idyllic tranquility

"My lord, the bandit's lair we found earlier is on the mountain ahead."

It was getting late, Xiao Zhi, He Ning and his party finally arrived near the next target.

"Understood, first find a suitable place to rest, and follow the plan at night."

This kind of scene has happened twice, and He Ning is no stranger to it, and consciously follows the people who are looking for caves, water sources or setting up tents.

Since leaving Beili Village, they have been in a state of rapid march, repairing during the day and rushing at night.He Ning was uncomfortable at first.After all, He Ning has ridden a mount like a horse in the park and when traveling, and at most it only runs a few laps in the field. He has never ridden for several hours without stopping like now.Moreover, most of them take the mountain road at night.

Rugged, turbulent, thrilling... After the first night, He Ning really felt reckless.Since his riding skills were not up to standard, Xiao Zhi arranged for his subordinates to take him on a ride for fear of delaying everyone's schedule.

After two days, He Ning not only had back pain all over his body, as if he was falling apart, but also his thighs and buttocks were painfully worn. Initially, he estimated that the bruises were light, and the parts that did not peel off were considered good.

Even so, He Ning still endured and insisted on following the itinerary of the large army, without complaining of hardship or tiredness.

At the beginning, He Ning's joining made the guards who had seen blood on the battlefield and lived on horseback look down upon him very much.In their words, it looks like a girly little white face, which is useless at first glance.But later, He Ning ate hard dry food with them, lived in a wild cave together, and rode night horses together, and they knew all about the exhaustion and hardship they suffered.After all, everyone has suffered all these hardships before they are what they are today.

But He Ning didn't complain at all, he gritted his teeth and persevered, which made several people in the same company think of him a lot. A person who has perseverance, can endure hardships, and can persevere, even if he has a handsome face, they will recognize him as a man.

In this way, He Ning ran with them on the mountain road for five or six days, and after five or six days, he got on the horse and got off the horse on the road to sleep.From the time when he was so overwhelmed that he couldn't eat, and later he was able to eat dry food with cold water while eating delicious food, He Ning felt that his stomach had become stronger and upgraded, and occasionally even had the illusion that his body was softened by water The dry food seems to have a soft and glutinous feeling like red bean cake (no wonder) when you taste it carefully!

Just as He Ning gradually became numb to this bumpy way of traveling, they finally reached their first destination.That night, He Ning was left behind as a non-staff member and two guards who took turns watching and feeding the horses.Even though he heard that there were bandits and robbers nearby, He Ning still slept in the dark that night, unmoved by thunder, dead and dead...

By the time He Ning woke up the next day happily (succeeded by food), the party that had gone out at night had already returned.For the first time, these people were not afraid of disturbing the bandits in the mountains, and even made a fire and cooked a hot meal.

After waking up, He Ning simply tidied himself up, and picked up some dry firewood by the way. On the way, he also noticed that the person who came back had a bad expression.He sat by the fire and chatted with Xiao Zhi.Now that he has become a grasshopper on the same rope for the time being, He Ning decided to ask for more dictation information and have an objective understanding of his own situation in order to predict the crisis and take precautions.

"How was the investigation last night? Why do you think everyone is not interested?"

"Well, it's the den of thieves we inquired about before. We found out that there was something wrong with his leader, and we were just about to strike, but were poisoned to death by one of his subordinates. Therefore, this thread is broken, and we have to keep looking."

The reason why Xiao Zhi didn't hide from He Ning was that on the one hand, he had an upright personality and did not want to hide things;The most important thing is that He Ning is under his nose now, and he has the strength and confidence to control He Ning's every move.

"Poisoned to death by his subordinates? Such a coincidence, is there anything wrong with this subordinate of his? Could it be that you have exposed your whereabouts, and what does this subordinate know to kill him in case the boss leaks the news?"

He has watched too many dog ​​blood TV series, and when He Ning heard such a coincidence, he couldn't help but start to make conspiracy theories.

"..." Xiao Zhi's movements in the fire cage froze imperceptibly, "You think too much, they are premeditated to seize the throne."

Hearing what Xiao Zhi said, He Ning filled two bowls of hot soup with peace of mind, one for Xiao Zhi and one for himself.Those who go out for a night have to rest, so there is no need to hurry, He Ning has time to enjoy this rare hot food slowly.

"No wonder you are not afraid of alarming the bandits, and started cooking. Presumably, they are either busy selecting a new leader now, or waiting to celebrate the new leader's appointment, and reward them for their merits!"

……

With the first time, there will be the second time. After the two actions, He Ning has almost figured out the action plan of this group of people.Therefore, this third time, he did not need others to explain, and consciously did what he could.

It's just that this time it was a bit unusual. A group of people who went up the mountain at night to inquire about news came back within two hours.

"This mountain is so well-arranged. There are quite a few secret whistles hidden in the woods outside the cottage. This is not like the style of ordinary bandits. It is easy to scare the snake by sneaking in. Xiao Da, gather the deployment information collected by the brothers and bring them here. Today Rest for a day, we will visit again tonight."

