Xiao Luomu was so overwhelmed by Zhao Cheng that he hummed softly: "Xiao Xiang..."
"Call my name!" Zhao Cheng blinked at Xiao Luomu.
Xiao Luomu's eyes widened and he nodded.
Zhao Cheng then let go of his hand and sat up.
"Brother Zhao!"
"Brother Xiao!"
"Brother Zhao!!"
"Brother Xiao!!"
The two hugged each other and laughed.
Xiao Luofeng muttered: "What's wrong with my brother? Isn't he usually like this?"
Zhao Wudao: "Don't panic, Lieutenant Xiao. My master will become abnormal if you stay with him for a long time. Mr. Xiao's abnormality is normal."
Zhao Cheng glanced at Xiao Luofeng and asked, "Why are you here? And you brought so many people with you."
Xiao Luomu said solemnly: "Lingshan is in danger! I will ask my brother to bring a hundred garrison to find you!"
With that said, Xiao Luomu helped Zhao Cheng up, looked at his body, and asked, "Are you okay?"
Zhao Cheng waved his hand and said: "I'm fine, but the danger is indeed dangerous. Just now, there were bandits who fired hidden arrows at us."
Xiao Luomu frowned and ran towards Xiao Luofeng, probably to report the situation.
After a while, Xiao Luofeng came over and asked: "Where is the bandit you shot and killed?"
Zhao Cheng led Xiao Luofeng and his party back to the three corpses.
Xiao Luofeng glanced at the corpses, squatted down and smelled them, and said: "These people are not bandits, they are pirates."
"Pirates?"
Zhao Cheng was stunned for a moment. He had heard about pirates in some eastern coastal cities, but he didn't expect that pirates would be dressed similar to mountain bandits.
Zhao Cheng asked: "Why did the pirates come to the mountain?"
Xiao Luomu explained: "Brother Zhao, you don't know something. This mountain ridge is backed by the sea and is between Qingdong City and Hannan City. There are often pirates who come to rest on the mountain."
"I really don't know this, but both bandits and pirates have territorial awareness. Aren't these pirates afraid of coming to Lingshan..."
Speaking of this, Zhao Cheng suddenly understood something and exclaimed in surprise: "I know! That group of bandits were slaughtered by pirates!"
Xiao Luomu and Xiao Luofeng looked at each other: "What was slaughtered?"
So Zhao Cheng told the story of the slaughter of the thieves' nest and the rescue of these women and children.
Xiao Luofeng analyzed: "I don't think the bandits were killed by pirates."
"Master Zhao said that they are territorial, I agree with this."
"But because of this, pirates generally don't provoke bandits. If they do fight, they are no match for bandits on this mountain. How can they defeat bandits in one fell swoop?"
Zhao Cheng asked: "If it is not the pirates, is there another wave of people on the mountain? And they are still very powerful people??"
"Whether they are bandits or pirates, they are not good things! The Thirteen Cities of Jingdong have the duty to eliminate bandits. Since we encounter them, I will kill them by the way!"
"Xiao Shouwei is so courageous!"
"Mr. Zhao, your people just need to protect these women and children."
Zhao Cheng nodded.
Zhou Nuodao: "I'm not his!"
Zhao Cheng quickly explained: "The Zhou brothers and sisters are knights."
Xiao Luofeng and Zhou Chuan saluted each other.
"Hurry up while it's still dark."
Xiao Luofeng's expression and tone of speech were very stern, and his actions were lightning fast. He immediately walked past the three corpses and walked deeper into the jungle, stopping to check every few steps.
Zhao Cheng asked: "What is he doing?"
"Follow the trail." Yang Taozhi turned around and walked towards the woman and child, saying: "This man has some abilities, you can follow him, I will protect the woman and child."
With that said, he winked at Zhao Wu and said, "Follow your master."
Zhao Wu immediately drew his sword and guarded Zhao Cheng.
Xiao Luofeng was walking at the front, with a subordinate dozens of steps away to the left and right cooperating, passing the searched information to him for summary.
