The next morning, the autumn air was crisp and the wind was light and the clouds were light.
The three people got off the passenger ship in Hanoi County.
I rested near the dock for half an hour, waited for my horse to catch its breath, and then quickly headed south.
In the afternoon, the three of them arrived at a mountainside town called Dankeng.
Ren Ning decisively pulled the reins and stopped the horse: "If we don't leave today, we will spend the night in the town."
"Yes!" Lei Er replied.
He threw a few broad beans into his mouth, chewed them, and walked around without getting off his horse.
"Brother Ren," Xiao Gang raised his head and looked at the sky, "it's still early, why do you want to rest so soon, why don't you have to drive dozens of miles?"
His face turned red: "You don't have to worry about me... I can't keep up."
Ren Ning shook his head, "It's none of your business. We made a detailed itinerary plan before departure. The three horses are a little seasick today, so we just need to get to the vicinity of Dankeng Town."
Xiao Gang suddenly understood and stopped talking.
Ren Ning looked around.
This is an ordinary town, with only one short street, dozens of families living in it, and not even a fence around it.
However, close to Yi Road, there are two couple's inns.
He picked a house at random and walked in with Xiao Gang.
The name in front of us is an inn, but it is actually an ordinary small farmhouse with various farm tools hanging on the walls. It is just that the host's family came out a few rooms away to entertain travelers who missed the place.
The courtyard and guest rooms are also very simple, but they are kept clean.
"Is this also called an inn?" Mr. Xiao looked left and right, his brows almost catching mosquitoes.
Ren Ning turned a blind eye and directly asked for three rooms.
"Shopkeeper." He took out some copper plates and put them on the table, "We have big bellies, so remember to put more rice in our dinner. And make some local specialties. If you cook well, you will be rewarded."
"Okay!" The shopkeeper is old and has gray hair.
When he saw Ren Ning and Xiao Gang's attire, he didn't dare to neglect, and hurriedly came over to pour tea and water, "Your Majesty, please sit down and drink tea first. I will go and cook now, and I will make sure that your Majesty has a happy meal."
After saying that, he apologized a few more times, and then he walked into the kitchen with his wife with a smile on his face.
"Brother Ren, where did Lei Er go?" Xiao Gang asked.
"He, go around the town to see if there is any danger." Ren Ning said.
Xiao Gang leaned back in shock: "You are exaggerating."
Hanoi County is located in the center of the empire's territory and is one of the ten superior counties in Yun Chui.
The county is well connected by both water and land routes, and the land is fertile and the products are abundant, and the people are peaceful, so little happens throughout the year.
And this small town is only a little over a hundred miles away from the Xinglan Grand Canal, so there is no chance of any accidents happening.
"You only have one life. When you go out, it's not a bad thing to be careful and take precautions before they happen." Ren Ning said.
Originally, Xiao Gang's butt was so heavy that it stuck to the stool. After hearing what Ren Ning said, he hesitated for a moment, struggled to stand up, and climbed onto his mount to find Lei Er.
After a long time, as soon as the shopkeeper brought the fragrant food to the table, Lei Er and Xiao Gang seemed to smell the aroma and walked in behind them.
Xiao Gang's eyes were shining, and even food could not stop his mouth.
"Brother Ren, the Starfall Legion is truly worthy of its reputation. I just watched Lei Er demonstrate how to scout the surroundings and judge the status of passers-by through their footprints. It was really eye-opening for me."
"If it hadn't been getting late, I would have been a little reluctant to come back."
"What am I doing? I'm just doing my own thing." Lei Er sighed and shook his head: "Old Ren was a professional scout before he transferred to the Starfall Legion, so he is an expert in this field."
Ren Ning looked at Xiao Gang and said, "Read it well, ask if you don't understand, and remember it in your mind. Maybe I can save your life by accident one day."
Xiao Gang naturally agreed.
In the middle of the night, everything is silent.
Ding bell, a light sound.
Ren Ning, who was sleeping with his clothes on, suddenly opened his eyes.
Without hesitation, he took out his weapon and quietly walked out of the room.
