In the northwest grassland, a caravan came from afar.
Camels lined up in a row, carrying silk, tea, and porcelain. They set out from the empire and passed through hills, grasslands, and Gobi to reach the far western country. On the way, they may encounter horse bandits, storms, and attacks by officers and soldiers.
want.
This is a business route with a narrow escape from death. Of course, the rewards are quite generous and it is worth taking the risk.
This caravan is headed by Lan's Trading Company, and is joined by other merchants. Although this road is dangerous, everyone still feels confident following Lan's Trading Company.
Lan's Trading Company has been operating this trade route for many years, and the family has many good hands. This time, they even used three hundred warriors to escort them. What's more, the leader this time is Lan Qingting, the eldest lady of Lan's Trading Company.
Lan Qingting's mother was a woman from the Western Regions. The big boss of Lan's Trading Company had her during a romantic affair. Later, because she was born with green eyes, she was regarded as a monster by her family and was almost thrown into a pond when she was five years old.
But as she grew up, she gradually showed her ferocity. She could accompany the martial men at home to drink and drink meat. She joined the team several times and started as a handyman. It can be said that things were done flawlessly. With her accompanying businessmen,
The team went smoothly every time, and the witch turned into a saint. When she was twenty years old, her biological father recognized her as the eldest lady of the Lan family.
At this moment, she was riding a horse and walking in front of the team. Everyone was looking at her. To a certain extent, she was everyone's spiritual support. She was dressed in black and her face was covered with black cloth. It is said that she was burned by a fire when she was a child, making her face extremely ugly.
, so they always cover their faces with black gauze.
"Miss, it's getting dark soon, let's find a place to rest," a man said.
Lan Qingting shook her head: "We are moving forward overnight. Bandits are infested in this area. We cannot stay for a moment. The sooner we pass, the better."
"No more camping?" The man was surprised: "But we have been gone for a day."
"Well, we have to cross this grassland in three days. When will we cross and when will we rest?"
"Three days?"
Bi Ji opened his eyes wide, and finally shook his head helplessly. After all, this was his first time accompanying him, and he didn't know Miss Lan's style yet. Lan Qingting's style was just one word: fast!
Moving forward as fast as possible, without resting, we passed through the territory where bandits were infested. Before the bandits could figure it out, Miss Lan had already disappeared with her people.
"Miss, miss."
The spy in front drove his horse back with a look of horror on his face.
"Come and look at the front!"
"What's going on in front?" Lan Qingting frowned. This person is an old man in the family. He has been through life and death many times, but he has never been as scared as he is today.
"You...come and see..."
In fact, you can see Lan Qingting over the hillside in front, with cold fear in her green eyes.
Dozens of corpses were scattered at the foot of the hillside. Their limbs had been chopped off and their lungs were leaking out. The corpses were now rotting, flies were buzzing around the corpses, and several jackals were devouring the corpses.
"They are a caravan like us. They encountered horse bandits." Someone said in horror, as if the corpse at the foot of the hillside had turned into himself.
"Go quickly!
Lan Qingting was shocked. There must be horse bandits here, or even nearby. She must leave as soon as possible, hoping to get rid of them.
Something happened that night.
There were a few people dotted far behind the caravan. They lit torches and seemed not to be afraid of being discovered. However, they did not launch an attack, but just followed leisurely.
It is said that when wolves on the grassland discover a herd of yellow sheep, they will not attack immediately, but just follow behind. When the wolves gather more and more, they will not pounce until the wolf king appears. By this time, the sheep have already
He was so scared that he just knelt on the ground and trembled.
There are more and more torches behind the caravan. They can't be seen during the day, but at night, the torches will appear as scheduled. Fear spreads among the caravan, and everyone is in panic all day long.
Until that night.
"Miss, let me take a group of people to have a look." Bi Ji said: "Let's see which way they go."
"Well, be careful. If you can't help it, don't do it."
Bi Ji led a team of people over, all of whom were good players in the team. Lan Qingting waited where she was, looking at the direction of the distant torches.
She didn't know how Biji would handle this matter. If the other party could negotiate, she could leave a sum of property, or pay them a protection fee every time she passed by.
Businessmen pursue profit, and everything is based on profit.
As long as this group of horse bandits are not from that group.
Time passed bit by bit, and Biji hadn't come back yet. The torches in the distance were swaying, and I didn't know what happened.
At this moment, the rapid sound of horse hooves sounded, and Biji was seen galloping on the horse.
Lan Qingting was shocked: "Biji, what's going on? Why are you the only one back?"
"Miss, it's them..."
Biji let out a roar, and the sound was like meeting a devil in hell. Lan Qingting was shocked to find that his limbs began to spread out, and his limbs and torso were separated. Only then did Lan Qingting realize that Biji was tied to a horse today.
, and his limbs had already been cut off and entangled with ropes.
An arrow shot out from Bi Ji's throat. As his body fell to the ground, the sound of heavy horse hooves sounded behind him, and hundreds of horsemen appeared from the darkness.
The torches in the distance were still swaying, but the horse bandits were so close that they could clearly see their raised knives.
Screams rang out, and people fled in all directions, shouting: It's them, it's them...
They are worried about ghosts in border towns.
Ghost Jianchou lingers on the grassland and robs passing merchants. The men are killed on the spot and the women are kidnapped. It is said that when it is cold, they will make the men into dried meat.
No one wants to worry about ghosts, because they are force majeure like earthquakes, storms, and tsunamis.
The killing started at night and ended at dawn. Under the pale light, corpses fell to the ground one after another, and the blood gave off a pungent smell.
Under the escort of her men, Lan Qingting escaped on a fast horse. The horse bandits behind her chased her and fired arrows from behind as if they were playing. With the sound of breaking through the air, everyone around Lan Qingting fell down.
In the end, she was the only one left, and the horse bandits behind her were getting closer and closer.
Suddenly, the horse fell down and fell to the ground, foaming at the mouth. Lan Qingting was also thrown to the ground.
She raised her head and found a man standing in front of her, with dark eyes and a white robe.
"Save me, save me!" Lan Qingting immediately begged, suddenly remembering that there was only one person on the other side, and he was just a soul killed by a horse bandit: "Go quickly, go quickly..."
The man didn't respond, and stretched out his hand to take off the black gauze on her face. At that moment, Lan Qingting forgot to stop her.
The black gauze peeled off, revealing a perfect cheek. The man was stunned and felt a little dazed for a moment.