The bones of the road and the wild, there is no rooster crow for thousands of miles.
The land was cracked everywhere.
Corpses could be seen from time to time on both sides of the road.
In this day and age, human life is the least valuable thing.
Jiang Tian's carriage sped forward.
On the distant official road, two officials were escorting four or five prisoners slowly approaching.
"Hurry up, hurry up, you damn slowpoke!" the officer cursed as he lashed out at the prisoners with his whip.
The cracking sound of whips filled the air.
The four or five prisoners had already been smashed and were covered in blood; their clothes were disheveled.
A prisoner with white hair and beard had only taken a few steps when he lost his strength and collapsed to the ground with a thud.
"You son of a bitch, still daring to play dead. I'll teach you to play dead, get up now!" The officer cursed, his leather whip lashing at the man like raindrops.
A female prisoner burst into tears and threw herself at the prisoner, crying, "Sir, please have mercy! My father is old and frail, he can't take this beating."
If you keep hitting him like this, he's going to die.
The two constables stopped: "Nangong Qianyu, get up right now. If it weren't for the letter from Ningguta demanding your body, we would have already defiled you dozens of times on the way."
The little girl named Nangong Qianyu shook her head: "As long as you stop hitting my father, you can do whatever you want to me. My father really can't take it anymore."
Nangong Qianyu cried, her face streaked with tears.
The two officers exchanged a glance: "Nangong Qianyu is a pretty girl. As long as we don't defile her, we can do whatever we want."
"This young lady, Nangong Qianyu, was originally going to marry into the Prince Duan's mansion and become his princess. This young lady is proficient in all the arts, including music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, and she is also very beautiful."
"Yes, as long as we don't deflower her, we can do whatever we want with her."
Two constables dragged Nangong Qianyu in front of the white-haired old man: "You little brat, kneel down before me and give me a good smile."
"I heard that you, little girl, are proficient in all kinds of arts and crafts. Sing a song for me first, but I also need to think carefully about how to torment you in front of your father."
The white-haired old man was none other than Nangong Shan, the imperial physician of the current dynasty.
Nangong Qianyu knelt down respectfully.
The two officials laughed and said, "So what if she's the Princess Consort of Prince Duan? She still has to serve me well."
"We are both fortunate today to be treated like princes."
Upon seeing this, Nangong Shan suddenly stood up: "You bunch of beasts, if you have the guts, then kill me. What kind of heroes are you tormenting my daughter?"
"Old man, you're going to die sooner or later. There's no way you'll make it to Ningguta alive with a body like yours. I'll kill you after I'm done for today."
Upon hearing this, Nangong Qianyu quickly shook her head: "Gentlemen, didn't you just promise me not to harm my father?"
"Nangong Qianyu, you are nothing but a bunch of lambs to the slaughter. You little bitch, what right do you have to negotiate with me?"
"You have to do whatever I tell you to do. I can humiliate you however I want, and I can kill you however I want."
The young girl, Nangong Qianyu, raised her eyebrows and widened her almond-shaped eyes: "Our family is being exiled to Ningguta. If you kill us on the way, do you know what the punishment will be?"
The two officers were immediately delighted upon hearing this.
"What, you little bitch, you think you can threaten me?"
“Everywhere was in chaos and war, so we said that you tried to escape on the road but were caught by the soldiers and beheaded on the spot.”
"If it weren't for our master wanting to curry favor with General Zhenyuan and sending you to be his 36th concubine, we would have already done *that* to you on the way."
The two officials became increasingly vulgar in their speech.
Jiang Tian was furious when he saw the two officers groping a young girl.
In broad daylight, under the clear sky, such a shameless act could occur.
"What are you trying to do? If you keep this up, I'm going to scream!" The young girl, Nangong Qianyu, was terrified when she saw the two burly officers.
"Go ahead and scream, scream all you want, it won't do you any good."
"Along the way, who would dare to interfere with our affairs unless they had a death wish?"
One officer held down Nangong Qianyu's legs, while another reached out to tear off her already tattered clothes.
Just then, with a whoosh, an arrow flew over.
Immediately afterwards, a soft thud was heard as metal pierced flesh.
The official who was about to tear off Nangong Qianyu's clothes immediately knelt down and remained motionless.
The arrow pierced his temple and flew to the side.
Meanwhile, the officer holding down Nangong Qianyu's legs hadn't even realized what was happening when another arrow flew over.
With a whoosh, the arrow flew past his nose, missing its mark.
The official was immediately taken aback.
He leaped into the air and drew his sword: "Who dares to come here..."
Before the man could finish speaking, another arrow shot over and hit him squarely in the forehead.
Jiang Tian's composite bow has a range of 500 meters.
Even at a distance of 200 meters, it can pierce through the body of a wild boar.
The officer's head was shot out, leaving a round hole in his forehead, and the back of his skull was blown off.
Jiang Tian put away his composite bow and drove the carriage to the family of four.
Are you all alright?
"Thank you for saving me." Nangong Qianyu knelt down in front of Jiang Tian with a thud. "I will never forget your great kindness."
Nangong Shan walked over shakily: "My benefactor, you'd better run quickly. The two officials you just killed were from the capital."
"If the imperial court finds out, the consequences will be unimaginable."
Before Nangong Shan could finish speaking, he collapsed to the ground with a thud and immediately lost consciousness.
Jiang Tian jumped off the carriage: "Old man, how are you? Old man, wake up."
Jiang Tian called out for a long time, but the other person still showed no signs of waking up.
He jumped onto the carriage, picked up a bucket of water, and slowly poured it into Nangong Shan's mouth.
After struggling for a long time, Nangong Shan slowly opened his eyes: "I'm about to die. Hero, I will die with my eyes open."
Jiang Tian looked at Nangong Shan, an old man with white hair and beard covered in wounds, some of which were several inches deep.
Many of his wounds were highly rotten and smelly, with flies buzzing around them.
Jiang Tian reached out and touched Nangong Shan's forehead; the old man's forehead was burning hot.
"I will die with my eyes open in disbelief. I only have this one daughter. Hero, may I entrust my daughter to you?" As soon as he finished speaking, Nangong Shan coughed up a mouthful of blood, his eyes rolled back, his legs kicked, and he died instantly.
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