After everyone walked a certain distance, Liu Qingyi followed the team, looking back at Yinyuan City from time to time, and saw the outline of Yinyuan City gradually disappearing, replaced by a dark curtain of light. At some point, a large, thick black fog suddenly appeared all around.
When we reached the Mangdang Mountain area, the black fog became thicker and thicker, and it was no longer possible to see clearly more than ten meters away.
The village chief Xu Jin was holding a long black knife and riding a wind bone beast to lead the way, leading the team to quickly walk through the dense forest at the foot of the vast mountain.
After walking for a while, everyone came to a mountain stream path at the foot of Mangdang Mountain. A gust of mountain wind passed through the stream, carrying a large amount of water vapor towards the outside, and everyone's face felt chilly.
After Xu Jin led everyone for more than ten steps, he suddenly stopped, jumped down and groped the ground, sniffed the soil, and then changed his color and said: "There is an ambush, everyone, be careful." Then he used the long knife in his hand. The dirt on the ground was scraped away, revealing a pit in front, which was three or four meters deep.
Everyone in Humiao Village changed their expressions when they saw it. They each pulled out the knives, sticks and other weapons they carried with them and scattered them on both sides of the mountain stream. They looked around with bated breath and took precautions.
Xu Tianbao picked up the iron rod and leaned against a rock, looking warily at both sides of the mountain stream.
Liu Qingyi was unarmed and had to hide behind the rocks next to Xu Tianbao with the fish basket. For a moment, his heart pounded: "Is there really someone coming to rob?"
As a modern person living in a peaceful age, he has never experienced such a thing. It is impossible not to be afraid when he suddenly encounters such a thing. He knew deep in his heart that there was no law at all in this world, and all it relied on was force. He had no power to restrain a chicken, and he had become a real weakling.
Suddenly, dense footsteps sounded on the mountain stream road ahead. In just a few seconds, more than thirty men with swords and red scarves on their heads emerged from the black mist and blocked everyone on the stream road.
Liu Qingyi hid behind the rocks, craned his neck to watch, and saw that each of these people were as strong as cattle, wielding knives and swords in their hands. He was extremely nervous for a moment, his palms were slightly sweaty, and his body was shaking.
Xu Jin slightly looked at the people who came, then he clasped his fists while riding on the Wind Bone Beast and said: "It turns out they are all the red scarf brothers from the Qinghong Plain. When we came here, we had already paid homage to you on the Plain. I don't know why we are still here." Is there some misunderstanding about setting up an ambush?"
The leader on the opposite side, a big man with a beard and a knife, laughed wildly, and said to Xu Jin in a hoarse voice: "Send those things you have to the beggars! I know that your village is rich in spiritual food, and I will definitely make a lot of money this time. If you are wise, , leave all the money and money, and get out of here."
Xu Jin patted the wind bone beast sitting down, took a few steps forward, and said in a cold voice: "The last few times we went to Yuan Shang, we followed the rules. I thought you would also follow this path. It seems that it is me. I think highly of you, but with just a few pieces of firewood, you want to eat our Humiao Village without fear of losing your teeth."
The big man with a sharp beard showed a fierce look on his face and said: "Hey, you are really tough! People say that you guys in Humiao Village are in trouble, but this time I am going to remove your bones and weigh how many kilograms or taels there are." Without waiting for a reply, the big man with a sharp beard put the With a wave of the long knife in his hand, the red scarf thieves with their swords came from both sides of the gorge to cover them up.
The people in Humiao Village were also extremely brave. They each waved their weapons and rushed forward without showing any signs of weakness. The two sides immediately started fighting.
The village chief Xu Jin rode a wind-bone beast and walked through the battle circle like a tiger. From time to time he raised his knife and killed each red scarf thief. Seeing Xu Jin's skill, the man with a long beard and a long sword brought two or three of his own masters to fight around Xu Jin.
Xu Tianbao leaned against the rock and danced the iron rod in his hand tightly. Liu Qingyi huddled behind Xu Tianbao, dodging left and right, her heart almost in her throat.
