Empress Chu

With a bang, the big knife slipped over the shoulder of the young merchant and fell to the ground, and the bandit immediately fell down, splashing a cloud of dust. Through the dust, one could see the bandit's ferocious eyes and the throat pierced by an arrow.

what happened?

The young merchant, who narrowly escaped death, crouched on the ground tremblingly and looked back.

Are the officers and soldiers here?

"Which officer and soldier doesn't have eyes?" The bandit scolded bitterly, "I have enough money for you."

The attack from behind stopped the massacre of the gangsters in the scuffle, but there was no fear on their faces, but a ferocious look of wanting to fight the officers and soldiers.

It’s just that looking back, there is no armored soldier flag, just a group of people dressed more gorgeously than this team of businessmen—men and women, old and young, wearing gold and silver, fragrant cars and BMWs, if not holding Weapons are completely for the rich and the rich.

Who is this?

It looks really gorgeous and heartwarming.

Could it be that relying on a few guards who know kung fu is going to see injustice and eliminate harm for the people?

"Who are you?" The bandit chief's eyes glowed, and he yelled mockingly, "Well done, the men in Pingchuangou are sweeping the goods, come and kill them."

This area is their territory, and everyone shuns when they hear their names, even the officers and soldiers have to show some face.

But these people did not retreat, and the leader was still a young girl, wearing a calico dress and a bamboo hat with fluttering white gauze, the white gauze flew up, revealing a delicate and lovely face.

It's just a pretty and lovely girl holding a bow in her hand.

"What a coincidence, the folks from Qingya Village are going to the market." She smiled and shouted, "Everyone who gets in the way will die."

Qingya Village?

This is not a serious place, listen to her words again, go to the market, if you stand in the way, you will die?The young merchant curled up on the ground turned pale again.

The originally fierce bandit also turned pale.

"Qingya Village?" They shouted, and then looked at the girl in the lead, "It's Kapok Red!"

What is kapok red?The young merchant thought blankly, and just as the thought flashed across his mind, he heard shouts of "Kapokhong!" "Kapokhong is here!" "It's Kapokhong!"

Accompanied by the shouts, the originally ferocious bandits ran around like bereaved dogs.

And the group of men, women and children became new hunters. They shouted, some people drew bows and arrows, and some people——the businessman shrunk to the ground with his head in his arms saw a child about ten years old through the gap between his arms, The child stood on the horseback, raised a boomerang in his hand, and flew out with a whoosh, and a fleeing bandit fell to the ground in an instant.

The child let out a childish and crisp cry for his own blow.

The businessman understands that this is also a bandit, and this is when he encounters a gangster and eats a gangster!The tears that had been stopped flowed out again, there are really too many bandits in Bianjun——

There was the sound of horseshoes, shouts, weapons breaking through the air, and people screaming continuously. The businessman held his head and kept screaming, but the strange thing was that no horseshoe stepped on him, and no knife and arrow pierced his head. ——

Gradually the sound faded away.

The businessman raised his head in disbelief. The previous bandits had turned into dead bodies scattered on the ground. In the distance from the main road, the figures of the group of men, women and children could be faintly seen in the dust.

How is this going?

"Master Sun." The bodyguards ran over to help.

The businessman was helped up and looked around: "Are you all right?"

"It's all right." A bodyguard said, "Those bandits have been beaten away, and those bandits have gone far."

It sounds weird, isn't it that black eats black?Why don't you eat half of it?The businessman was puzzled, but it's always a good thing to escape death.

"Let's hurry up." He said hastily.

After some inspection, the goods were all there. Three bodyguards died and more than a dozen were injured. This is already an excellent result. The group of people didn't even feel sad. They loaded the dead into the car and bandaged the wounded.

"Young Master Sun, look." A bodyguard said.

The businessman in the car looked over and saw the bodyguard pick up a flower from the blood and dust on the ground——

"Kapok." The businessman recognized it immediately after being well-informed, but reached out to take it and found that it was not a real flower, but a silk flower.

He thought of what the bandits were shouting.

"Kapok red." The businessman murmured, looking at the silk flower and then looking into the distance.

The dust has dissipated, and no one is there.

"Is that the girl's name?"

Chapter 65 Bandits

"what is this flower?"

A shop assistant took it, turned it in his hand, and laughed and joked.

"Master, you still bring your sweetheart's silk flowers with you when you go out."

There is no kapok in the small town of Bianjun, and the store clerk does not know it, so the merchant takes the flowers back carefully.

"This is called kapok, not my sweetheart's silk flower." He sighed, "This is the silk flower that saved my life."

Speaking of the life-saving store, the clerk knew that when the businessman and his party came, there were wounded and dead, and they were all in a panic, but the inn was not frightened. This kind of situation happened a lot.

On the contrary, it is even more surprising that so many people are still alive when encountering bandits, and the goods are not damaged at all.

But what does it mean that silk flowers can save lives?The store clerk was a little confused, and a store clerk passed by and heard it, ahhh.

"Capok red!" he said.

This sound startled many people around, the cashier sitting there, the guests eating, and the shop assistants carrying the trays to deliver the food were all startled.

"Kapokhong!" "Kapokhong is here!" "Where is it?"

Fortunately, before someone yelled "Kapianhong is here, run quickly", the store clerk shouted first, "It's not that kapokhong is here, it's this person who met kapokhong."

It's like pouring a ladle of cold water into a boiling pot to calm down.

"It's really scary." The guests complained, "What are you doing scary?"

But many people gathered around, curious: "Someone actually saw Kapok Hong?" "Isn't Kapok Hong not here?"

