In Xu Qing's ears, he could only hear the breathing of someone sleeping on his shoulder, and the sound of firewood burning in the campfire. The sound of the wind rose and fell, and every time it blew by, the little girl's body would instinctively rub towards him.
A rub.
Xu Qing put down the stick that was used to poke the bonfire, took out a handkerchief, and wiped the drool from the corner of the little girl's mouth.
At this moment, Xiao Ruxue stretched out her little hand and rubbed her ears, reluctantly opened her eyes and woke up. When she felt her head resting on a strong shoulder, she regretted waking up.
Xu Qing felt Xiao Ruxue's movement and let go of Xiao Ruxue, lowered his head slightly, looked at her and said, "Are you awake?"
Xiao Ruxue said: "There was a bug on my ear, which made my ear itchy. I took it off."
As she said that, Xiao Ruxue lowered her head and looked at her hands. Her sleepiness, which was still a bit hazy, suddenly disappeared without a trace. Her whole body shot up in an instant. She quickly threw her hands away and shouted loudly: "Yeah!
Spider! Spider!”
Xu Qing was not frightened by the spider, but was frightened by Xiao Ruxue's voice. He instinctively jumped up. Only after hearing what Xiao Ruxue said clearly, Xu Qing breathed a sigh of relief.
I was almost scared to death by Xiao Ruxue. It was just a spider. I thought it was such a big deal.
After throwing out the little spider in her hand that was only half the size of a fingernail, Xiao Ruxue hurriedly crawled into Xu Qing's arms, her little head kept pushing against Xu Qing's chest, and she kept saying: "Xu Qing
, Xu Qing! Spider, spider!”
Xu Qing patted Xiao Ruxue's back and said comfortingly: "Okay, okay, the spider just now has been thrown away by you and will not come back again."
Xiao Ruxue raised her head from Xu Qing's arms, twisted her little head and looked around: "Really?"
Xu Qing lowered his head and looked at Xiao Ruxue who was close at hand and said: "So you are afraid of spiders?"
Xiao Ruxue said in shock: "I...I'm afraid of those with too many legs."
hillside
All the bandits were silently waiting for the opportunity. Since the imperial court suddenly sent troops to suppress the bandits all the way to Fengzhou more than two months ago, there have been fewer and fewer bandits who dare to gather in this mountain.
Nowadays, being able to gather twenty or thirty people like them is considered too much.
However, things were going well on their side. The government troops marched quickly and only hastily wiped out the bandits.
I heard that the bandits on the Funiu Mountain side sent out flags for the purpose of rebellion, and in the end the mountain was almost leveled by the army. It was really miserable.
The bandits looked down and observed the movements of the caravan down the hillside.
In an open area, several bonfires slightly illuminated the surroundings. The owner of the caravan and some of the guards had already gotten into their tents to rest, waiting for their rotation.
There were several caravan guards standing outside the motorcade, guarding the surroundings, but the mental state of these guards was not good, a few of them were yawning, and they all looked extremely lazy.
At this moment, the guard leader came over and patted the lazy guards a few times: "Let's see what you look like one by one. If something unexpected happens, will you have time to react?"
One of the guards yawned and said: "Boss, you are too nervous. The bandits and strongmen in this area were wiped out by the army sent by the imperial court two months ago. How can there be any danger on this road?"
What happened?"
Another guard also echoed: "That's right, we have slept on the road so many times along the way, and how many times have we not worried about it? Not to mention bandits and robbers, we can't even see a bird feather."
The guard commander said solemnly: "You must not take it lightly. I have been traveling as a caravan escort for many years. I have to be vigilant at all times. Often the time when you think it is safest is when danger comes quietly!"
The guard said: "Yes, we all know. Boss, please go back to sleep quickly."
The leader had said these words many times before setting off, and their ears were almost ringing with noise. But after so many days, where is the danger?
In a tent, a middle-aged man looked at the pretty woman sitting opposite and said, "Look, you have to follow your father on this escort trip. Are you going to suffer a lot?"
The pretty woman said: "That's better than being bored at home every day."
The middle-aged man smiled and said: "You have to be tough. A young lady who has no strength to tie a chicken and has no fingers to touch the spring water has just left home not long ago. When a girl like you is suffering later, why did my father do it in the first place?
I agree that you can come with me, okay, it’s getting late, go back to your tent and rest, we have to travel tomorrow.”
The delicate woman nodded, stood up and was about to go to bed. At this moment, a burst of noise suddenly came from outside.
The middle-aged man frowned, stood up, opened the tent curtain, and said displeasedly: "It's so late, don't sleep well, you guys..."
The middle-aged man was speechless when he saw the scene outside. Dozens of bandits clearly rushed down from the low mountain, and the few lazy guards on duty had already been chopped down by them.
The middle-aged man pulled the delicate woman over and said in a panic: "Quick, a bandit is coming down the mountain, run!"
The delicate woman's heart suddenly skipped a beat when she heard this. In her eyes, such thieves were inherently aware that they would burn, kill, loot, and commit all kinds of evil.
While he was talking, a bandit noticed what was going on here. He looked at the pretty woman and drooled from his mouth: "There are beauties here too! Come here, I will let you have a good time."
As he said that, the bandit walked towards this side with a bright long knife in his hand.
The middle-aged man protected his daughter behind him, but the bandit was getting closer and closer to them. Suddenly, the middle-aged man stepped forward and grabbed the thief's steel knife, trying to snatch it away.
The bandit was obviously taken aback. Unexpectedly, he dared to resist, and threatened: "Old man, you don't want to live anymore! Damn, you are quite strong."
The middle-aged man shouted: "What are you doing standing still? Run!"
The pretty woman was also frightened by this scene: "No... no..."
The middle-aged man said again: "There are too many of them! Do you want dad to die in vain? Let's go!"
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campfire place
Xu Qing also didn't expect that Princess Yongle, who was fearless, was afraid of spiders. Now she just grabbed her arm and looked around cautiously.
She just threw the spider away, not killed it.
Princess Yongle was more afraid of the spider in front of her than of the spider suddenly disappearing...
And now, it's gone...
Xiao Ruxue grabbed Xu Qing's arm and hid behind him, searching the surroundings with her big eyes, carefully looking for the missing spider.
At this moment, Xu Qing suddenly saw a figure running over in front of him. It looked like a woman.
When the woman saw Xu Qing and Xiao Ruxue, she shouted: "Friends in front, run quickly! There are bandits coming down the mountain over there... over there!"
The woman's face was stained with tears, and her voice sounded even more crying.
Xiao Ruxue, who was originally afraid of spiders, heard the woman's words and immediately raised her head to look at Xu Qing. She also stretched out her little hand to point in the woman's direction, her eyes full of emotion and excitement: "Xu Qing, Xu Qing!
Did you hear that? There are bandits! There are bandits over there!"
