No one would slow down on their way to the Great Wall because of the arrival of a group of bandits, and the carriage continued to move forward.
Li Xiuyuan simply rode on his horse for a while, and the mountain breeze blew on his face, making him more sober.
Going to the Great Wall was not as smooth as he imagined, at least the people behind him didn't want him to get there as he wished.
In this case, he doesn't mind digging holes and burying people along the way like he did when he went to the East China Sea with Xu Fu.
After this incident, Miss Xiangfu had a little more confidence in Li Xiuyuan. After all, she didn't have to worry about it all the way. Li Xiuyuan was taking care of everything.
In Meng Jiang's eyes, Li Xiuyuan was like a big brother. After rescuing her from the horse's hooves that day, she decided to follow Li Xiuyuan to the Great Wall.
The three coachmen were all happy. Not only did they have wine to drink in the evening, but they also had money to share. Such a good thing was not common.
In addition to wages, you also have extra money when you are away from home, which is a rare thing for a coachman.
But Li Xiuyuan's thoughts were on some guys behind him. Since he had to dig holes to bury people, it might not be appropriate to enter small towns or villages.
As a result, we can only find a cave to spend the night in the wild.
The wind was high, the moon was dark, the sky was full of murders and arson, and he was just waiting for the pursuers behind him. :
The master of the Ma family in Mingyue City, the young man who almost stepped on Meng Jiang's head with his horse, was named Ma Xiaobao.
The Ma family can be regarded as one of the four major business families in Mingyue City. Mr. Ma was naturally very angry when he learned that one of his two most proud nursing homes was dead and one injured.
In anger, Ma Xiaobao actually bribed the bandits in the city to take the lives of Li Xiuyuan and others on the way to the Great Wall.
He also wrote a letter to the bandit boss, saying that even if he could not defeat them, he would still hold back Li Xiuyuan and his party, waiting for them to come with the officers and soldiers of Mingyue City.
From the perspective of Ma Xiaobao and Mr. Ma, how could they easily expose someone who killed someone in Mingyue City?
The city lord's palace received the money from Mr. Ma and heard that a murder had been committed, so he immediately sent two hundred guards to follow the servants of the Ma family, following them all the way.
This is a benefit to the Ma family. If you catch the murderer, you can receive a reward from your superiors. Such a good thing is rare even in the City Lord's Mansion.
The blue sky and white clouds could not stop the city lord's mansion from sending two hundred guards.
Less than two hours after Li Xiuyuan and his party left, a group of people appeared at the creek. Seeing the unburned corpses of the bandits, the group of guards roared.
After searching carefully, a group of guards shook their heads and said, "At least a dozen people died here..."
The guards of the Ma family stepped forward and said to the leader of the guards of the City Lord's Mansion: "That guy killed someone again!"
"Follow me. He has a female companion, so he can't run very far." The guard leader of the City Lord's Mansion said in a deep voice while looking at the carriage and horse hoof prints on the ground.
So the two hundred men and horses fetched water by the creek, ate dry food, fed the horses, rested for a while, and then continued to chase.
Speaking of Li Xiuyuan, who had already left long ago, the group was about to reach the end of the Shen hour and stopped before the You hour.
After hailing three carriages, they got off the official road and headed toward the mountains along the river. Finally, they found a cave behind the forest and settled the four women.
Miss Xiangfu didn't know what was going on, so she got off the carriage and asked Li Xiuyuan why he spent the night in the wilderness.
Li Xiuyuan smiled lightly and said: "Tonight, we are afraid that bandits will collude with the Mingyue City government to cause trouble, so we can easily dig holes to bury people in the wild."
The lady from the Prime Minister's Mansion frowned slightly and said, "I wrote to my husband before I left. This place is not far from the Great Wall. He should pick me up in the next two days..."
Li Xiuyuan shook his head: "We can't hurt others. You can sleep peacefully at night. I will take care of everything."
The four coachmen were frightened and asked: "Shopkeeper, can you fight against the government officials by yourself?"