"Yes, my lord."

After coming down from the mountain, it was already three or four o'clock in the morning. Xiao Zhi quickly analyzed the current situation and arranged the work of his subordinates. After staying up for another hour, he formulated a plan for tonight from the information that Xiao Da had sorted out. action plan.

That night, the guards who had recharged their batteries followed Xiao Zhi and sneaked up the mountain amidst the bandit's strict defense. On the way, they inevitably encountered several checkpoints that could not be bypassed.In the end, although they solved it silently, it will definitely be exposed when the guard changes, so there is not much time left for them to inquire.

When they came to the outskirts of the cottage, everyone found a hiding place and moved in cautiously all the way.Compared with ordinary cottages, this kind of defense is considered high-level, but for Xiao Zhi who is good at forming troops, there are still omissions.

The crowd dealt with a few guards, Xiao Zhi and Xiao Da changed into the clothes of the guards, leaving behind two guards and a few guards in disguise, they hid themselves and went inside.

"Hey, hurry up, don't just enjoy yourself, I've wiped my gun, I can't wait!"

"Hmm, ha, you are...waiting a little longer, um, right now~"

"Fuck, you can do this kind of stuff for so long, hurry up, hurry up!"

"Tmd, um you, can you stop... (reminder), ah~! Haho, haho."

"Go away, you're still occupying the hole after finishing the work, umm, ah..."

"Haha~ Chih, you still have the face to criticize me, don't you still work hard on this guy. It's not easy to find a woman now, and you're not a big boss, what else do you want to pick?"

"Hmm, ah, if you want me to say, hmph, it's all because of these barbarians, um."

"No, his old lady, a group of monkeys who have never seen a woman, according to their way of playing, after one round, I have never seen anyone who can survive. It was ruined, otherwise, there would not be a single one to see by now."

"Hmph, um, if not, each of them, take the good guy, um, who, who tm followed them, um ha, pick up these crap, slap, um~"

"Fuck, be gentle with me, I'm dead, we'll..." Before he finished speaking, a sharp knife pierced his chest, spraying blood donations all over the person next to him, and the familiar smell of blood stopped the opponent's piston Before he could call for help and dodge, his throat was cut by another sharper long knife.

"My lord, she..."

In addition to the two bloody corpses, there was also a naked woman lying on the floor of this dilapidated room. She was breathing weakly now, with more air than air, and she was obviously about to die.Even with all the rescue efforts, he would not survive an hour.

"Give her a straw mat, and when we leave... burn this place."

The further west they went, the more bandit gangs they encountered, but most of them were gangs of local or nearby villagers who could not survive.Until they changed direction and headed north, they found that there were fewer gangs occupying the mountains, but each of them became more and more brutal.

They searched all the way and found more and more clues, but they never found real and strong evidence.Until today, he heard the word "barbarian".

Leaving from the dilapidated house, the two lurked in the night and approached the "luxury" building in the center a little bit.

"Boss, don't you just watch this group of pickles spend all the gold and silver we robbed and drink all the fine wine we stored?"

"Hey~ Then what can I do? They hold elite weapons in their hands, and we can't grab them. If we don't support them, can our cottage stand here?!"

"Then we can't watch them waste things like this. We still have a bunch of brothers to support! Boss, there is always a way, it's up to you to decide!"

"Hey~~ Wait for another two days, let me think about it, wait for another two days..."

Outside a secluded side room, Xiao Zhi and Xiao Da exchanged glances, walked around, and ignored the two who were talking secretly in the room.They had seen this kind of situation a lot, and before long, either the "boss" made up his mind to deal with the barbarians, or the younger brothers planned to deal with him.

The closer to the "mansion" in the center, the stricter the security, Xiao Zhi even saw a few barbarian-looking guards patrolling.No need to go in, Xiao Zhi has already seen some unusual things from this group of barbarian guards, especially the few barbarian guards near the inner circle. , you can immediately enter the combat state.This quality is not at all like the ordinary herdsmen who sneaked into the Xia Kingdom, but more like a soldier who has undergone strict training.

Before they could take any further action, they heard a signal from the border. It should be the guards they left to let the wind out. This was a signal to remind them that there was a change and they should retreat immediately.

Xiao Zhi and Xiao Da looked at each other without any hesitation, and walked directly to the broken house, seeing that the woman in the straw mat was not breathing, they set the house on fire.

After that, the two only chose the road with few people, but they no longer hid their figures.Now that it has been exposed, there is no need to hold back the anger in my chest!

The two walked towards the corresponding place along the way. They did not dodge when encountering three or two or a small group of hunters on the way.

That night, He Ning failed to sleep until he woke up naturally, but retreated with the dozens of guards fighting.It was not until it was dark that they avoided tracking and hid in this mountain forest.

"My lord, where are we going next?"

"We will go wherever the nearest military camp is."