Green eyes, dark gray eyelashes blinking gently, the face under the black gauze is as smooth as jade and as white as ivory.
Lan Qingting is not an ugly monster, and her face under the black gauze is not as hideous as after being injured by fire, but as perfect as a devil.
So, it's no wonder that the first words the man spoke were exclamations.
Lan Qingting blushed. Even though the murderous horse bandits were approaching behind her, she still blushed. What she wanted to say subconsciously was: You are pretty, too.
The man is not tall, has some baby fat on his cheeks, and his eyes roll like black stars.
"Hurry up, horse bandit...it's a horse bandit..."
Lan Qingting shouted loudly, breathing quickly due to nervousness. She was afraid that he still didn't know how scary the horse bandits were. There was no reaction on her face at this moment. Such a good-looking young man really didn't deserve to die at the knife of the horse bandits.
"Go away quickly, you bastard!" Lan Qingting couldn't help but curse.
The sound of horse hooves was rapid, and more than a dozen horse bandits surrounded the two of them. Lan Qingting's heart was beating fast, and she grabbed the dagger at her waist and stabbed her throat.
Compared to death, falling into the hands of these horse bandits would be more terrifying.
Suddenly, a clean hand grabbed her wrist and slapped the dagger down.
Lan Qingting subconsciously raised her head and saw the boy lowering his head and looking at her with a smile on his face. Lan Qingting had never seen a boy with such a beautiful smile in the world.
"The boss."
Only then did Lan Qingting realize that the horse bandits had jumped off their horses at some point. They formed a circle and shouted.
Naturally, the one they knelt down to was not themselves, but the young man in front of them.
Lan Qingting shuddered from the depths of her soul. She raised her head and looked at the young man in front of her. A deep chill instantly engulfed her.
The leader of the thirteen horse bandits in the border town - Gui Jianchou.
No wonder he kept smiling when he saw himself. That was the smile of a gourmet when he saw his food.
Lan Qingting seemed to be stuck in a swamp and couldn't use any strength. Thirteen horse bandits in the border town were led by Gui Jianchou, who was famous for his cruelty. But Lan Qingting couldn't believe it. Gui Jianchou, who frightened everyone, actually
He is a baby-faced boy.
"Master, the fat sheep is coming soon."
"Are we here? Let the brothers get busy."
"The escort this time is the Fish Dragon Guard... should we think about it again?"
"What about the Fish Dragon Guard?" the young man asked, raising his eyebrows.
There was silence all around.
…
Xizhao Pass is the last critical pass in the northwest of the empire. Leaving this pass, you will reach the vast grassland, which is the boundary of the Rong people.
Of course, the Rong people have no actual control over this place, and naturally they will not control it. These guys living on the grassland do not know that there is a third thing besides robbing things and letting horses go.
As a result, the two hundred miles outside Xizhao Pass became a "three-no-no" zone. The Rong people didn't care at all, and the empire wanted to control it but couldn't control it. Therefore, this area became a paradise for horse bandits, slave traders, and thugs. Almost every day
When you see corpses dumped in the wilderness, they turn into bones in a short time. The wild dogs here are also fatter than in other places.
General Xiong Mao, the guard of Xizhao Pass, is ill today. The reason for his illness is not the cold wind or the climate, but... Princess Mingyu of the Empire is passing through Xizhao Pass.
Xizhao Pass naturally has to do a good job of hosting. In addition to Mingyu's own bodyguards, Xizhao Pass also has to arrange garrison troops to protect Princess Mingyu for five hundred miles.
Naturally, these things need to be done, but Xiongmao doesn’t want to deliver them in person.
As the guard of Xizhao Pass, he naturally has more contact with the Rong people than the men in the capital. And the way they often come into contact is naturally with bows and arrows, rolling stones, and gunpowder.
He hates the Rong tribe to the core, and sending women to the Rong tribe is a great shame and humiliation for him. But others can't change anything, so he simply stays out of sight, out of mind, and leaves all the reception and escort matters to the deputy general.
Just stay in your room and pretend to be sick.
Fortunately, they were finally leaving, and Xiongmao could also walk out of the house and get some fresh air outside.
"Sir." Deputy General Xiao Zhu ran into the room: "Princess Mingyu is about to leave the customs. How many people should we send to accompany her? Or five thousand?"
"Five thousand?" Xiong Mao grinned: "Are you as poor as you? Just give them a thousand people. It's a symbolic gift. Come back as soon as you finish."
"Sir, things are not peaceful outside the customs right now. I heard that there are thieves who want to rob the marriage team." Xiao Zhu said: "There are only a thousand people. Isn't it too small? Princess Mingyu only has 500 bodyguards."
"Five hundred?" Xiongmao snorted coldly: "That's five hundred fish dragon guards!"
"Ichthyosaurus Guard..." Xiao Zhu paused and said, "Sir, I have always heard people say that this Ichthyosaurus Guard is so great."
Fish Dragon Guards, these three words have been heard by many people in the empire, but very few have actually seen them. Because this team protects not the imperial court nor Chang'an, but someone in the palace.
Emperor Ming.
They were a team under the direct command of Emperor Ming. They were Emperor Ming's sword for killing people and his shield for self-defense.
The internal situation of the Yulong Guard is unknown, and the organizational structure is unknown. It is only rumored that they were secretly trained by Emperor Ming and divided into two groups: the Fish Guard and the Dragon Guard. The Fish Guard are orphans found from various places. They are taught martial arts by experts and choose a place.
Secret training. Excellent fish guards can be promoted to dragon guards. When placed in the army, dragon guards can be as powerful as a fierce general. When placed in the world, they can become fierce bandits.
Emperor Ming also recruited strange people from the world, such as the Qingye Buddha who shot down Cheng Dalei with one palm and was one of the Dragon Guards.
To put it simply, the Yulong Guards are a special force trained by Emperor Ming at all costs.
Xiao Zhu sent the marriage team out of the city, and he also brought a thousand defenders with him. This team followed Princess Mingyu's convoy until it was sent to the royal city of the Rong clan.
The person in charge of the guards of the wedding team was a man named Gong Fu. As soon as the two parties came into contact, Xiao Zhu felt the other person's professionalism.
Xiao Zhu told the other party about the situation outside the customs. The implication was that the situation here was very complicated and the journey would not go smoothly.
Gong Fu didn't mean to underestimate the local army and listened carefully to Xiao Zhu's words, which made Xiao Zhu feel that he was respected. Gong Fu wrote down the information in his notebook and discussed it with several other people. Everyone behaved well.
He was very cautious and didn't mean to underestimate the enemy, but he didn't show any fear either.
"Help, help!"
As the team was moving forward, there was a cry for help in front of them. There was a person hanging from a big locust tree on the side of the road.
She had long black hair, green eyes, and the most important thing was that she didn't have any clothes on her body. That satin-like body appeared in front of everyone's eyes, and everyone felt nothing but anger.
What kind of beast is he willing to ruin such a powerful woman?
"Someone, rescue her quickly." Xiao Zhu shouted.
"Slow down." Gong Fu stopped him and stared at the woman on the tree cautiously.