The first two riders who came running around the mountain road were obviously startled by the sudden appearance of the overnight camp here.
"Who is coming?" People from the Zhou family and Chen family shouted in unison.
"Passers." The two men on horseback immediately shouted, raising their hands in the air. Under the light of the torch, they could see clearly that they were not a threat with weapons.
Otherwise, it would be unjust to be shot to death without any explanation by being treated as a bandit and a sentry agent.
But after all, through the torch, I could clearly see that he had a crossbow and a sword hanging on his body, so he was obviously not an ordinary passerby.
Behind them there was the sound of carriages and horses again, and they noticed something strange in front of them and stopped.
The two sides formed a confrontation, and the night wind blew their respective torches, making the atmosphere very tense.
Neither side trusts the other, and each is wary.
"Madam, get in the car first." Manager Cao asked someone to greet Cheng Jiaoniang.
The maid also looked slightly pale and helped Cheng Jiaoniang to leave.
A whine suddenly sounded, as if it was the wind swirling in the valley.
There was a tense confrontation between the two sides, but no one paid attention. Cheng Jiaoniang, who was about to get on the carriage, suddenly stopped.
"Wolf!" she said.
The maid was stunned for a moment and did not react.
"What?" she asked.
"The wolf is coming!" Cheng Jiaoniang said, pointing in the direction of the people over there.
The maid let out a scream.
It's especially scary at night.
"Wolf!" she screamed without hesitation.
Wolf?
Both sides were stunned for a moment.
"What kind of trouble does this woman cause..." someone on Guanshi Cao's side whispered.
Winter has not yet entered at this time, it is easy to find food in the mountains, and the wild animals are at their most plentiful. The wolves cannot finish the food, so they will attack people and horses.
Before he finished speaking, he saw a commotion among the people and horses on the opposite side.
"There are wolves!"
"It's the wolves!"
They started to rush towards us from that side.
Are there really wolves?
Did you mean to start an attack on purpose?
The people on Guanshi Cao's side were rushing to prepare for the attack, and there was a whine after another. At the same time, through the gaps between the commotion and the people in the convoy, everyone also saw dozens of green lights.
It is indeed a wolf! Or a pack of wolves!
Just when everyone discovered it, the wolves had already launched an attack.
The crossbow arrows were shot out, and the leading wolves howled and fell to the ground. However, this did not stop the other wolves from attacking, but instead angered the wolves, who jumped towards them with their white teeth exposed.
No bandit would use this trick of being attacked by wolves to confuse others.
This is really an attack by wolves.
"Quickly block it!" Mr. Chen Si, the steward, finally came to his senses, shouted loudly, and fired the torch and crossbow arrows at the wolves.
Cheng Jiaoniang and her maidservant were surrounded by the bonfire. Brother Jin was holding the knife given by an unknown attendant, although he was shaking, but he was still guarding them in front of them.
The maidservant clung to Cheng Jiaoniang, her body trembling.
"Madam, don't, don't be afraid." She said tremblingly.
Cheng Jiaoniang glanced at her.
"Not afraid." She said.
At this time, the people and horses over there also protected the carriage and turned around, using the people and horses as shields to block the carriage.
Because there was a bonfire, the carriage came here consciously.
"Stand." Cheng Jiaoniang said, "Either someone comes over, or they don't come over."
Her voice was small and was drowned out in the noise.
The maid heard the shrill voice and shouted again.
The attendants who were nervously guarding here realized it and immediately pointed the crossbows in their hands at the carriage.
The attendants around the carriage over there showed no sign of weakness and immediately pointed their weapons at this side.
"Shout." Cheng Jiaoniang said again.
The maid didn't hesitate and just opened her mouth to shout without asking.
"Stand here, either people come over or don't come over," she shouted.
Is it because of this? The atmosphere of the confrontation between the two sides is slightly weaker, but they are both wary of each other.
"Get out of the car." Cheng Jiaoniang said, "The horse will be frightened by the wolves, which is dangerous."
The maid immediately shouted out again with a trembling voice.
Is that so?
As the torches crackled, the people over there looked at each other, seemingly hesitant.
