Yuan Xudong patted him on the shoulder, "Brother? Brother, please say something."
The bearded man dodged his arm, stood up slowly with his hand on the door frame, frowned and replied: "Don't ask me, if you are really curious, go find Miss Shen and let her take you to see."
Yuan Xudong looked at his hurriedly leaving figure, shaking his head and laughing, "It seems that this elder brother was really frightened, and he can't walk as neatly as before."
To be on the safe side, he decided not to ask Shen Qingqing, so as not to have nightmares at night after watching it.
He smacked his lips in boredom, turned around and winked at the boy behind him, "Go and take out two boxes of the sweet-scented osmanthus cakes bought yesterday, send one box to Miss Shen's room, bring the other box here, and keep eating melon seeds. It’s so boring.”
When the boy went to deliver the cakes, Shen Qingqing was studying the local topographic map in the room. If she traveled another hundred miles, she would part ways with the Zhang family's caravan, and she would have to explore the rest of the journey by herself.
There are many mountainous roads in the Southland and the terrain is complex. It is said that if you follow the terrain map, you may get into a pit. If she didn't do some homework in advance, it would probably take two or three days just to find the road.
There was a knock on the door. Shen Qingqing put down the topographic map and went to open the door. She collected the pastries and thanked the waiter, and asked him where his destination was this time.
The boy turned around and pointed to the southeast, "We are going to Linyuan County over there, girl, do you want to come with us?"
Shen Qingqing smiled politely and said, "We can't go together. We are not on the same path."
It would be nice if we were on the way, it would save her a lot of trouble.
After seeing the boy off, Shen Qingqing put the cakes on the table and rubbed her brows with a headache, "This topographic map is too complicated. It makes people's brains hurt when they look at it. It would be great if there was a navigation system."
Meng Yuan raised his head in confusion, "What is navigation?"
"It's just a guide. With it, you don't have to worry about getting lost. But we don't have such a thing here, so we can only daydream."
Shen Qingqing sighed resignedly and scribbled on the topographic map, "Look at this place. It's full of hills. The routes are as dense as spider webs. How can you find them..."
She complained while taking notes, marking all the areas prone to problems, and was busy until noon before she knew it.
The rain outside has stopped, but the sky is still gloomy, like a faded ink painting, with the ink of gray crows smearing from the horizon to the roof.
Shen Qingqing glanced at the sky and murmured to herself: "They should be back by this time."
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a banging on the door outside, "Miss Shen, it's bad, the group of people who left in the morning attracted the bandits here!"
"The bandits are coming too? Are they so brave?" Shen Qingqing was surprised.
The man who reported the news gasped and said: "Here we are, we are almost here at the inn. The team leader has sent people to the city to notify the government. It will probably take a while before they arrive. Now our people are guarding downstairs. The girl must hide in her room and never go out."
Shen Qingqing nodded: "I know, please take a trip and pay attention to your safety."
The man waved his hand and went downstairs without stopping.
Downstairs, more than forty men armed with swords and sticks were guarding the inn like iron barrels. The innkeeper was so anxious that he was circling back and forth, mumbling: "Why are there bandits? Our place has always been peaceful. Yes."
"If there really is a fight later, you have to be careful and don't smash my table and bench."
Yuan Xudong held a big pig's trotter in his mouth and squinted at him, "You are about to die, but you are still thinking about those broken tables. Can you be successful?"
The boss put his hands on his hips and glared at him: "You are the only one who is promising. How long has it been? You are still chewing on that broken pig's trotters. Why don't you die!"
"What do you mean a broken pig's trotter? My pig's trotter is a good thing I bought at Qianweifang. It can cost you two tables. You don't know the goods."
The two of them were arguing fiercely, and a loud shout came from outside the door: "Help!"
Yuan Xudong quickly dropped the pig's trotters, turned around and saw several men in the distance galloping towards him on horseback. The one at the front was the black-faced man who had just left early in the morning.
At this time, the black-faced man had turned into a red-faced man. His chest and face were wet with blood, and coupled with his ferocious face, he looked like an evil ghost who had just crawled out of the grave.
The men behind him were not much better, their bodies were more or less stained. One of them was lying weakly on the horse, with Hao Ran inserting an iron sword on his back.
Looking back further, the clouds below the slope are full of human heads, and the cold light among them is intertwined, and the approach is fierce.
Seeing that the situation was critical, Yuan Xudong hurriedly ran to the door, hoping to discuss a countermeasure with the bearded man. Before he left, he caught a glimpse of the oil stains on his hands and stretched out his arm to grab the hem of the innkeeper's clothes and rub it hard several times.
The boss was so angry that his mustache stood up, "You piece of shit, where are you going?"
"I'll give you some clothes later."
Yuan Xudong quickly said something and ran to the door to block the bearded man, "Brother, what should we do now? Do you want to go over and pick them up?"
The bearded man said something resoundingly: "Go on, I can't do this kind of thing even if you are ready to die!"
After saying that, he ordered someone to bring the horse, grabbed the reins, and jumped onto the horse's back neatly, "Zhang Feng, follow me to meet them. The others will stay and guard the inn."
"Wait a minute, there's me!" Yuan Xudong snatched his men's horses and followed closely.
The three men raised their swords and galloped on their horses, and soon joined the team of the black-faced man.
"You lead the brothers into the inn to take a breather, and we will take the rear." The bearded man shouted at the black-faced man, clamped the horse's belly, and took the initiative to retreat to the end of the team.
While he was talking, hundreds of bandits were chasing him.
The leading bandit held a bow and arrow in his hand and laughed wildly: "Run? Do you think you will be safe if you run into the city? I want to chase you in. Anyway, you will die anyway, it is better to pull a few cushions before you die."
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"Brothers, today we only need our lives and no money, kill one to save our capital, kill two to make a profit, give it all to me!"
"Kill!"
The bandits were like roosters with red eyes, waving their swords and rushing forward regardless of their safety.
The black-faced man wiped away the blood stains on his face and shouted at the top of his lungs: "Those who are injured should retreat to the inn, and the others will come with me!"
The two parties immediately started fighting.
The bearded man is extremely skilled and can easily defeat ten men with one man.
The black-faced man is also brave and can dance superbly with a big sword.
Zhang Feng's force is slightly weaker, but it is enough to protect himself.
Only Yuan Xudong was dumbfounded. He only knew a little of the Three-legged Cat Kung Fu, how could he cope with such a battle.
After dodging two rounds of attacks, he obviously couldn't hold on any longer. In the blink of an eye, another bandit slashed at him with a knife.
He couldn't hide anymore, so he closed his eyes in despair and cried, "My duck legs, melon seeds and big elbows!"
The expected pain did not come, and a "clang" sounded in his ears. Shen Qingqing knocked the big knife out of the bandit's hand with an expressionless expression, and gave him a cold side glance, "Why are you running out to join in the fun if you can't beat him?"
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Yuan Xudong wiped his tears excitedly, sniffed and replied: "Brother has stepped forward, how can I hide?" This chapter has been completed!