More than 20 people rushed out from both sides of the road and surrounded Qin Xiao and others. In the darkness, they all saw that these people were all dressed in coarse cloth and had various weapons in their hands. Some were holding axes and some were holding hoes.
, some people were holding hatchets, and only two of them were holding big knives, but the big knives looked very broken.
Robbery?
Qin Xiao's mind flashed.
Bandits blocking roads and robbing people like this are very common in Xiling. In the beautiful land of Jiangnan, it is rare to hear of bandits blocking roads and robbing people.
There was no nervousness on She Yue's face, and there was even a trace of disdain in her eyes.
"Don't move!" A big man with a knife shouted loudly: "If anyone moves, he will be chopped to death immediately."
Without the instructions of She Yue and Qin Xiao, Geng Shao and others did not act rashly.
Although there were more than twenty people on the other side, Qin Xiao and others knew with just one glance that they were just a ragtag group of people.
When the team left the city, they were of course not allowed to carry weapons with them, so they were all with bare hands.
When Qin Xiao came to Jiangnan this time, he brought the Golden Crow Sword given by the saint. However, before going to Suzhou City, he left the Golden Crow Sword in the inner warehouse of Lingyan Mountain and gave it to Fat Fish for safekeeping. Even the Black Overlord also returned the sword.
Stay on Lingyan Mountain.
Leaving Suzhou City, there was an urgent need. In order to ensure She Yue's safety, Qin Xiao could not go to the inner library to meet Pang Yu and Feixin, so he had to go all the way south.
Gu Baiyi had already turned over and dismounted, raised his hands and smiled at the man: "What's your name, sir? We are merchants from out of town, and we purchased some silk from Suzhou. We are passing through here. Please hold your hands and let us pass by." Xiang Qin Xiao
After taking a look, Qin Xiao knew what he was doing. He already took out two banknotes and handed them over, saying, "This is money for traveling, for your convenience."
With the strength of Qin Xiao and others, it would be easy to deal with these rabble even if they were unarmed.
But everyone knows in their hearts that once there is a dispute with this group of people here, or even killing someone, their whereabouts will soon be exposed. At this moment, they can only try to be patient and value peace.
The man took the banknote, glanced at it, widened his eyes, and said in surprise: "Two hundred taels? Hahaha, businessmen really have money."
When the others heard that there were two hundred taels of silver, they were all excited.
"Masters, those who should be filial have already been filial, please let us pass." Gu Baiyi said politely.
The man put the banknotes in his arms, pointed at the convoy and said: "Seeing that you are still sensible, I will spare your lives. However, all the vehicles, horses, and goods on the vehicles will be left behind. By the way, the money you are carrying,
Hand it all over."
Gu Baiyi frowned and said, "Isn't it a little too much for you to do this?"
"Stop talking nonsense." A man on the side raised the hatchet in his hand and scolded: "Spare your lives as a mercy. If you talk too much, I will chop your neck immediately."
Qin Xiao saw Geng Shao and others ready to make a move and winked.
Everyone got off their horses and stood on the roadside under the shouts of the robbers.
Several bandits jumped on the car and shouted: "It's all silk, hahaha, let's all pick it up and take it back to my mother-in-law."
Other bandits immediately swarmed up and snatched the silk. Some fought so fiercely that they tore the silk into shreds, while others draped the silk around themselves and laughed.
She Yue frowned, a cold and stern look appeared in her beautiful eyes.
But I heard the big man holding a knife shout: "Don't even bother dividing the things. All the things you get must be handed over. If anyone hides them privately, he won't be able to eat and carry them around."
The others were extremely excited, but once they heard what the big man holding a knife said, their excitement disappeared in an instant, and they all looked dejected.
"Don't hang your heads." The big man with the knife said with a smile: "We went out to do work today, and the harvest was so rich. If you hand over these things, you must be heavily rewarded." Pointing to the horses, he said, "These horses are worth a lot of money.
, if you hand it over, we will have made a huge contribution."
When the bandits heard this, they became happy again.
"These guys are dishonest." The big man with a knife pointed at the people in Qin Xiao and said, "Let me search them inside and outside."
The bandits were about to rush forward. Qin Xiao wanted to give you some color. You really were about to open a dyeing workshop. He raised his hands to stop and said with a smile: "Everyone, you have got the horses and silk. What else do you want? So-called thieves."
There is also a saying, the little bit of silver we have left with us is the cost of getting home. If you really want to take it all away from us, you will make us die on the road."
The big man with the knife looked at Qin Xiao and said with a smile: "Do you think we keep these things for ourselves? Let me tell you, these things are used for big things. If you are honest and hand over all the money you have on you, it will be considered a good thing.
If you gain merit, it will benefit you in the future." Thinking of something, he asked: "By the way, did you see a dog and a man on the way?"
Qin Xiao's heart moved and he asked calmly: "What man and woman?"
"A young man under twenty and a woman under thirty." The man with the knife said: "They are fugitives. The man is very ordinary, but the woman is said to be very beautiful. This couple came from Suzhou
Escape from the city...!"
She Yue's eyes were filled with chills as she looked directly at the big man holding the knife.
Her eyes were cold and stern. The big man holding the knife seemed to feel something. He couldn't help but look over and saw She Yue behind Qin Xiao looking at her coldly. He couldn't help but look up and down. Seeing She Yue's appearance, he couldn't help but say: "Look at me.
do what?"
She Yue snorted coldly and ignored it.
Qin Xiao felt awe-struck in his heart. After the group came out of Suzhou City, they kept going all the way. The pursuers behind them had not yet caught up, but the people this ragtag group of people were looking for were clearly him and She Yue.