Listening to the chatter, the businessman also complained: "I was the one who almost scared to death. What is kapok red?"

"It's a bandit." The people around said in unison.

Really bandits?

But it's not the same as a bandit.

The businessman described the scene at that time to everyone, saying: "There are old and young, they don't look like bandits, and the bandits are scared away when they hear them."

The people around were not surprised when they heard this: "Kapokhong, that is something that even bandits are afraid of when they see it."

The businessman became even more curious: "Who is this kapokhong?"

"Speaking of kapok red, we must first talk about Qingya village. There was a Qingya village in Daqingshan more than 20 years ago. In its heyday, there were thousands of bandits. It was really rampant." The old accountant sat behind the counter, He said slowly, "But later, when the officers and soldiers suppressed the bandits, they were driven out of Daqingshan, scattered and scattered everywhere—"

Hearing this, the businessman babbled: "More than 20 years ago? But what I saw was a teenage girl."

More than 20 years ago, this girl was not born yet.

Isn't it kapok red?

"Then I don't know." The accountant said, "No one has seen Kapok Red. Some say she is as beautiful as a flower, some say she is ugly as a ghost, and some say she is immortal."

Others also said one after another, "I've also heard that she is a celestial girl descending to earth." "Nonsense, I heard that she is a night rakshasa." "She can sow beans into soldiers." "She can use Yin soldiers!"

In short, no one has seen the real face, and the businessman understands.

"It doesn't matter what she looks like." The old accountant continued his topic, "In short, the Qingya village that was driven out of Daqingshan did not disappear. —And it is other bandits who burned, killed and looted the most, and they specialize in doing black and eating black."

The businessman was stunned, no wonder those bandits ran away when they heard it.

"Where the kapok red looted, a kapok would be dropped." The old accountant squinted at the silk flower in the merchant's hand, "but the kapok red has never appeared in our place. I didn't expect that I would be lucky too." See you once."

Even if he can kill bandits, bandits are bandits, just like Rakshasa who eats little ghosts is also a ghost.

The people are still very scared, "I heard that even officers and soldiers are afraid of kapokhong."

The merchant son looked at the silk flower in his hand, and his mood was also in a mess. He was able to sit here at this moment because he wanted to thank that kapokhong. Many evils are terrible.

"This trip is over, hurry home." He murmured, "Bian County is too scary."

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The farther you are from the border county, the bigger the city will appear in front of you, and the more pedestrians will be on the road, the slower the carriages and horses will go.

A group of cars and horses had to stop when they encountered cars on the opposite side. When they stopped again, the curtain of the car was lifted, and a boy about ten years old yelled.

Everyone on the road was startled, and the girl riding a horse in front turned back immediately.

"What are you doing, little rabbit?" She scolded in a low voice.

The boy called Xiaotu pouted: "Sister Xiaoman, I don't want to take a car, I want to ride a horse, this is too slow."

Xiaoman glared at him: "What kind of horse is the child riding? Do you see any children riding horses on the road?"

Not only are there no children, but even older people ride in cars.

"Don't let people treat us as abnormal people! If you leak your identity and ruin aunt's affairs, I can't spare you."

Xiaotu obviously didn't dare to spoil the big thing, so he sat back aggrieved, and shook his belt in boredom—just after shaking it, Xiaoman snatched it away, and a dart that shone coldly fell into Xiaoman's sleeve.

"How can a child play with a knife." Xiaoman scolded in a low voice.

The little rabbit rolled his eyes.

Xiaoman looked into the carriage again, frowned and scolded in a low voice: "Grandma Cai! Don't sharpen the knife with your feet!"

The gray-haired old woman sitting in the car grinned: "Okay, my feet are itchy."

After finishing speaking, he retracted the knife at his feet and stuffed it under the gorgeous skirt.

Xiaoman was a little helpless, and reminded again: "It's getting closer and closer to the Central Plains, so be more careful. If anyone does something wrong, don't blame me for punishment."

Everyone inside and outside the car agreed in unison.

Such orderly shouting shocked the people passing by on the main road. This group of old and young, maidservants and servants, carrying gifts, looked like a family visiting relatives, but they had to speak in unison Respond?

Are these the rules now?

A trace of embarrassment flashed across Xiaoman's face, and he quickly laughed and said loudly: "We are almost there, and we can have a good rest when we see the eldest aunt."

The little rabbit said loudly: "Ah, I really miss my eldest aunt."

Xiaoman flicked the horsewhip: "Hurry up if you think about it!"

The chariots and horses creaked and merged into the crowd on the main road, moving slowly.

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The capital is bustling and bustling, with cars and horses like a dragon, and there is new excitement every day.

"Go and see, the Chuyuan Wenhui is over."

Accompanied by this sound, many people looked over curiously.

The Chu Garden Literary Fair is already a well-known event, and even scholars from other places go straight to Chu Garden as soon as they enter Beijing.

After all, one of the hurdles of the third prince's Wangchunyuan Wenhui is to win the daughter of the Chu family.

Of course, apart from being curious about Chu's daughter winning or losing at the beginning, she has become less concerned now, because there are too many other people's winning and losing, and too many interesting competitions.

And now, the competition is not important anymore. The scenery of Chu Garden is beautiful, and there is almost an exclusive offering in Zuixianlou, which is fun and interesting. Many people specially bring their children at home to let them observe and learn.

Because there are too many people, Chu Yuan limits the number of people to enter the arena every day, and now it is hard to get a ticket.

Is it about to end?

Who said it was over?

Also, will the Chu daughter be punished?

With curiosity, countless people flocked to Chu Garden.

Chapter 66 Invitation

It was Xiao Xun who came to Chu Garden.