"No, this is the home of the head of the Xu family in Xujiaao. My brother had a high fever last night. It was Brother Xu who went out to collect medicine all night long to wake him up!"
Zhao Feng knew in his heart that if he had not taken the Blood Spirit Pill in advance, he would have been dead by now.
"Brother, is there any news from the bandits' lair?"
"No news has come yet!" Lu Su replied.
The two people were talking in the room when they heard someone shouting loudly outside the house: "Clan leader, it's not good. Captain He led his people to defeat the bandits. The bandits left their lair and came straight to us."
Zhao Feng had extraordinary hearing. When he heard the mountain man's unusual shouting, he immediately jumped out of bed and shouted: "Brother, follow me out of here quickly!"
Zhao Feng took Lu Su and rushed out of the Xujia'ao clan leader's home, but it was very peaceful outside.
"Brother, are you mistaken?"
"No, there was no panic at all from the mountain man's words just now, but rather a bit of joy. Either this person is an informant of the mountain bandits, or someone is planning to betray Xujia'ao."
Zhao Feng took Lu Su and rushed towards the village entrance instead of going to Xu's ancestral hall, but it was too late.
Thick smoke billowed from the entrance of Xujia'ao Village, and shouts of death rang out. Someone was soon killed, and the screams were particularly shocking in the mountain village.
While the two were hesitating, Xu Huang and his father ran towards them.
"Master Lu, Master Zhao, leave quickly. Xujia'ao cannot be saved. Someone betrayed us. Bandits have already occupied the entrance to the village!"
Xu's Ancestral Hall in Xujia'ao is located on a cliff, with cliffs on three sides. Xu Huang did not take Zhao Feng and Lu Su to the Xu's Ancestral Hall to join the others, but ran towards the north of the ancestral hall.
"Mr. Zhao, Gongming will take you to escape from the path. The path is at the foot of Xu's ancestral hall."
In times of trouble, the Xu clan, in order to avoid being trapped, hid a path down the mountain at the foot of the ancestral hall, near the cliff.
Several people ran quickly and quickly approached the path north of Xu's ancestral hall. Zhao Feng suddenly grabbed Xu Huang:
"There's an ambush!"
Xu Huang was slightly startled. Suddenly, many bandits appeared on the wall of Xu's ancestral hall. These bandits all wore black scarves on their heads and were dressed in black costumes. They all had bows and arrows in their hands.
"What's wrong, the path down the mountain was discovered by bandits!"
Xu Huang was at a loss for a moment, and Zhao Feng had no choice but to lead Lu Su straight to the northwest, using the scattered wooden houses to avoid the incoming arrows.
Father Xu and his son Xu Huang followed, and after running a few steps, suddenly a hail of arrows came from behind them. Xu Huang moved the arrows with great skill, but Father Xu was old after all, and after a lot of trouble last night,
By this time, it was beyond its capabilities.
An arrow flew through the air and hit Father Xu in the back of the heart. Father Xu screamed and fell to the ground.
"Dad!" Xu Huang's eyes turned red when he saw his father fall down. He wanted to turn over and fight back, but Zhao Feng suddenly turned around and grabbed him.
"If you go back, you're courting death. It's more important to save Father Xu!"
While Zhao Feng was making arrows, he protected Xu Huang and carried his father on his back to retreat. Lu Su hid behind a low wall and took a cold breath to shoot arrows at the wall of the ancestral hall, hitting three bandits one after another.
The bandits had dispersed in order to intercept the mountain residents of Xujia'ao. Zhao Feng and four others took advantage of the chaos and climbed over the wall and rushed out.
"Xu Huang, what treasures are there in Xujia'ao? Why are so many bandits besieging this place?"
Directly ahead, on the top of the mountain, there were shadowy bandits, so Zhao Feng found a sheltered alcove to hide.
Xu Huang was carrying his father, but his steps were a little unsteady. He had been running around all night last night, and he was sad and anxious. The man couldn't bear it any longer. Zhao Feng helped put Xu Huang down.
"Let's rest here for a while. Father Xu's injury is serious!"
Zhao Feng tore open the clothes on Father Xu's back. Fortunately, Father Xu was wearing a leather armor made by Orion. The sharp arrow did not penetrate deeply into the flesh. With timely treatment, Father Xu should be able to save his life.
Zhao Feng took out the dagger, and a ball of flame appeared in the palm of his hand. He burned and disinfected the blade, then cut the muscles on both sides of the arrow, removed the arrow, washed it with white wine, and then took out the sewing needle and thread to sew Father Xu.
The wound was sutured, and then Father Xu was given medicine to heal the wound and strengthen his body, and then he stopped.
"Young Master Zhao, you are really a strange man who also has medical skills? Xu Huang is grateful to Mr. Zhao for saving his life. Please accept Xu Huang's bow. From now on, Xu Huang is willing to serve you."
Zhao Feng listened to Xu Huang's words and hurriedly helped Xu Huang up. He was a little surprised: "People in ancient times were so simple. With such a little effort, a famous general of this world and future can serve."
Xu Huang voluntarily made a promise of service. Before Zhao Feng agreed, the Wuhun battle flag had already responded, and a purple Wuhun appeared in the center of this special battle flag.
On the side, Lu Su, who was still young and very restless, saw this and hurriedly bowed and saluted: "Brother, your Majesty, Lu Su is willing to serve my brother from now on!"
Zhao Feng's eyes widened and he thought to himself: "Brother is not a big shot, why do you get others to take orders so easily?"
In fact, the reason is very simple, that is, his status as a strange person and stranger. In this era of the Three Kingdoms, the status of strange people and strangers was respected, and some even became national protector generals or national advisors, able to intervene in government affairs.
Even if powerful strangers were unwilling to enter the imperial court, they would still receive a large number of land and people as rewards from the imperial court.
The imperial court spared no effort to win over strange people, and the main purpose was to reduce the possibility of rebellion by these people.
"Xu Huang, to be honest, Zhao Feng is just a civilian, and I am currently injured. I don't know if I can escape, let alone save your tribe!"
Xu Huang hurriedly knelt down on one knee and whispered: "From now on, Xu Huang will treat the young master as his lord, and he will never have two intentions in this life!"
When Lu Su saw this, he was dissatisfied: "Humph, you Xu Huang have been beaten first by you again!"
He knelt down and said in a low voice as well: "Brother, Lu Su has no regrets and is willing to follow his lead."
Facing this situation, Zhao Feng recalled the situation in the novel "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and whispered:
"In this case, after we get out of trouble, we will become brothers and never leave each other for life. We don't want to be born in the same year and the same day, but we want to die in the same year and the same day!"
"What a man who doesn't want to be born in the same year but wants to die in the same year and on the same day, so great and happy!" Xu Huang looked impassioned, and Zhao Feng was slightly startled, then he realized that this sentence did not exist in this era.
"That's very good!" Lu Su agreed without any objection.
Facing the dilemma, Zhao Feng took his plan to heart and said: "Brother Xu, take Lu Su to protect Father Xu from now on when he comes down the mountain. I will light a fire here to make it difficult for these thieves to take care of them!"
"My lord, take care of yourself!" Xu Huang is much older than Zhao Feng, so he will definitely become his eldest brother in the future, but since he regards Zhao Feng as his master, he naturally refuses to consider himself his elder brother.
Lu Su clasped his fists and acted like an adult: "Brother, I'll say goodbye now!"