"Ride on my beloved little donkey, it will never be stuck in traffic..."
Outside Dengzhou City, on an unknown country road.
A young man riding a donkey and singing weird tunes was walking leisurely towards Dengzhou City with a bald man, a fat man and a thin man.
Needless to say, this low-end version of the Xitian Scripture-seeking team is Xiao Han and Liu Hongji who just came over from the dock.
"Hello!"
At this moment, looking at Xiao Han who was riding a donkey leisurely, Liu Hongji couldn't help but ask: "You have been riding for so long, let me ride too! My legs are sore from walking!"
"What? You want to ride too?"
Hearing the sound, Xiao Han glanced sideways at Liu Hongji and snorted dissatisfied: "Who said you wanted to kill it to make donkey soup? What, now you want to ride it again?"
Liu Hongji rolled his eyes at Xiao Han's rebuke, and said angrily: "Who knew you brought the donkey on the boat to be a mount? I was thinking that you were going to use it as a snack!"
Liu Hongji was actually right in saying this.
Who would have thought that a noble prince would ride a donkey instead of riding a big horse? Isn't this a joke for outsiders?
Of course, the reason why Xiao Han got a donkey instead of choosing those strong horses also had his own reasons.
Let’s not talk about how delicate horses are.
On weekdays, it's too cold, too hot, and too stuffy. Even to eat, I have to eat several times a day. Even at night, I have to stay up late to feed these uncles!
If we really want to get on board, we can just wait for them.
Furthermore, there are these naval warships in Luo Shixin's hands. From the beginning of their design, they wanted to put as many forts as possible and did not prepare such rare things as stables!
Perhaps, some people will ask: Without stables, wouldn’t it be possible to raise horses? Without Zhang Butcher, would everyone have to eat pigs with hair on them?
Naturally, Xiao Han was too lazy to lift this bar.
Not to mention not having a stable, even if you don’t even have a shack, you can still raise one if you want to!
But don’t forget, Xiao Han and the others spend most of their time on the boat when traveling here!
They couldn't put the horse directly on the deck, right? The moisture in the sea alone would probably make the horse sick in less than two days!
And let it enter the cabin?
Ahem, I almost forgot to introduce it. The ships at this time all have one thing in common, that is, they are short!
After entering the cabin, most places inside are no more than eight feet high!
This size is indeed sufficient for most sailors, but for horses, it is not quite enough.
At this height, even if they squeeze in, they can only lower their heads and cannot straighten their necks at all.
And this man was still feeling uncomfortable with his head lowered all the time, especially the horse with the long neck!
In addition, these horses sleep standing up. If they keep their necks bent all day long, they may turn into seahorses within a few days.
Compared with these delicate war horses, donkeys don't have so many problems.
He's about the same height as a human, he's not picky about his food, and he's very adaptable. Apart from being a donkey who refuses to be led and has a regressive temper, he's the perfect means of transportation.
In addition, the donkey Xiao Han is riding has been treated by the killer donkey for a long time and has no bad temper at all. It would be best to put it on the boat and occasionally take it down as a means of transportation. !
"Ride me!"
"No!"
"Why?"
"Because your ass is too heavy and will crush my beloved little donkey!"
"...Okay! If I don't want to ride, you shouldn't ride either!"
"Hold the grass? Bald man named Liu, what are you going to do!!!"
On the country dirt road, the laughter of Xiao Han and Liu Hongji could be heard from time to time.
Coupled with the occasional braying of donkeys, no one would have guessed that the two people who were having a serious quarrel were actually a Duke and a Marquis!
However, the two people laughing and joking on the road, together with Xiaodong and Lengzi, who had already become accustomed to this, didn't even bother to take a second look.
None of the four people noticed that in the overgrown wasteland far ahead, there were several pairs of red eyes staring closely at their group!
"Brother..."
In the grass, a man as thin as a hemp pole looked at Xiao Han with his eyes shining... The donkey under him couldn't help but licked his lips and whispered: "Come on! Brothers haven't eaten for a long time. It’s meat!”
When the man called the boss heard this, his stomach growled twice.
Immediately afterwards, he was seen spitting viciously into the palm of his hand, grabbing a short knife stuck on the ground, and shouted in a low voice: "Be smart, this time, we can only succeed, not fail!" "
"good!"
"Big brother is mighty!"
As soon as the boss finished speaking, other people in the grass immediately responded. As a result, the boss was so angry that he kicked all these idiots out one by one.
"Shut the hell up! If you alert them and let them go, I will cook you!"
At this time, everyone calmed down, but their eyes were still staring at Xiao Han and the others, as if they were staring at a walking fat sheep.
Fifty feet, thirty feet, ten feet!
Seeing that the people on the path were approaching, the boss, who had been unable to hold himself back for a long time, finally shouted and jumped out of the grass on the roadside!
"The person in front...ah!"
However, I don’t know if it’s because he squatted for too long or because his physical strength is really poor!
The boss, who had just jumped up, had not had time to say the prepared lines. He was unsteady on his feet and directly...knelt down in front of Xiao Han and the others.
"Well……"
At this moment, time seemed to have frozen.
Xiao Han, who was hugging the donkey's neck and refusing to come down even if it was beaten to death, was stunned.
Liu Hongji, who was grabbing Xiao Han's feet and trying to pull him off, was also stunned.
Even Xiaodong Lunzi and all the thieves in the grass were dumbfounded!
The entire scene seemed to be frozen at this moment. Only the grass clippings in the thief boss's hair were still dancing in the wind, as if to prove that time was still flowing.
"Are you all stupid?!"
On the ground, the thief boss's face turned red and blue for a while!
He also wanted to stand up, but this time his knees were too solid, and his knees were as good as useless! After trying hard for a long time, he did not stand up, and could only angrily look at the sluggish people in the grass.
His eyes shouted: "Why don't you hurry up and help me?!"
"Ah! Oh!"
Hearing the boss's angry shouting, the man in the grass woke up from a dream.
Immediately afterwards, under the dull gazes of Xiao Han and Liu Hongji, seven or eight men in rags and withered faces, carrying hatchets, kitchen knives, and even wooden sticks, jumped to their side with their heads full of weeds.
Go ahead, and then forcefully drag the boss who is kneeling on the ground up!