An hour later, Xiao Luofeng suddenly squatted down, made a hidden gesture behind him, and then quickly moved behind a big tree to look at the situation below.
Zhao Cheng quietly came to Xiao Luofeng's side, looked down, and saw several simple tents set up on the flat ground not far away, with more people outside the tents.
"It's amazing that you found me so quickly!"
Zhao Cheng gave Xiao Luofeng a thumbs up, then put his hand on his shoulder and said, "I didn't expect Xiao Luomu to have such a powerful brother!"
Xiao Luofeng pushed Zhao Cheng's hand away, frowned and said, "We are not familiar with each other."
Zhao Cheng was stunned for a moment and asked, "I've noticed just now that Xiao Shouwei seems to have some objections to me?"
"If I have an opinion, I can't discuss it. I just don't like it." Xiao Luofeng said unceremoniously.
Zhao Cheng licked his face and asked, "I have never offended you. Can you tell me the reason?"
Xiao Luofeng glanced at Zhao Cheng and lowered his voice: "I don't agree with Luo Mu waiting for you in such a big way and dragging me along."
"Any meaningless waste is sinful, not to mention you haven't come yet."
Xiao Luofeng didn't seem to want to say more, so he pushed Zhao Cheng back and said, "We're about to have a real fight with real swords and guns. You and Luo Mu stay together."
Zhao Cheng smiled and said: "It seems that Xiao Shouwei regards me as an ignorant and ignorant playboy."
"Is not it?"
"Xiao Luomu told you that Lingshan is an area where no one cares. Bandits and beasts are rampant, and the dangers are unknown."
As he said that, Xiao Luofeng's eyes fell on Yang Taozhi, and he continued: "You don't know the heights of the world, so you came here so arrogantly that you didn't bring more guards, but you brought a maid with you."
"You don't forget to enjoy yourself even at this time. What else is it if you're not a dandy?"
Zhao Cheng was stunned for a moment, thinking that Xiao Luofeng probably used the carambola branch as a bed girl, and he didn't bother to explain.
"Yes, everything you said is right!"
Zhao Cheng moved back, glanced down, and said, "Can you beat me?"
"There are more than thirty pirates below. I have a hundred garrison troops here. If three of them can't defeat one, then I'll trouble you to find a piece of land on this mountain to bury me!"
After finishing speaking, Xiao Luofeng raised his hand and made a gesture.
Seeing this, all the garrison troops made a charging stance.
"kill!"
With an order, all the garrison troops rushed down.
Zhou Nuo chose a suitable position, drew the bow and loaded the arrow. Zhou Chuan did not stop her, nor did he help, and he and Yang Taozhi protected the woman and child.
While Zhao Cheng was observing the battle below, he whispered to Zhao Wu: "Look for an opportunity to send a message to He Zhi and ask him to send some soldiers over."
Zhao Wu asked: "What's it for?"
"There is some money in the den of thieves on the mountain. I have to drag it back."
"Master, when you are so nervous, you actually think about money?"
"Nothing makes me more nervous than money!"
Zhao Cheng originally wanted to see Xiao Luofeng's commanding ability and the combat effectiveness of the Qingdong City garrison, but as soon as the garrison left, the pirates dispersed, and their reactions and speed were extremely fast.
This made Zhao Cheng murmur in his heart, are the bandits and pirates in Lingshan so good at escaping?
Most of the more than thirty pirates fled, leaving only a dozen corpses.
Six of the corpses had arrows stuck in their bodies, and they were shot to death by Zhou Nuo.
After Zhao Cheng and others walked down, Xiao Luofeng gave Zhou Nuo a military salute.
"grateful."
Zhou Nuo smiled and didn't reply.
Xiao Luomu looked around, curled his lips and said: "These pirates have no fighting ability at all, they are so incompetent!"
When Xiao Luofeng was about to speak, Zhao Cheng first said: "It's not that they don't have fighting ability, it's that they don't want to fight."
Xiao Luomu nodded and said: "That's right, thieves are afraid of officers and soldiers. How can the pirates have the courage to draw their swords when they see our garrison?"
Zhao Cheng shook his head and said solemnly: "These people are not pirates."