The curtain of the carriage suddenly lifted, and a person jumped out, landing with a thud.
"Master..." the attendants asked nervously.
The maid looked over and saw that the man was like her own wife, wrapped in a big cloak, with a hood covering her head and face, flickering in the light of the torch.
Because there was no time to light the bonfire, people over there held torches and surrounded the man.
Everyone's eyes fell on the confrontation with the wolves over there.
Although there were torches and crossbows, the wolves were numerous and not afraid of death. They quickly came forward, but the crossbows no longer worked. Everyone waved knives and torches to fight with the jumping wolves.
Everyone was red-blooded, and no one could tell who was who at this time. There were more than thirty people on both sides fighting together with more than forty or fifty wolves, and they had no advantage at all.
The horses neighed, obviously because they were knocked down by wolves, and the people screamed, obviously because they were bitten by wolves.
The maid's body was shaking more and more violently, and she bit her lower lip to prevent herself from crying.
Death is so close...
"Go and help." The person over there said.
The attendants looked hesitant.
"But Master, it's too dangerous for us to leave," they said.
"When the people over there can't hold it anymore, I will be in more danger." He said, and then looked this way, "I will go over there. There will be fire and people there."
After he said that, he raised his feet and came towards this side, but the attendants hurriedly stopped him.
"Sir, those people don't know..."
"It is better to die in the hands of men than in the mouths of beasts." The man said, smiling and striding forward, "You go quickly."
The attendants gritted their teeth and separated two of them to follow, while the rest rushed forward to kill the wolf.
Seeing this person approaching, the attendant beside Cheng Jiaoniang was a little nervous.
"Don't be afraid." Cheng Jiaoniang said.
"Get out of the way, we are all passers-by, and we are all in trouble." The maid understood the instruction and hurriedly shouted.
The attendants had no choice but to step aside, and the man strode closer and stood on the other side of the bonfire. His blunt chin was reflected in the firelight, and his complexion was fair and smooth.
"Thank you, little lady." He said, raising his hands to the maid, his voice was clear and he sounded very young.
The maid was still trembling and glanced at him without saying anything.
As soon as I stood here, I heard a roar and a black figure rushed towards me.
The maid screamed.
The attendant standing outside reacted quickly and slashed with the knife. One wolf howled and rolled to the ground, but then the other one pounced on him.
Where did these wolves come from?
The attendants looked with frightened expressions and saw four or five wolves jumping from the road behind. The stimulation of the bloody smell at this time made them go crazy, revealing their white teeth and drooling like silk.
In the blink of an eye, he had already rushed forward.
Therefore, if you encounter a lone wolf in the wild, you are not afraid. What is more terrifying is encountering a pack of wolves.
At the same time, the horse carriage parked nearby was frightened, screamed and ran away with the carriage.
But no one paid attention to this. The attendants no longer cared about who they were guarding. Even Brother Jin shouted and hacked at him with all his strength.
The maidservant screamed and tried to hug Cheng Jiaoniang, but her hug was in vain.
Cheng Jiaoniang stooped down and picked up a burning log from the bonfire, pointing it at the wolves.
The maid tried to follow suit, but in the end she couldn't help but sit on the ground.
The man next to him reached out and pulled out two sticks, and pointed them at the wolf, a little eager to try.
"Burn their noses," Cheng Jiaoniang said.
Her voice could not be heard in the noise.
"Burn their noses!" the maid screamed.
Accompanied by her shouts, the man stepped out and used a torch to violently attack a wolf that was charging toward her with bared teeth.
The wolf howled and retreated in fear of the fire, and the man immediately hit the wolf's head with the fire stick in his other hand.
The wolf howled and rolled to the ground, and was stabbed again by the attendant on the side.
The man stepped back, and as he moved, his hood fell down, revealing a young face. In the midst of the fire, howling, and bloody smell, he turned to look at the maid, and actually smiled slightly, showing his white teeth.
"It's fun," he said.
Fun?
Is this fun?
Isn’t this also a fool?
The maidservant was stunned, watching a wolf pounce from behind the man who turned around, and for a moment she even forgot to scream. (To be continued)