How did these people get the news so quickly?
Seeing She Yue's cold attitude, the big man with the knife was a little annoyed. He raised his finger and pointed at She Yue and said, "Pull him out."
Several bandits came forward and tried to pull She Yue out, but She Yue's expression was cold and inviolable.
Geng Shao and Chen Zhitai had already blocked She Yue in front of her. Qin Xiao stared at the bandits who came forward and said coldly: "It will not be good for you to push the envelope."
The gangsters ignored Qin Xiao's words and rushed forward. One of them pushed Qin Xiao's chest and tried to push him away. However, it was like pushing him against a stone sculpture, and they were unable to move Qin Xiao at all.
"Kill them!" Musk Yue's cold voice came from behind.
Qin Xiao's face turned cold. The man couldn't push Qin Xiao down. He immediately became angry. He raised his arm and slashed Qin Xiao with the hatchet in his hand. The hatchet was still in mid-air, but he heard a "bang" sound.
With a loud sound, Qin Xiao punched the man in the chest. The man let out a muffled groan and flew out.
All the bandits were shocked, obviously they didn't expect that there were powerful characters in the caravan. The big man with the knife said angrily: "You son of a bitch, how dare you take action, seek death and chop them up."
The more than 20 bandits were extremely fierce. When the big man with a knife gave an order, a group of people immediately waved axes and hatchets in their hands and came to kill everyone.
Previously, Qin Xiao and his party did not want to cause trouble, so as not to expose their whereabouts, and seeing that these bandits were wearing coarse clothes, they were afraid that they were just ordinary people, and did not want to embarrass them, but they did not expect that these people were so fierce and actually wanted to kill people.
"Kill them!" Musk Yue's cold voice sounded again.
Geng Shao and Chen Zhitai did not hesitate and rushed out first, followed closely by the four Dali Temple executioners.
Geng Shao and Chen Zhitai may not be very skilled, but it is really easy to deal with these mobs. The Dali Temple executioners accompanying Jiangnan this time were carefully selected by Gu Baiyi from Dali Temple. Their fighting ability is not weak. These six
The man came out of the mountain like a tiger and rushed forward to meet the bandits.
Chen Zhitai rushed in front of a bandit, and without waiting for the man to chop down his axe, he grinned and punched the man in the face with his right fist, instantly breaking the bridge of the man's nose.
At the golden flower moment, Chen Zhitai had already snatched the ax from his hand.
The most comfortable weapon of the Chen family is an axe, so he specially picked a gangster with an axe. With the ax in his hand, he felt that it was much lighter than his previous double axe. It felt a little uncomfortable to hold it in his hand, but
An ax is better than nothing. When he saw the man, he covered the bridge of his nose and said with a smile: "Your grandfather used to do this business. Showing off in front of me is really asking for death." If he wanted to perform meritorious service in front of Her Royal Highness, he would not hesitate.
The ax struck down, right on the man's head, and blood spurted out.
He was also the third in charge of the family in Xiling at the beginning, and he had done things like robbing families and houses. Killing people and stealing goods was a common thing for him.
Although the bandits were large in number, facing Geng Shao and his group, they were like sheep being attacked by wolves. In the blink of an eye, seven or eight people were lying on the ground, wailing incessantly.
Qin Xiao didn't take any action, and he and Gu Baiyi stayed by She Yue's side.
Geng Shao and Dali Temple's executioners had a sense of proportion in their attacks, but Chen Zhitai left no room for his tentacles. In a moment, he had already grabbed two axes. With both axes in hand, he had killed three or four people in a moment.
The big man with the knife thought he had stopped a group of fat sheep, but he didn't expect that these fat sheep turned out to be tigers that can eat people. He was frightened and saw that his men had fled in all directions. He was already panicking. When he saw the iron-tower-like Chen Zhitai, he was shocked again.
A man was killed with an axe, his soul was shattered, he turned around and ran away.
After only a few steps of running, a shadow suddenly bumped into him from the side and hit the big man holding the knife. The big man couldn't help being knocked out. He was about to get up when he kicked him in the face with one foot.
He came over, and the force of this kick was so strong that the big man's eyes flashed with tears, and his nose, tears, and blood all came out for a while. The big knife in his hand had been taken away, and then he felt a chill on his neck, and the big knife was already placed on him.
on the throat.
This fight came and went as quickly as it came.
Six of the bandits were killed, and six or seven of them were beaten until they were lying on the ground unable to get up. The rest had already dispersed and fled far away.
Geng Shao took a big knife and dragged the big man to Qin Xiao like a dead dog.
Qin Xiao looked coldly at the big man with a bloody face and asked coldly: "Why are you here? Don't tell me that you are robbing. If you hide anything, you will be hacked to death immediately."
The big man lamented: "We...we are not trying to rob you. This...this is all a misunderstanding. We are just trying to intercept two people. We saw your team passing by in the middle of the night, so...
Only then did he get interested in seeing money...!"
"Intercept the man and woman?"
"Yes." The big man said with a bitter face: "We were told by the superiors to ambush near here. Whenever we see a woman passing by, we must stop it. After waiting for more than two hours, we did not see the man and woman, but...
...But I've been waiting for you...!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Baiyi suddenly walked over and waved to Yu Xuanwu. Yu Xuanwu didn't know what he meant, but he walked over anyway.
"Are you going to wait for her?" Gu Baiyi looked at the big man and asked, "You said that you were told by your superiors to intercept this noble man. Who instructed you to do this?"
Qin Xiao and others were a little surprised to hear Gu Baiyi call Yu Xuanwu a noble person, and for a moment they didn't know what kind of medicine Gu Baiyi was selling in the gourd.