Chapter 58 Edible Onions
Upon hearing the order, several Western Rong soldiers rushed forward with weapons in hand and surrounded Xiao Zhuo in the center.
Although this was Great Yan territory, the Western Rong invaded as if they were no man's land, arriving in small groups to plunder every few days. The local prefecture repeatedly reported this to the imperial court, but the court always dropped the matter, citing the ongoing battle against the barbarian tribes of the Northeast, the Beidi, and the lack of troops.
The Western Rong soldiers were only there to plunder, not to invade Dayan territory. Dayan simply built a border checkpoint and allowed them to wreak havoc in the villages outside the checkpoint as long as they did not penetrate deep into Dayan territory.
This move is equivalent to abandoning all the people of Dayan outside the border.
Knowing that Dayan was responding passively, the Western Rong became even more unscrupulous, and often just a few of them would come out to plunder everywhere.
The leader's gaze passed over Xiao Zhuo and fell on Shen Yuexi behind him. His eyes lit up at first, and then he revealed a lewd smile:
"Kill this man and take this woman back to me. It's rare to see such a beautiful girl."
This time, during a raid, I captured a woman. Not quite a she-devil, but pretty close. She was strong and powerful, capable of rough work at best. But the one before me was simply too beautiful to look away from.
Shen Yuexi looked at the wretched look of the Xirong leader opposite her and raised her middle finger at him with disdain.
Go to hell!
The Xirong leader laughed even louder when he saw it: "Hahaha, this is so funny! Come on, brothers, we must catch that bitch!"
The other soldiers also grinned, and their laughter was extremely arrogant.
Xiao Zhuo's face was grim. He shook his sword with his wrist, and the sword flashed. He pierced the throat of the Western Rong soldier closest to him.
The Xirong soldier's smile had not yet disappeared when he fell straight to the ground, blood gushing out of his wounds.
The sword was as fast as lightning, and he didn't understand what happened until his death.
The other few people were originally looking down on him, but when they saw Xiao Zhuo's decisive killing aura and unparalleled swordsmanship, they were stunned.
Even the Xirong soldiers who were in charge of guarding the girl were stunned by Xiao Zhuo's aura.
Seeing this, the girl, whose hands were tied in front of her, brightened her eyes. Taking advantage of the Xirong soldier's daze, she fiercely elbowed him backwards. The Xirong soldier screamed and immediately bent over, clutching his stomach.
The girl took advantage of this opportunity, bypassed the rest of the Xirong soldiers, and ran towards Shen Yuexi.
Shen Yuexi stretched out her hand and said, "Come to me!"
She didn't have the ability to protect the girl, but there was Xiao Zhuo in front of her.
As long as this man stood in front of her, she wouldn't worry even if there were several times more of these Xirong soldiers, let alone these few.
The Xirong leader was stunned by the girl's sudden attack. After realizing what was happening, he shouted at his soldiers, "What are you standing there for? Stop that little bitch!"
With a loud roar, everyone woke up. The two soldiers had a cruel look in their eyes and chased the girl with knives.
Xiao Zhuo moved his body and blocked the way of the two Western Rong soldiers. Without saying a word, he swung his sword with a cold light and swept it across the waist of one of them.
The Xirong soldier had seen his killing methods before, so he didn't dare to neglect it and quickly raised his sword to block the attack.
The consciousness is there, but the hands can't keep up.
Before the knife was raised, the long sword had already cut into his waist.
Xiao Zhuo pulled out his sword, sending a puff of blood spurting out. The Xirong soldier spun around on the spot, fell to the ground, dropped his sword, and clutched his hands at his waist as his intestines flowed out, screaming in pain.
After seeing such terrifying swordsmanship, his accomplices dared not chase the girl anymore. They retreated towards the Xirong leader with pale faces and knives in their hands.
The Xirong leader was furious and drew his weapon, saying, "Follow me and kill this man first. The two girls can't escape."
After saying this, the Xirong leader rushed forward first, brandishing his sword, and the other soldiers also joined the battle with swords in hand.
Xiao Zhuo sneered and swung his sword to meet the attack.
For a moment, the flashes of swords and the shadows of knives in the field were like thousands of piles of snow, full of murderous aura, and like raging waves with nowhere to dodge.
