"It's so late!" When he returned to the place where he originally set out, Arthur saw that Verne had climbed up the tree and waited obediently. When he saw Arthur and the others coming back, he immediately complained unhappily: "I'm all here."
I've been waiting in the tree all night, and I'm about to be fucked by mosquitoes! Where did you all go to play?!"
"A lot of things happened along the way." Arthur replied without emotion, without any intention of apologizing to Verne: "Anyway, the replacement horse has been found. Let's go. We have to get to the facility before midnight.
Where is Field."
"Okay." Verne quickly climbed down from the tree and said unhappily while patting away the moss and other dirt on his body: "Even if you just sleep in a stable, it's better than sleeping in a tree. I've had enough.
There are mosquitoes here!"
He looked at Arthur's horse again: "This is not our horse. Where did it come from? It looks a little weird..."
"What I just caught is a very rare mountain horse. Well... we have to hurry, so don't ask for details." Arthur said. At first, he was a little worried about Xiaoxing's transformation.
He was instantly exposed by Verne. After all, Verne's eyesight was amazing. He might have reached the level of someone who had practiced the eagle eye technique. However, the night was so dark, and Verne was the kind of kid who had never seen the world.
, it seems easy to get passed by.
"But where are we going?" Verne did not delve into it further, and jumped on the back of Bedivere's wolf: "Isn't this direction the direction of the main road to Sheffield?"
"Well, let's take a detour first." Arthur did not explain in detail, but lit the torch and let the horse and wolf gallop through the forest. Originally, he didn't even want to light the torch. It would be too ostentatious to light a torch on the night road.
. But you have to bring something for lighting. Otherwise, if you rush over to find the carriage of the young King Henry VI in the dark, you will be regarded as a suspicious person and attacked by the guards. The flame of the torch will be in Asia.
The dragon horse that Arthur was riding was swaying constantly as it galloped down, almost in danger of being blown out. It was Arthur who protected it by force to prevent it from blowing out.
For the sake of etiquette or some more trivial and ridiculous things, humans have to do such superfluous behaviors, which is probably very ridiculous in the eyes of dragons. Arthur glanced at Xiaoxing, but did not say this out loud.
They didn't take the road, and drove with all their strength through the mountains and forests, walking almost in a straight line. They relied on Bediwell's nose to judge the direction, and ran until they reached a place in the distance where there was a vague smell of people and carriages. Then Arthur saw it from a distance.
, a carriage veered off the road and fell into a ravine. It had tilted at a 45-degree angle, and the two wheels on the right were completely sunk between the rocks and mud in the ravine. A group of guards were busy pushing there, struggling very hard.
Pushing, trying to push the overturned carriage away from the predicament. Unfortunately, this carriage specially designed for the King of England is still a bit overly decorated. The carriage is inlaid with gold and silver in many places. There are so many redundant decorations, how can the carriage be possible?
If it's not serious, how can it be possible to simply escape from the predicament if it's like this?
"Who?!" Seeing someone approaching on a horse, a guard near the carriage shouted alertly.
At that time, Arthur and his party had slowed down, and Arthur was still holding the torch high and approaching openly. But Arthur was still worried that the nervous guards would shoot a few arrows at them without any explanation, so he rushed to answer.
: "We are just travelers rushing to Sheffield at night. We just heard a loud noise here, so we came over to check. Are you okay?"
His shouting like this really dispelled the other party's suspicion. At least he approached openly and openly with a torch. Someone with evil intentions would definitely not do this.
"Okay." The leading guard replied: "You... can get close, but don't get too close. We are protecting a noble person here. It would be bad if that noble person is harmed."
Already."
Arthur calmly rode closer. Fortunately, he looked like a weak-looking blond boy now. He was not threatening at all in the eyes of people who knew nothing about it. He could be subdued by a few big men.
Verne, who is following Arthur, is even more of a kid, riding a wolf, which looks a bit funny. And whether it is the horse that Arthur is riding (a horse transformed from a dragon) or the mount that Arthur follows, they are both
It was not an expense that normal people could afford. As soon as the king's guards saw Arthur and his entourage, they took it for granted that Arthur was the son of a noble family, and their doubts were somewhat dispelled.
"Oops." Arthur pretended to speak in the elegant tone that nobles usually speak (not like it at all!), dismounted and approached with a torch. He looked at the carriage wheels that had sunk deeply into the cracks in the rocks and mud, and complained.
He said: "Look at this, it will be impossible to get the carriage out in no time. You are so unlucky."
"It's really a cursed night," the captain of the guard also said politely. "First, the horses were frightened by the shadow of the big monster in the sky and started running around. Then there was the black shadow following us in the forest, driving the horses headlong into it.
Now the carriage is completely trapped in this natural trap, and there are a group of black shadows outside the forest, ready to move, and my men and horses are starting to get nervous."
"Even so, you still haven't been attacked. It seems that the shadows that want to attack you are not strong." Arthur teased.
The guards were nervously holding swords and torches, and formed a formation around the carriage. Just now, there were several guards pushing the carriage, trying to get the carriage out of the predicament. Now they have completely given up, and they know that the formation
Arthur vaguely heard something making noises in the forest, but he knew that the guards were guarding not only those things in the forest, but also Arthur and his party.
In this situation, we haven't completely let down our guard yet. These guards are actually pretty good guards.
