing is that in an inconspicuous corner there is a black feather much larger than a bird, with a natural rune pattern on the end.
Chu Xiaowen took this feather out of the house, Chu Li and the others immediately saw him, saw him walk out of the house, and guessed that there should be no one in the house, so they also came out of the reeds.
"How is it?" asked Chu Li impatiently as soon as he walked over.
Chu Xiaowen handed the feather in his hand to a few people to check, and said, "There is no one inside, but it shouldn't have been gone for long." ”
Chu Jiwu and Chu Luo had already walked into the house to take a look, and made sure that Chu Xiaowen did not miss it.
After Chu Li took a serious look at the black feather, he affirmed: "It is the feathers of the citizens of the Yu Republic of China, there are really human traffickers who dare to sell people in my Yangzhou, and they are also the citizens of the Yu Republic of China protected by our Chu family." ”
Chu Xingxian rubbed his hands and said, "Then what are you waiting for, hurry up and chase it, don't let people run away." ”
At this time, on the way, I also saw Bai Xi and the two of them just arrived, and the private school was not far from the city gate, but it still took a lot of time to go back and forth, and seeing that the two of them had gotten a wooden sword for each of them, Chu Xingxian was even more confident, and said, "It's just right, let's chase it immediately." ”
No one would look at the wheels and footsteps on the ground, but a few people naturally did not walk back in the direction they came, so they also walked in the right direction.
They are all people who have learned Xuan's attack, and all of them are not low in cultivation, and after galloping all the way, they finally found the two carriages on the road ahead.
The path became more and more remote, and following the river into the mountains and forests, the people in front were like small caravans, and several big men carried two sackcloth-covered goods slowly.
Several teenagers swaggered out, which naturally attracted the attention of the caravan, but although Chu Xiaowen and the others were reckless, they finally knew how to control their emotions and pretended to be passing by.
Chu Xiaowen and the others were not sure whether these merchants were human traffickers, but they were also blinded by them, these people were the hunters and fishermen in the hut before, and they changed their costumes after dressing up, and they all showed a look of vigilance when they saw these teenagers appear, but after all, they were teenagers, and the oldest was only thirteen years old, although it was very strange to appear in this kind of place, but after all, it was difficult for people to think of what impact it would cause.
In the caravan, seeing Chu Xiaowen and a few people appear, a big man in Tsing Yi whispered to an old man with half a silver head but also very sturdy: "Old Tong, these people are a little weird, do you want to clean them up?"
When he said that he was sweeping it clean, the big man in Tsing Yi showed a strong killing intent in his eyes.
The old man shook his head as he looked at several teenagers who were getting closer and closer, and said in a low voice: "If so many people are killed here, the Chu family will soon know, and I am afraid that we will not be able to leave Yangzhou by then, so let's take a look at the situation first." ”
The man in Tsing Yi obviously respected the old man very much, and after hearing this, he gestured to the others to raise their vigilance, but he was not in a hurry.
Chu Xiaowen and the others were a little anxious, several people were getting closer and closer to the caravan, there were eight people on the other side, and there were nine on his side, but the other party was all adults, and it was nervous and scary to do something to adults.
Seeing that he was getting closer and closer to the other party, Xiao Ji's hands were covered with beads of sweat, and he whispered in the crowd, "What should I do?"
Chu Luo was also sweating profusely, he was very excited to be a hero before, but when he really saw the traffickers, his heart was about to jump out, he felt dizzy, and when he heard Xiao Ji's words, he suddenly shouted loudly: "What should I do? ”
As he spoke, he took out the wooden sword from his clothes and rushed out.
His shouting not only startled Chu Xiaowen and the others, but the merchants in front of him even drew their swords directly from under the car.
Chu Xiaowen and the others couldn't help but feel a chill when they saw the real sword and true sword that was shaking, but Chu Luo had already rushed up, so they naturally wouldn't retreat, Chu Xingxian hurriedly took out the wooden sword and shouted, "Let's go together." ”
As he spoke, he also used his Xuan Li to rush out.
The people in front of them saw that these children were really weird, but they weren't too worried about just some children, the only thing that worried them was how their whereabouts were exposed, and now these teenagers didn't even confirm it before they made a move, could it have leaked the news?
However, when they were about to deal with these teenagers easily, they suddenly found the glow emitted from the wooden sword in Chu Luo's hand who rushed to the front, and they couldn't help but be shocked.
It's Xuanli, and it's not just that, the wooden sword in the hand of every young man in front of him emits the light that only Xuanli has, and everyone's cultivation is not low.
There is more than one person who can have such cultivation at such an age, and there are only children of the Chu family in the entire Yangzhou.
Thinking that these people were the children of the Chu family, several big men in the caravan had some palpitations, but they were even more determined to kill all these people, because such a thing as slave trade appeared near Nanyang City, and the Chu family would dispatch the masters of the Heavenly and Human Realm.
After all, these people are people who have run through the rivers and lakes, and they all have Xuan Attack on them, even if their cultivation is not as good as these children, but Chu Luo just desperately used his Xuan power but completely forgot about the swordsmanship, this kind of family is better to deal with than the people in the rivers and lakes who are low in cultivation.
"Quick moves. The tall old man with half-white hair slashed his hand down and said solemnly: "Leave no one." ”
Before the words fell, the two big men standing at the end of the caravan had already drawn their knives, the sword light was cold, slashing towards Chu Luo left and right, with a bloodthirsty cold light in their eyes.
"Stupid. ”
Chu Xingxian couldn't help but change his face when he looked at Chu Luo, who didn't use his sword technique at all, Xiao Ji and Liu Meixue even stopped running, screamed, and covered their eyes with two hands, not daring to look at the next bloody scene.
Chu Luo's head was blank, and he was afraid of arousing reckless recklessness, he only knew that he was going to draw a sword, but he didn't seem to see the two big knives that were slashing at him.
At this moment, a shadow swept out from among Chu Xingxian's few people, setting off a violent wind and rolling towards Chu Luo.
Chu Luo's sword was only halfway raised, when he was suddenly slapped on his body by a huge force, and his body flew backwards uncontrollably.
With two snaps, two large steel knives broke from them, and half of the steel knives spun and flew up.
The sword-wielding man's eyes widened in disbelief, and then he saw a half-grown boy appear between the two of them in vain, his hand like a ghost, and gently tapped at their waists and eyes.
Chu Xingxian and Chu Jiwu saw Chu Luo flying upside down and hurriedly caught it, and when they looked ahead, they saw that Chu Xiaowen, who was originally behind several people, had already stood in the middle of the two big men at some point.
And the two big men, with their mouths wide open, fell to the ground softly.
Several of the children were completely stunned, and the caravan people looked at the two fallen companions and the teenager standing in the middle of them in shock.
But surprise is surprise, they are used to the rivers and lakes, after all, they are ruthless characters who have seen blood, and after a while, they all handed knives to kill.