Yijuan cloud

Chapter 96 Master and servant become one

Passing through the narrow mountain pass is the place where the attack occurred.

Surrounded by mountains on all sides, the green and red leaves reflect the gorgeous scene of the bright sun at noon.

The sky is cloudless and clear.

But the weather in November and the wind blowing were already bitingly cold.

A strong smell of blood hit his nostrils, and dead bodies lay scattered on the ground.

I only glanced at it and quickly looked away. Unexpectedly, when I lowered my head, I saw the horse underneath me stepping on a corpse. My heart skipped a beat and I quickly closed my eyes.

"These bandits and bandits have some skills. They also know how to advance, retreat and defend, and they have sophisticated weapons. If we weren't all good at martial arts, ordinary people would really fall for their tricks."

Xing'er and I rode together.

He spoke calmly behind me, ignoring the tragic scene in front of him as if it were nothing.

Most of the bandits are trying to steal money. Even if they want to kill people and silence them, they can just defeat them, uniform them and hand them over to the government. It would be too cruel to respond to violence with violence.

In the past, I only knew that human life mattered. I never knew that human life was sometimes like a piece of grass. In just a short time, so many people lost their lives.

But I couldn't reveal any of these thoughts, because it wasn't me who fought with the bandits just now. I wasn't chased and hacked by the bandits with a knife, so how could I criticize their behavior?

Qie Xing'er is right. If our power wasn't superior, how could I show mercy to others' lives here?

I sighed and asked Xing'er: "Why not leave anyone alive to find out their details?"

Xing'er said: "I wanted to save their lives, but these brats were too ruthless and hard-working. We couldn't defeat them without using our hands to kill them. We also subdued a few of them, but we didn't expect them to wipe their own necks."

Just as he was talking, he suddenly heard Zhan Yansheng, the young guard leader who was rushing in front, let out a sound, stopped his horse, then turned over and jumped down, and actually squatted down to check the feet of a bandit.

The rest of the people also stopped and gathered around.

Xing'er shouted and hurried over quickly.

I sat on horseback and watched them look at the bandits' feet. It didn't matter, but I found that they were wearing exactly the same shoes.

This is strange. Bandits and bandits wear different clothes. How come they wear the same shoes?

The young guard leader took off one of the bandits' shoes and said, "They are not ordinary bandits, these are military shoes."

As he said that, he picked up another arrow and said: "These people are really more ruthless than bandits. The arrows they use are all unbuckled arrows. If you are hit by such arrows, you will bleed profusely and you will not be able to save them." live."

Xing'er kicked away the corpse of a bandit: "Brother Zhan is saying that they are all soldiers? If true, do they dare to fish in troubled waters and pretend to be bandits to rob?"

"See if there is any evidence of their badges on them. Bring them to the government to see which garrison they belong to?" Mrs. Cheng said as she began to dig through the corpses of the bandits.

Everyone began to rummage around, but unfortunately, apart from the shoes showing holes, nothing unusual was found.

When leaving the valley, Mrs. Cheng spat on the ground and said disdainfully: "I thought those local camps in the capital were all wimps, but today I found out that they still shout to catch the thief!"

"That's not necessarily the case. The two generals I have met, Chang and Fan, are both heroes who are upright, brave and good at fighting. Their subordinates also have strict military discipline." I couldn't help but say.

Hong Wan from Lingxue Palace responded: "There are countless troops stationed in Daying, and there are countless generals. There are only two generals, Chang and Fan. The rest are pawns of the dynasty factions. Compared with the generals of the previous dynasty, Far from it! If not, how could there be so many gangsters?"

Youting suddenly interjected: "I will join the army in the future, and I will definitely kill those bandits with great dignity! Let them be so rampant!"

Mrs. Cheng smiled and said, "Don't say this until your hand stops shaking when holding a sword. You young boy wants to be a general even if you can't hold a sword steady."

"Who said my hands are shaking? My hands are not shaking!" Youting said loudly, his face turned red.

Everyone laughed.

I also came back to my senses, looked at Youting who had grown into an adult man, and said, "Youting, sister believes in you. Living in troubled times, you should have this ambition." As soon as I walked out of the valley, I saw two guards. Driving the carriage back far away.

I pointed to the carriage and said to Xing'er, "Hurry up and get there!"

Zizhan's guards said that the arrow was extremely destructive, and it would be difficult to survive if it was hit by the arrow. I felt uneasy, thinking that Linghua would only be in danger.

It's all my fault for underestimating the situation outside, all my fault for being suspicious of my mother's death. Even though I knew there would be dangers along the way, I still insisted on going my own way.

If... something happens to Linghua, I will feel guilty for the rest of my life.

But even after today, I still want to go, but I shouldn’t ask Linghua to follow, Linghua...

Just when I was worried, the curtain of the carriage was lifted, and Linghua poked her head out.

Fortunately it was only a false alarm.

I held Linghua's hand and listened to her talk about the situation at that time: "I heard the noise and saw an arrow coming in, but you were not in the carriage. I was about to open the curtain to look for you, and the horse suddenly went to As I jumped forward, my head hit the carriage frame, and then I fainted... Cirrus, fortunately you were not in the carriage. After the guard woke me up, I saw several arrows in the carriage, and I started to think Recite Buddha's name, Amitabha, and thank you for your blessing."

She said, clasping her hands in prayer.

I was moved in my heart and looked at her with eyes. Her forehead was bruised and there was blood oozing from it.

"Does it hurt?" I asked softly.

She shook her head: "Now that I see you are safe and sound, I feel excited and don't feel any pain at all."

"You almost died, do you know?" I whispered, "Don't you regret it? It's so dangerous to take this trip with me because I asked you to follow me."

Linghua was startled for a moment, then held my hand and said, "Why do you have to say such things? Since I'm following you, I will naturally go wherever you go, and I will accompany you in whatever you do." , I won’t regret it.”

"How can you not regret it? If you lose...your life because of this, or are captured by bandits, you will definitely regret following me."

Linghua frowned, thought for a while, and said: "I am a slave. Prince Yi asked me to follow you, so I have to fulfill my duty. Just like the saying goes, if you marry a chicken, follow the chicken, if you marry a dog, follow the dog. Husband and wife become one. , Master and servant are one body, do you have to regret it if something happens?"

I just looked at her without saying anything. She felt uncomfortable when I looked at her and said, "Why do you look at me like this?"

I stretched out my hand to pinch her face and said with a smile, "It's nothing, I just think you are a really good girl."

In the evening, we arrived at a town at the foot of the mountain.

Because it is a must pass on the mountain road here, there are several inns in the town.

We first asked about the largest inn. As soon as the inn saw us, he told us that the rooms were full and asked us to check out another hotel.

Guard Zhan took out two taels of silver and said, "Please find a room. We only need one room for the female guest."

The shopkeeper looked at the money and refused.

When the guard Zhan took out a silver ingot, Xing'er stepped forward and said, "Boss, you can take the silver and give half of it to the guests staying in the hotel. There must be someone willing to transfer it."

I saw the shopkeeper looking at the money eagerly but shaking his head like a rattle, so I said, "It doesn't matter where you live, let's go somewhere else."

Unexpectedly, there were five inns in the town, but none of them had rooms.

Xing'er grabbed an innkeeper by the collar and said angrily:

"Your store is deserted, but it's full of people? Tell me, why don't you let us stay?"

The boss said tremblingly: "It is indeed full. Several groups of foreigners have come here in the past few days, so... it is full... If there is really no place to live for some guests, why not go to Qinghe Temple to borrow a room?" Come and stay, there are many fasting rooms there."

(End of this chapter)