Li Xiuyuan threw a money bag to one of the coachmen and said with a smile: "You three can take the money and divide it. If something happens tonight, we will continue to divide it tomorrow."
The coachman was overjoyed after receiving the money. He looked at the other two and shouted, "Brothers, go and bring back some dry firewood. We want to cook."
The coachman is naturally not afraid of the officers and soldiers. They were just hired by Li Xiuyuan. No one can cause trouble for them.
What's more, the three of them have seen Li Xiuyuan's methods. Since the shopkeeper dares to camp here, it means that he is absolutely sure to dig holes and bury people.
The three of them just need to hide during the night and wait for the money tomorrow.
The coachman went to the woods to collect firewood to light a fire, while the four women went to the river to fetch water and wash themselves.
Now that Li Xiuyuan has made a decision, both the prime minister's lady and Meng Jiang have no choice but to stay, as they don't want to implicate innocent villagers further.
A maid asked in a low voice while fetching water: "Miss, is there no danger at night?"
Miss Xiangfu smiled and said: "We just sleep, fighting and killing are men's business."
Meng Jiang sighed at the side: "I don't know if it's because I've slept well these days or if I've eaten more meat. Why do I feel stronger than before?"
Miss Xiangfu was stunned because she felt the same way, and she only remembered it after Meng Jiang mentioned it.
He murmured: "Is it possible that this is why we eat more mutton these days?"
Little did the two girls know that when Li Xiuyuan cooked a pot of Tianshan spiritual tea, mixed with apricot blossoms from the Forgotten River and the sacred water from the depths of the Wanli River Styx, their physiques had already changed.
Right now, even Xu Fu and Zhao Meng are not as good as the two women, let alone Young Master Su who is on the Great Wall.
This was also a decision made by Li Xiuyuan because he felt unfair about Fan Xiliang's experience and was worried about Meng Jiang's future and the future of Miss Xiangfu.
The four women were whispering softly by the river, but Li Xiuyuan wandered around the camp.
He was alone now, and he didn't have more bows and arrows to lay a trap, so he had no choice but to set up two magic circles here.
The two magic formations not only enveloped the grove, but also built two great walls outside the cave. No matter how many hundreds or thousands of bandit guardsmen were there, they could not break through the two lines of defense.
I originally thought that I would just teach the young master of the Ma family a lesson and leave Mingyue City.
Unexpectedly, this guy actually colluded with the bandits and the government and followed him all the way. He had a fight-or-die attitude, just like someone in the imperial city who wanted to put Xu Fu to death and live in peace.
It's not dark yet and there are already fireworks going up.
Li Xiuyuan took a pot of wine and asked everyone to pour it into bowls.
Meng Jiang took a sip and said with a smile: "I have never drunk this wine before. This taste can be remembered for a lifetime."
Miss Xiangfu had already drank it before. She looked at her and said with a smile: "When you get to the Great Wall, you can learn how to make wine from the shopkeeper. My husband also likes to drink it."
Li Xiuyuan said to the three coachmen sitting on the other side: "After you finish your meal, leave the carriage outside the cave and lead it to the river. You can go further forward."
He could take care of the four women in the cave, but he couldn't take care of the three coachmen in sight, so he had to let the three of them stay away.
After all, swords have no eyes, and hurting people and horses is not a good thing.
The man driving Li Xiuyuan smiled and said, "Do you want help, shopkeeper? Can you do it alone?"
Li Xiuyuan smiled lightly: "If you are not afraid of death, just stay and watch the fun."
Miss Xiangfu sighed quietly and said: "I never thought that I would spend the night in the wild in my life. If my father knew about it...sigh."
Meng Jiang didn't care. In her opinion, it was very good for her to spend the night in a cave. At least she didn't have to worry about wolves at night.
Not to mention that he had even stayed in a ruined temple and had three women as companions in front of him.
There were experts like Li Xiuyuan guarding her outside the cave, so she just wanted to have a full meal and then fall asleep. This way she had regained enough energy to go to the Great Wall to meet her husband.
