Chapter 196
Outside the city, an old mule cart slowly drove out of the city.

The man pulling the cart was a somewhat skinny boy, and he cowered in his actions. As he walked, he quietly raised his eyes to observe the every move of the strong man around him. Whenever the strong man raised his hand, he would flinch subconsciously.

The strong man's face was fierce, and there was a scar on his face, which started from the left forehead, crossed the bridge of the nose, and stopped under the right eye.

He walked wide open and closed, in stark contrast to the thin boy who shrank in one side.

As soon as the two left the city, a group of people rushed out from the side of the road and surrounded the mule cart within a short distance.

These people are all strong men with long knives on their waists. They all look like tigers and leopards, and they are full of fierce aura.But at this time, their expressions were relaxed, and the smiles on their faces were extremely relaxed and natural.

Obviously, this group of people are acquaintances with the two people pulling the cart.

The leader took a step forward, opened the curtain and took a look inside, then frowned, and slapped the strong man on the back of the head: "You boy! Why are you so ignorant of compassion?

How could such precious clothes be stained with blood?What can I do if I can't wash it clean!I want your sister-in-law to wear such expensive clothes too! "

The strong man touched the back of his head, and said aggrievedly: "Second brother, look at this girl is so thin, sister-in-law can't wear her clothes, right?

Besides, who cares about fragrance and jade, who cares about clothes, who of us doesn't understand? "

"Stinky boy! How dare you talk back to your second brother?!" The man suddenly became violent, and raised his hand to pat the strong man on the back of the head again.

The strong man groaned in pain, as if he had been hit by something.

Suddenly, there was a sound of fireworks exploding in the city.

Everyone looked up and saw bright red fireworks exploding not far above their heads.

"Hey—who in this city is hosting a wedding? Why are there such red fireworks?" The second child squinted his eyes, "Don't even mention it, it's so beautiful!"

"Looks good? Your blood looks even better." The skinny boy who was pulling the cart before said, "This is a messenger firework commonly used by the nobles, we have to leave quickly."

This kid was timid when he passed the city gate, but now he seems to be a different person.

With his back straight, his whole aura has changed, and at this moment he has a somewhat calm and elegant demeanor.

Obviously, everyone was convinced by what this man said. When he said that he wanted to leave, everyone dared not delay any longer, and ran away with their carts.

The mule cart was not as stable as the horse cart, and they were traveling on a mountain road, so Xue Shu was jolted awake in a short while.

As soon as she woke up, Xue Shu let out a soft "hiss", and looked down, only to see that her wrists were tightly bound with hemp rope.

She moved her wrist tentatively, and felt a piercing pain.

Xue Shu simply stopped struggling and rolled her eyes to check the environment she was in.

Xue Shu didn't see anything except chaos and brokenness.

"Hmm..." The mule cart suddenly jolted violently again, Xue Shu felt a pain on her forehead, and her eyes went completely dark again.

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They walked along a small road in the suburbs of Beijing to a mountain. At this time, they stopped halfway up the mountain, and they could overlook most of the capital from a distance.

In the past, when bandits were on the top of the mountain, their favorite thing to do was to watch the lights of thousands of families in the capital.

However, at this moment, the bandits looked in the direction of the capital with panic on their faces.

"Brother, big brother... What is this woman's background..." The second child looked at the red fireworks that exploded again, and then at the men and horses coming out from various city gates holding torches, and he couldn't even speak. It's not easy, "Once the gate of the capital was closed, it never opened again... This woman, this woman can't be some noble person?"

There is no curfew in the capital city, but at nightfall, the city gates are usually closed. It is not that simple to open and close the city gates.

For so many years, the city gate has been closed at night, but it has never been opened before dawn.

Except for emergency military reports.

The second child scoffed, and said, "What a nobleman, didn't the elder brother say it all? It's just the daughter of a rich businessman! Isn't there a common saying that money can turn ghosts around? What if the woman's family stuffed money to get through There is no certain way! You just think too much, so hurry up!"

"No, no, no!" The youngest waved his hands again and again, then pointed down with his eyes wide open, "Look at that!"

"Where?" The second child was already a little impatient, and even wanted to reach out and hit him.

The other strong men had already moved to the edge of the cliff, and they all stared at the place pointed by the third child.

"I'll go, that's the flag of Zhenbeihou Mansion!"

"It's true! Brother, you have to tell the brothers, what is this woman's background! If she kidnaps a terrible person, then brothers, don't you still have to spill blood on the mountain?"

"That's right, big brother, the Zhenbeihou Mansion is not easy to mess with!"

There was a lot of discussion among the people below, the second child and the third child looked at each other, and then looked at the boss at the same time.

The boss was still quite calm, and now he was standing with his hands behind his back, standing on the edge of the cliff, looking down at the wind and grass below the mountain condescendingly.

They became bandits in the early years, and when the princes were fighting for their heirs, they made a lot of money by plundering the village, so they became more daring and even took their lives.

But after the emperor ascended the throne, on the one hand, he pacified the whole world, and on the other hand, he sent military generals to wipe out the bandits in the territory.

Here, Lu Yingyuan, the second son of the Zhenbei Hou Mansion, personally led the troops to sweep them.

In one battle, they were beaten honestly.

Lu Yingyuan was still young at the time, and his heart was not hardened, so he did not kill them all. He ordered them to change the cottage into a village, open up fields and ponds on the mountain, and also edited the village chronicle. Like the ordinary villages at the foot of the mountain, they lived a self-sufficient life. .

However, no matter how stable they are now, they are also bandits after all, and they are still restless in their blood.

Usually life is peaceful and happy, so naturally there is nothing wrong with each other, but a few days ago, someone suddenly came to the door with a lot of money and asked them to arrest a woman and go up the mountain.

There is no need to do anything after going up the mountain, just leave the woman on the mountain overnight and send it back the next day.

Regarding the identity of the woman, the visitor told the boss.

But the boss was afraid that if the woman's identity was revealed, the subordinates would not dare to do things, so he concealed the woman's identity.

Unexpectedly, for this woman, all the soldiers of Zhenbeihou's Mansion were dispatched.

It seems...

The boss twirled his fingers and finally made a decision.

"Drag that girl down and throw it to the side of the road, let's hurry back to the village!"

They are just bandits, they know how to run when they rob someone, they don't know how to keep their tails clean.

And the people of the Zhenbeihou Mansion are used to following the clues, and it will not be just a matter of time before they find their village along the trail.

They are a bunch of rough people here, usually just tell a lie to deal with their wives, but if they are really asked to act in front of people, they will definitely be seen through.

And once they are seen through, what awaits them is a catastrophe.

As long as this woman didn't enter their village, they would naturally have a clear conscience. No matter what others asked, they would be calm and composed without a trace of guilt.

The strong man below got the order and moved quickly and swiftly.

The mule cart was narrow, and they were all strong men, so they couldn't get in, so they just got outside the cart, dragged Xue Shu down, dragged her all the way, dragged her to the side of the road, and then let go.

"This little beauty looks really good!"

"Let's go quickly! This woman probably has something to do with the Zhenbeihou Mansion! No matter how bad it is, you can't help me, brother! Life is important, hurry up!"

The two exchanged a few words, then hurriedly took steps to catch up with the footsteps of the large army ahead.

(End of this chapter)

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