It is undeniable that Oona is a energetic girl from the Sheng ethnic group. She was obviously sick due to seasickness on the first day. However, after a day's rest, she immediately became lively again on the third day and excitedly proposed to have a trial riding competition with Zhao Hongrun.
Let's see who can run faster.
Zhao Hongrun flatly refused.
After all, Zhao Hongrun is self-aware. With his poor riding skills, how can he compare to Oona, who has lived on the grassland since childhood? Isn't this asking for trouble?
What's more, the road condition they were passing through at the moment was no better than that of Sanchuan.
Most of the soil in Sanchuan is soft, but because of the grassland vegetation, the soil will not be loose. As long as you are not riding a horse very fast, you will not be injured even if you fall. However, in Wei State,
Most of it is loess, which looks solid, but in fact no one can guarantee whether the inside of the soil has been soaked by rain, causing the soil to become loose.
If you fall while riding a horse, it will definitely be very painful.
Zhao Hongrun didn't want to be limping when he arrived in Shangshui County.
Seeing that Zhao Hongrun rejected the matter, Oona was slightly disappointed, but this cheerful Sheng girl put this disappointment behind her as soon as she thought about it, and rode her horse to her heart's content in the vast wilderness.
"Yohoo yohoo"
From time to time, such sounds came out of her mouth.
This made Zhao Hongrun slightly surprised, because he originally thought that only the Jie tribe would cheer like this.
But if you think about it carefully, it doesn’t seem so strange that the Jie people and the Yi people have the same origin and culture.
"He Miao, Chu Heng, Zhu Gui, follow Oona."
Worried about Oona, Zhao Hongrun ordered three clan guards to chase her.
He could understand that the people of Sanchuan were accustomed to the vast environment and did not like to stay in a narrow and restricted place. Their greatest pleasure was probably hunting prey on the endless grassland.
Therefore, Oona lived in Prince Su's Mansion some time ago. Although she seemed very happy, Zhao Hongrun could tell that she was still somewhat uncomfortable.
Now that she has the opportunity to vent, it's not a bad thing, as long as she pays attention to safety.
Just as Zhao Hongrun looked at Oona in the distance with doting eyes, Mi Jiang slowly rode closer to Zhao Hongrun and said lightly: "Hey."
"how?"
Zhao Hongrun's face froze slightly because he thought Mi Jiang would say something weird again, but unexpectedly, Mi Jiang said lightly: "Behind us, there is someone who has been following us for a long time."
Zhao Hongrun rolled his eyes when he heard this and said angrily: "This is official policy. Some people are going with us. Isn't it strange?"
Unexpectedly, Mi Jiang heard this and said in a deep voice: "That person has some murderous aura in him. It's not heavy, but there is."
murderous look……
Zhao Hongrun glanced at Mi Jiang speechlessly.
To be honest, he still hasn't figured out what the murderous intent is.
But it is undeniable that Zong guards like Mi Jiang, Shen Yu, and those Su Wang guards composed of veterans of the dredging army can sometimes detect the hostility of certain people in advance.
Zhao Hongrun looked back and saw a man riding a donkey behind them. Judging from his height and body shape, he should be a relatively thin man.
"Shen Yu, what did you say?" Zhao Hongrun asked Shen Yu, the Zongwei chief on the other side of him.
Shen Yu also looked back and said hesitantly: "I don't feel the humble position, but since it is what Lord Mi Jiang said, the young master should not take it lightly."
"..." Zhao Hongrun glanced at Mi Jiang.
Considering that Mi Jiang learned witchcraft from the Ba Kingdom, which was full of gods and ghosts, Zhao Hongrun also felt a little hesitant.
Although he didn't want to admit the existence of those things, he really couldn't explain what happened to the evil things in his body.
"Then let's try it."
After saying something casually, Zhao Hongrun reined in the reins and ordered: "Have a rest for a while."
Shen Yu understood and asked Gao Kuo and Zhong Zhao, who were driving the carriage, to stop the carriage in which the female family members were riding.
The group found a place beside the official road, spread out sheepskin blankets and prepared to eat something.
What surprised Zhao Hongrun was that the guy riding a donkey behind them actually stopped, sat beside the official road, took out a piece of food like a pancake from his arms, and ate it bite by bite.
If he insisted on saying it was a coincidence, Zhao Hongrun himself would not believe it.
"Mu Qing."
Zhao Hongrun nuzzled at the man riding the donkey.
Mu Qing understood, slowly walked towards the man, and chatted with him for a few words.
After a while, Mu Qing returned to Zhao Hongrun and said: "Young master, he is a man, his name is Chen Xiao, he is in his twenties by visual inspection, and his accent sounds like he is from the suburbs of Daliang. I guess he is from Zhongmu, Zhongyang, and Huangchi." .......Well, it feels to me like someone in the army."
"Soldier?" Zhao Hongrun was a little surprised.
Mu Qing nodded and said: "There is indeed something wrong with this guy. Although he seems to be in a panic, I can't see any panic in his eyes. I doubt..." After that, he approached Zhao Hongrun and said mysteriously: " It’s an assassin!”
Didn’t you just say that the other party was a soldier?
Zhao Hongrun rolled his eyes and said angrily: "Which assassin reported his name?" As he said that, he pursed his lips towards the man riding a donkey named Chen Xiao in the distance, and said with a strange expression: "Look more carefully. Look, does he look like an assassin?"
Mu Qing looked back for a while, and when he saw Chen Xiao taking a few bites of the cake in his hand, he would glance at them from time to time, and his expression became a little strange.