Under the hazy moonlight, the door of the next door was opened a crack, and Lei Er stood with a gloomy face.
"Fuck! Where did the grandson come from!" He cursed in a low voice.
It was a long day's journey, both by boat and horseback, and it didn't allow for a good night's sleep.
"Wake up Xiao Gang and ask him to go to the stables." After Ren Ning said briefly, he quickly ducked into the corner and jumped up to the head of the inn like a cat.
Looking around, I saw a group of sneaky, masked men in black approaching from the east side of the town. The weapons in their hands were gleaming, ranging from melee swords to long-range bows and arrows.
Ren Ning counted thirty people.
Goldfinger took a look and saw that it was indeed red.
"Come for us?" Lei Er didn't know when he lay down next to Ren Ning and said softly: "I checked in other directions, there is no one."
"Yes!" Ren Ning nodded, "They are coming for us."
Sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, the thirty people had already divided into two teams and quietly walked towards the two inns. It seemed that they were ready to surround them and catch turtles in the jar.
hey-hey!
Lei Er smiled cruelly.
He was not proficient in bows and arrows and did not carry a bow and arrows, so he stopped joining in the fun with Ren Ning on the wall. He took out a standard short knife and disappeared in a flash.
In the stable, Xiao Gang shook his head, which was still a little groggy, and held his spear tightly, his palms were sweaty.
The bed in the inn was very hard, small and uncomfortable, but he slept soundly after running around all day. He was suddenly woken up by Lei Erdali, who said that there were enemies outside and asked him to guard his mount.
Enemies coming?
real or fake!
Xiao Gang was first convinced and then suspicious. When he arrived at the stables, he listened hard to the movement outside. It took a while before he heard the faint sounds outside. Someone was indeed walking cautiously.
For yourself?
Xiao Gang shivered and his sleepiness disappeared.
Last time I returned to the Imperial Capital, I encountered someone on the boat.
Hanoi County!
He turned over the information about this county in his mind.
It seems that his eldest brother's maternal grandfather's family has no roots here...
Just thinking randomly.
Plop! Plop! Plop!
The sound of a human body falling to the ground was not loud, but it still broke the tranquility of the night.
When Ren Ning came out, he brought two pots of arrows. One pot contained ten iconic black arrows, while the other pot contained sixteen ordinary standard arrows.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! These little minions in front of him are obviously not worthy of his black arrows.
The fifteen men in black who came over didn't know what was happening, and three of them fell to the ground.
"Enemy attack! Come over here. Set off rockets! Burn them to death!" Someone no longer had any scruples and shouted loudly to his accomplices who were heading towards another inn.
Ren Ning was slightly startled.
There is indeed someone hiding where the voice came from, but the red value is only 30, obviously the force is not high.
Lei Er has already touched it, but he must not kill the other person.
call!
A man in black immediately lit a rocket, put it on his bow and pointed it at the inn here.
Phew! Phew! Phew!
Ren Ning, who was hiding in the dark, was calm and composed. He would shoot whoever raised the rocket. As long as there was no obstacle in front of them, he would kill one of them with one arrow.
After five fell down in a row, the other men in black with bows and arrows finally got scared and did not dare to light a fire easily. However, they looked left and right and couldn't find the enemy, so they had to throw away their bows and arrows, draw their swords and rush towards them.
It's just that the night didn't give them the slightest protection, and the deadly arrows never stopped, still harvesting lives accurately.
Ahhhh!
There were screams one after another. Soon, people were lying on the ground.
The other men in black, their faces turned pale and their backs felt cold, hurriedly hid behind obstacles and shivered, hesitating and not daring to move forward.
Doesn’t this mean there are only three people on the other side?
Why does it feel like thousands of troops are ambushing you in front?
Lei Er knew at the first glance that the other party was afraid, so he smiled and rushed over unscrupulously.
Ren Ning fired a pot of standard arrows, and at the same time frightened the courage of the other men in black.
He didn't lie down anymore, but climbed off the wall and ran to the stable.
"Let's go! Follow me to see the blood."
The confused Xiao Gang followed him subconsciously.