Seeing that the two groups of people and horses in the canyon were fighting with their lives with real swords and guns, from time to time someone's face was covered with blood and his head fell to the ground. Liu Qingyi had never seen such a battle before, and the constant sounds of fighting and howling were frightening. Almost three souls have been lost and two souls have been lost.
Besides, Xu Tianbao was still able to protect Liu Qingyi at first, and two or three bandits could hardly get close to him. But as time went by, he became weak and began to lead his opponents to fight.
Liu Qingyi lost his protection and could only huddle on the side of the rock. He scolded Xu Jin in his heart for asking him to join this bullshit escort team. It was like pushing him into a pit of fire.
After a big man carrying a dagger stabbed down a villager in Humiao Village, he saw Liu Qingyi huddled behind a rock, so he came closer and slashed at him with his sword.
Liu Qingyi did not dare to fight head-on with the man. He did not have the bravery and fearlessness of the villagers in Humiao Village, nor had he learned any fists and kicks. He just kept screaming and dodging, relying on the dangers of rocks several times. Danger avoided.
When the man saw Liu Qingyi hopping around like a mouse, he was not in a hurry to pursue him. He forced Liu Qingyi to the side of the rock as if he was playing with prey, and every now and then he would seize the opportunity to strike Liu Qingyi with his sword.
However, within a few breaths, Liu Qingyi's arm had been hit by several swords, and blood was flowing down his wrist. He could hardly feel the pain, but he was stimulated by his own blood and his head was a little clearer. Knowing that this was not his solution, he pretended to stumble and took advantage of the gap when the big man raised his sword to strike. He held up the empty fish basket in his hand and stepped forward. He slipped under the big man's arm with a single stride and fired his hair towards the stream. Running wildly.
The big man was startled, cursed loudly, threw away the fish basket that was wrapped around half of the sword's body, picked up the dagger again and chased after him with a roar.
Liu Qingyi ran tens of meters along the side of the stream, and saw that the big man was still following him relentlessly. He didn't care about the direction, and just went all the way to the place where the fog was thick.
He didn't know how long he had been running, but he felt the footsteps behind him getting farther and farther, and gradually he was the only one left breathing. He stopped and looked around, found a grassy slope, and rolled into the grass. Slide down the grassy slope.
Suddenly, there was a splashing sound in his ears, and he suddenly felt a chill all over his body. He landed in a pool of water.
Liu Qingyi was not used to water, so he instinctively jumped up from the water. Suddenly he heard the sound of footsteps coming from far and near. He was startled and quickly lowered his body and rested his head on the shadow of the water plants on the edge of the river. , I didn’t dare to express my anger. After doing this, I realized that the water had just reached my chest, and I couldn't help but feel reassured.
After a while, I heard the big man from above cursing and walking past. He thought he couldn't find it after searching around, so he turned back cursing without stopping for much. After the footsteps faded away again, Liu Qingyi lay in the water for a long time before climbing ashore.
When he was about to recover from the shock, he looked around and saw that the black fog around him had dissipated a lot, but he didn't know where he was, and he couldn't help but feel confused.
He observed the mountain and saw that the surrounding terrain had slowed down, thinking that he had already left the range of Mangdang Mountain. Based on his rough memory, he chose a direction and walked for about two miles. He felt cold and achy all over and his body started to tremble.
He had been hit by the big man's sword several times before, and his body was soaked in water. He felt that his steps were getting heavier and heavier. He saw an unknown mountain peak nearby, looked at the mountain that was not high, and thought to himself: "I wanted to find a family. We've been traveling all this way but haven't seen any people yet. Why don't we find a leeward cave in the middle of the mountain to spend the night and then continue our journey tomorrow morning."
Liu Qingyi staggered all the way up the mountain, but did not find any hiding place like a cave.
When we walked to the lee of a mountain col, it was already dark. In the haziness, we saw a lot of dry plants growing in the pile of rocks not far away, so we walked over and tried to lie down.
The dry plant was as long as his body and wrapped around Liu Qingyi's body, making him feel unusually warm and soft. Perhaps he was nervous and tired, so as soon as he lay down, he fell asleep quickly.