The girl ran to Shen Yuexi, panting and stretching out her hands, saying, "Help me untie it quickly, I can help."
Shen Yuexi took a look at her wrist and saw that it was not tied with a rope, but with cow tendon.
In her memory, this thing was extremely tough. Once tied, it would get tighter and tighter, and it could not be broken by brute force.
She looked up at the Xirong man not far away, clutching his waist and screaming in pain. Blood and intestines were scattered all over the ground, and it was obvious that he was dead. Xiao Zhuo and several other Xirong men were fighting fiercely, and no one paid any attention to her and the girl.
"Wait."
She let the girl stand still, ran to the Xirong man who was covering his waist, picked up the knife he threw away, ran back to the girl, and cut the beef tendon with the knife.
The girl was free, took the knife from Shen Yuexi's hand, turned around and rushed into the field.
Shen Yuexi looked inside the field. In the short time it took her to get a knife to untie the girl's bonds, several Western Rong soldiers had already died at the hands of Xiao Zhuo. Only the leader, who seemed to have been stabbed in the thigh by Xiao Zhuo's sword, was struggling on the ground.
With Xiao Zhuo's swordsmanship, it's impossible for him not to kill this leader. Perhaps he wants to spare the leader's life and gather information?
The Xirong leader covered his thigh and shouted at Xiao Zhuo with his teeth bared:
"My dear, I give in. Spare my life."
As soon as he finished speaking, the girl flashed out from behind Xiao Zhuo and strode towards him. Her eyes were full of anger. She held the hilt of the knife with both hands and pointed the sharp tip of the knife at his chest.
When the Xirong leader saw this, he was so frightened that his soul flew out of his body. He shouted to Xiao Zhuo, "Don't kill me, my father is..."
Before he could finish, the steel knife in the girl's hand had already pierced the chest of the Xirong leader.
Xiao Zhuo stood aside and did not stop him.
With all the enemies wiped out, Shen Yuexi felt relieved and ran to Xiao Zhuo, smiling and giving him a thumbs-up:
"Husband, you are amazing!"
Hearing Shen Yuexi's praise, Xiao Zhuo's face suddenly showed a shy look, and he coughed dryly and said, "Not as good as my wife."
Of course, Shen Yuexi knew what Xiao Zhuo meant. She nodded proudly and accepted it without any hesitation.
Her fighting ability is indeed not that good, but she can do a lot of magical things.
The girl took a breath, loosened the knife handle, turned around and knelt in front of Xiao Zhuo and Shen Yuexi, saying, "Yang Cong, thank you both for saving my life!"
"Yang what?" Shen Yuexi was helping her up and didn't hear clearly, so she asked casually.
She said her name was Onion?
"Cong, the clever Cong," the girl stood up and laughed, "My parents wanted me to be smart, so they gave me this name. But people in the village like to call me Onion, the onion we often eat."
"I see." Xiao Zhuo nodded slightly.
Shen Yuexi stepped back and studied Yang Cong. He had thick eyebrows and large eyes, and his features were bright and heroic. Perhaps due to long hours of hard work, his skin was tanned, and his physique was remarkably strong, not one of those frail women of today.
In terms of age, Yang Cong is seventeen, one year older than Shen Yuexi.
"In that case, I'll call you Onion from now on." Shen Yuexi was very happy to have met a sister when she first arrived in the frontier. "We'll take you back to the village now. Which direction is your home?"
Yang Cong stopped, clenched his fists, and said with a sad face: "I have no home anymore."
Seeing her sad expression, Shen Yuexi was stunned for a moment, then thought of her experience. Her family must have been killed by the Xirong. Her home was also burned to the ground.
Thinking of this, Shen Yuexi couldn't help but feel sympathy. She patted Yang Cong on the shoulder, not knowing how to comfort him for a moment.
This evil Xirong!
It would have been fine if he hadn't filmed her. Once he filmed her, Yang Cong became even more heartbroken. He turned around and hugged Shen Yuexi, crying:
"Wow...my parents kicked me out, and the village refused to take me in...wow...they said I ate too much!"
Shen Yuexi: “…”
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