Before Xu arrived, Li Xiuyuan had already driven away several cart drivers and asked the four girls to go into the cave to chat or rest.
I brewed a pot of spiritual tea, took out the bows and arrows that I had previously captured from the Imperial Army, and lined them up in front of me.
To deal with the guards of Mingyue City, the two magic formations are their natural chasm, and the iron arrow in his hand is a soul-stimulating thing.
Just as he expected, the long night has not
By the time, the sound of horse hooves like a rainstorm could be heard on the official road.
Looking at the fire beside the grove from a distance, the large group of people on the official road stopped instantly.
Li Xiuyuan released his spiritual consciousness and saw the large group of people on the official road standing still, but a man in black got off his horse, holding a long sword, and walked towards him step by step.
After adding branches to the fire, Li Xiuyuan sighed.
He stood up, walked forward with his sword in hand, and shouted sternly: "This place is forbidden, go back!"
The person who came was dressed in black and had no armor. At first glance, he was not a guard of the city lord's palace.
His face was covered and his expression could not be seen clearly, but Li Xiuyuan was surprised to meet a monk in the distraction realm for the first time since he came to Daqin.
In my heart, it seems that Zhang Liang's mysterious old man is by no means the only great monk. It seems that there are also people with advanced cultivation in this world.
But, why would a great monk who is already distracted work his life for others?
What Li Xiuyuan didn't know was that the cultivation resources in this world were quite scarce. If a monk did not have strong financial resources, he would usually find a wealthy family to make offerings to.
While protecting the safety of the master's home, he also earns for himself the resources needed for cultivation.
To put it bluntly, this is a transaction.
In the vast darkness, Li Xiuyuan and the man in black were confronting each other three feet away. From the man in black's perspective, the fight in front of him would not be too suspenseful.
The realm above Nascent Soul is like a chasm that has killed many monks, not to mention the middle-aged man in front of him without a trace of true energy.
In the eyes of the man in black, Li Xiuyuan is already a dead man.
Li Xiuyuan slowly moved the long sword behind him to the front of him, looked at the man in black and said, "It's not easy to cultivate to your level, why bother to sacrifice your life for others?"
In his opinion, it is very rare to reach the Golden Core realm, not to mention that the man in black in front of him has surpassed the aura of the Nascent Soul realm.
The man in black sighed and replied quietly: "If I kill you, I can practice quietly for ten years."
Li Xiuyuan laughed and said: "It seems that I am indeed valuable. Come on, let me see your sword."
There is no point in talking, he wants to take down the man in black in front of him, because there are dense guards from the city lord's palace on the official road.
"That's what I thought too, look at the sword!"
The long sword in the hand of the man in black carried a thousand catties of power and struck Li Xiuyuan with unstoppable force.
With a clang, the two swords met in the air, making a crisp collision sound.
Li Xiuyuan took advantage of the situation and took two steps back. He immediately slashed a sword energy with his right hand through the night sky, and silently slashed towards the man in black.
"You don't know how to live or die!"
The man in black snorted coldly, and the sword in his hand let out a whistle. He blocked Li Xiuyuan's sword energy with a casual move, then rushed up two steps, swung his sword and slashed again.
Li Xiuyuan was unmoved. He also wanted to see if he could withstand the attack of the distraction realm with just the long sword in his hand. After all, his body was banned and his cultivation was completely lacking.
When the man in black rushed forward, he slashed out with the long sword in his hand, stirring up countless green grass and fallen leaves on the ground. In the darkness, one after another sword energy surged in front of the two of them!
The man in black gave a cold shout, activated the true energy in his body, and slashed out the long sword with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, turning the fallen leaves and green grass stirred by Li Xiuyuan into a whirlwind, and slashed out in turn!
"Go to hell!"
The man in black followed the whirlwind and ignored the long sword in Li Xiuyuan's hand. In his opinion, it was a great shame for him not to take down this middle-aged man with two moves.
"Wang!" sounded, and a bolt of lightning shot out from the man in black, pointing directly at Li Xiuyuan's chest.