No wonder, if all assassins in the world were like this man, this industry would have been wiped out long ago.
But having said that, Zhao Hongrun also understood that there was definitely something wrong with this crappy assassin named Chen Xiao.
However, Zhao Hongrun felt a little happy when he saw the other party's tracking method.
"You said...does he know that he has been exposed?" Zhao Hongrun asked Mu Qing.
Mu Qing thought for a while and said: "If we just stare at him like this, he should notice it... let's try it."
After that, Mu Qing walked towards Chen Xiao again and shouted: "Hey, brother Chen Xiao, do you have any extra dry food over there? We don't have enough dry food here, so I'll give you copper coins in exchange. Look, OK?"
"Oh, then...I still have two pieces of cake here..."
In the distance, the man's voice came.
After a while, Mu Qing came back with two pieces of cake, shrugged towards Zhao Hongrun, and made a face with his flat mouth.
"He was very nervous when he saw me coming over again, but after I told him my intention, he seemed to be relieved... I guess he didn't feel that he was exposed yet."
"..." Zhao Hongrun almost burst out laughing.
After a while, he held back his laughter and shook his head and said, "Leave him alone and see what he wants to do."
The sect guards nodded.
After eating some dry food, Zhao Hongrun and his party set off again. At the same time, the man riding a donkey, Chen Xiao, also rode over on a donkey.
For a whole day, Zhao Hongrun and his party rested, and the other man also rested; Zhao Hongrun and his party hurried on, and the other man also hurried on.
In short, they were just following Zhao Hongrun and his group.
What struck Zhao Hongrun as funny the most was when they slept in the wilderness that night.
On their side, they lit a bonfire and ate dried meat and dry food. On the other hand, Chen Xiao, who was riding a donkey, looked at Zhao Hongrun and the others dryly, not knowing whether it was because he had finished eating the cakes on his body.
If this guy really came to assassinate my assassin, it would really bring shame on the assassin profession...
Zhao Hongrun shook his head and told Mu Qing with great interest: "Go and give him a bag of dried meat. Otherwise, if you starve all night, you may not have the energy to keep an eye on us every day."
"Okay." Mu Qing smiled and walked towards the other party carrying a bag of dried meat.
However, Mi Jiang, who was sitting not far from Zhao Hongrun, saw this scene and said expressionlessly: "Stop playing around. That person gave me a feeling... very powerful."
...very powerful?
Zhao Hongrun and Zong Wei Chief Shen Yu looked at each other in disbelief.
You must know that Mi Jiang only rated Chu Heng, the most powerful among the clan guards, as very powerful. But this time, the man riding a donkey who looked quite thin was actually very powerful from Mi Jiang.
evaluation?
Is this woman playing tricks on me?
Zhao Hongrun looked at Mi Jiang suspiciously, but saw that the latter seemed to feel something and said lightly: "I never joke!"
Damn telepathy...
Zhao Hongrun cursed secretly, he was really fed up with this inexplicable psychological connection.
At this time, Shen Yu advised from the side: "Master, if Master Mi Jiang said so, this person should not be underestimated... In order to prevent any accidents, it is best to interrogate him as soon as possible."
At this moment, Mu Qing came back with a strange look on his face. He shrugged and said, "He...said he wanted to thank you personally, Master."
After that, Chen Xiaolai, a man riding a donkey, came out from behind Mu Qing. He clasped his hands and said respectfully: "Thank you for giving me the dried meat. I am really grateful."
Zhao Hongrun was about to speak when he suddenly felt something in his heart and turned to look at Mi Jiang, only to see the latter looking straight at him.
That look seemed to say: What are you waiting for? Take this person down!
It's not too bad to expose it so quickly, right? The journey to Shangshui is still long...
Stop playing! This person is anything but simple!
……All right.
After making eye contact with Mi Jiang for a while, Zhao Hongrun sighed helplessly, then turned to look at Chen Xiao, and suddenly shouted loudly: "Chen Xiao!"
"exist!"
Almost subconsciously, Chen Xiao, the young man riding the donkey, changed his eyes, straightened his back, lowered his head slightly, and performed a standard military salute of a general.
"..."
"..."
The scene was a little cold for a while.
All the sect guards were dumbfounded. Even Zhao Hongrun, the instigator, did not expect that the other party would be so cooperative.
They looked at Chen Xiao with strange eyes, but saw that the latter finally realized that something was wrong this time, his face turned red, but he still maintained the military salute posture, and he was probably at a loss.
After about a few breaths, Mi Jiang couldn't stand it anymore and said to Shen Yu and others expressionlessly: "What are you still standing there for? Take it down!"
All the sect guards woke up from a dream, and Shen Yu immediately reached out and grabbed Chen Xiao's arm.
At this time, Chen Xiao also reacted. Under Zhao Hongrun's shocked eyes, he first broke away from Shen Yu's hand, then got close and knocked him back a few steps with an elbow. Then, he avoided After grabbing Gao Kuo and using their fists, he turned around and caught Chu Heng's fist that was swinging at him.
Although the back of his hand was shaking, it finally blocked Chu Heng's fist.
"..."
Zhao Hongrun was really surprised.
Shen Yu, Gao Kuo, Zhongzhao, Chu Heng, and the other four Zongwei all took action at the same time, but unexpectedly failed to capture this man, and were instead forced back by the latter.
This is definitely a general-level strength!
Enough to call it brave!
This guy... what is his background?
Seeing the sect guards swarming up and fighting each other, Zhao Hongrun was thoughtful. (To be continued.) 8