"Just relying on people to push the cart is obviously not powerful enough. With the horse pulling in front and the people pushing behind, there may be a chance." Arthur then said. Of course the other party also understood this truth. The reason why Arthur said this was not
In order to remind the other party, it was just to ease the tension of the guards, and at the same time emphasize that he was here to help and had no ill intentions.
"Do you think we haven't tried it?" the guard captain said with a bitter smile: "Look at those horses, they are all frightened. They can't even stand up now, and their legs are shaking so much. It's better to rely on ourselves than rely on those beasts."
Arthur glanced at the four horses in front of the carriage. The horses were indeed kneeling there and did not dare to move. Obviously something in the forest frightened them. The groom held a torch in front and tried to comfort the horses, but he did not do anything.
Doesn't have any effect.
The atmosphere was quite unpleasant. It looked like something was about to attack. At that time, if the frightened horses went crazy, they didn't know what trouble they would cause.
"Your horse looks very calm." The captain of the guard looked at Arthur's horse. It was transformed by Xiaoxing using the transformation technique, and it was also a very majestic white horse. It's hard to tell the details. It's probably
Xiaoxing used illusions to modify his appearance, making him look more like a horse and more majestic. But as a young dragon that is fearless, even if this guy turns into a horse,
That confidence still overflowed from his expression involuntarily, to the point that even a blind man could see it. This was no longer a matter of calmness. Xiaoxing was almost telling everyone present with his expression, "I and ordinary horses are different."
It’s different”.
"Hmm, this is a war horse that has been trained in my family for a long time. It is indeed... not afraid of danger." Arthur struggled to make up lies, trying to smooth things over for Xiaoxing - even though his white horse
There was no saddle on his back, and he looked like an untamed wild horse.
"But there's not even a saddle..." Sure enough, someone among the guards was complaining in a low voice.
"This guy is special. He doesn't like to wear saddles and bridles." Arthur continued: "It's just such a character."
"Uh-huh." The captain of the guard did not continue to ask any more questions, but asked: "Sir, can we borrow your horse for a while?"
Sure enough, it came.
"Yes. But this kind of help is definitely not free." Arthur sneered and bargained. It was not to gain much benefit from the other party, but to further get closer.
"Yes. As long as you can help us get out of trouble this time, we will be rewarded heavily." The guard captain replied cheerfully.
Arthur smiled, turned to Ryoma and said, "Xiaoxing?"
"Hiss, hiss, hiss, hiss!" The big white horse Xiaoxing transformed into pretended to neigh, and the horse's cry was so standard that it was even a little false. Then he walked towards the front of the carriage.
"It's amazing, this horse can also understand human speech." The captain of the guard praised.
"No, it's just that he's well-trained and used to receiving a few specific orders. He knows what to do according to my tone." Arthur continued to compile, and he was very tired. If it weren't for the fact that his brain rotated faster than ordinary people
, I guess I’ve already worn it by this time.
"Hmm..." Verne, who was riding a wolf, let out a low groan, but this kid was very smart. Arthur had made up so many stories and he never found out. It was because he was used to living a life of dependence on others in the castle.
,Has this child also become extraordinarily smooth and sophisticated?
Arthur remained calm and watched as the coachman buckled the saddle of the cart onto Xiaoxing's shoulders. At first, he was a little worried that Xiaoxing would refuse to help. After all, the guy was a dragon and had the unique arrogance of dragons.
, few people are willing to do the menial work of oxen and horses for humans. But Xiaoxing doesn't seem to mind at all, maybe because he is too young. He even thinks it is an interesting experience to turn into a horse and pull a cart. As for the coachman,
Even before he was given an order to move, this guy just kept moving forward.
The carriage, which was stuck in the cracks between mud and rocks and could not move even if six or seven big men tried to push it, actually moved under the pull of a (pretended) horse.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, wait a minute and don't do anything random." Arthur was anxious and rushed over to stop Xiaoxing: "Such a continuous effort will make the carriage flip over!"
Xiaoxing stopped.
"Sure enough, you can understand people's words..." the guard captain muttered in a low voice.
"Ahem!" Arthur had no choice but to cough dryly to divert everyone's attention, and then said: "I'll give the signal to the horse here. Send enough people to push from behind, and call me when you're ready."
"Okay!" After being successfully distracted, the captain of the guard began to instruct his men to push the cart--at least to arrange the personnel in a position where they could push the cart with their hands and stabilize the cart.
"Ready, start pushing, one, two------"
"Three!" Arthur also patted Xiao Xing's back and asked Ryoma to pull the cart with all his strength. Someone was pulling hard from the front and pushing from the back. Under this double pulling force, the carriage that was stuck in the mud finally started to move.
In fact, Xiaoxing's strength alone is enough to pull the carriage out of the predicament, but if only Xiaoxing is pulling from the front and there is no one to stabilize it from behind, the carriage will tilt sideways and overturn as soon as it breaks away from the soil.
Now Arthur could hear a group of rough men behind the carriage howling at the top of their lungs. They must have used their strength to stabilize the carriage and prevent it from overturning. Under such circumstances, the carriage moved forward slowly, and with great difficulty, it
He was freed from the predicament and returned to a level ground where he could stand normally and stably.
"Huh." The captain of the guard breathed a sigh of relief, feeling relieved.
At this moment, something was shot towards the carriage, or to be more precise, towards the horses in front of the carriage. Arthur drew his sword with quick hands and eyes, blocking the hidden weapon shot from the forest!
"It's too early to relax now." He reminded: "It seems that the guests who have been waiting in the woods for a long time are beginning to lose their patience!" (To be continued)