Chapter 2650 Aren’t you the one who likes wolves the most?
When everyone heard it, they realized that it was the sound of a large group of people galloping towards them!
They immediately became alert again, but this time, before anyone could react, Li Bu Shang raised his arm, holding the long sword horizontally and blocking everyone in front.
Tian Ye and the others looked at him: "Sir?"
Li Bushang didn't say anything, just looked ahead coldly.
After a while, the sound of horse hooves became closer and closer, and they could even feel the noisy wind blowing from the front. The figures of a large group of people broke through the darkness and appeared before their eyes.
Leading the way were two men.
Behind him was a team of nearly a hundred people, all dressed differently. It was obvious that these people were composed of three groups merged into one.
The man running in the front was about forty years old, tall, with dark skin and a big beard on his face, which made his eyes sparkle and attract people's attention in the night.
The man riding beside him was relatively thin.
The tall man rode over and said, "Jiaojiao, we agreed before we set out not to act on our own. Why are you disobeying me again?"
Xie Jiaojiao said, "Uncle Ma, I'm here to help."
"help?"
The man called "Uncle Ma" turned his head and looked at the group of people standing in front of Xie Jiaojiao. Although they were all covered in blood, the exquisite clothes on them had already fully revealed their identities.
He said, "Are you the guards sent by Handongwei?"
Tian Ye immediately said: "We are the Jinyiwei."
Upon hearing this, the man immediately dismounted from his horse. His eyes were sharp, and after a quick glance, he walked straight up to Li Bushang and said, "Are you the Jinyiwei sent by His Majesty the Emperor of Yan Nation to escort the clan leaders of Bailong City?"
Li Bushang glanced at him.
He cupped his hands and said, "Li Bushang, the commander-in-chief of the Embroidered Uniform Guard."
The man said, "My name is Ma Yuanju, a guard of the Song family in Bailong City."
As he spoke, the man beside him dismounted from his horse and walked over, saying with a smile, "You are the Jinyiwei who are here to meet us this time, right?"
"yes."
"Greetings. My name is Xue Zhen, and I am a retainer of the Xue family."
Li Bushang raised his eyelids and looked at the man. The man was about twenty years old, with a handsome appearance. He kept smiling, giving people a friendly feeling.
Moreover, the Xue family was the one who advocated surrendering the city in Bailong City. Although Zhu Feng did not explain it in detail, the Jinyiwei around him all understood that the Xue family would obviously be a help in this trip.
Li Bushang said to them, "Thank you for coming from so far away, it's hard work."
Ma Yuanju said, "We have been traveling day and night, hoping to reunite with you as soon as possible so that we can jointly protect the clan leaders' team."
Li Bushang asked, "Where are they?"
Ma Yuanju said, "They will depart a few days later than us. Besides, they have carriages in their group, and there are also clan leaders with their families. They probably can't walk as fast as we can, so it may take a few more days for them to arrive."
Li Bushang said, "Of course we can't just wait here. To the north of this place is Baihu City, which is the sphere of influence of Arislan, the King of Nanli of the Neng Kingdom. If his troops want to take action, this route is a good opportunity."
Ma Yuanju said, "We understand."
Li Bushang said, "However, I see that everyone is very tired. Besides, my men just fought with the wolves and need to rest. Why don't we set up camp here, rest for the night, and set out early tomorrow morning?"
Ma Yuanju said, "That's perfect."
After the discussion, they set up camp on the spot, prepared to eat something and rest to recharge their energy.
Although the two groups had reunited, they still gathered in their own areas, with about ten people eating around a campfire. Although they all brought dry food, it was dry and hard to eat, so someone dragged up a few wolf carcasses, skinned them, and roasted the meat.
Li Bushan, Ma Yuanju, Xue Zhen, and Xie Jiaojiao, the woman who could drive away wolves, sat in front of a campfire. They had just met and didn't have much to say, so they just briefly introduced themselves. Li Bushan was a man of few words, so after saying a few words, he just started eating.
However, he could clearly feel that a pair of eyes were staring at him.
It was Xie Jiaojiao who was sitting opposite him.
Ma Yuanju and the others had obviously been traveling for a long time, and they were eating dry food in big mouthfuls. Only Xue Zhen noticed Xie Jiaojiao's eyes. He looked at Xie Jiaojiao, then at Li Bushang, with a smile on his lips.
After a while, the smell of barbecue filled the air, and Tian Ye and the others brought over a few pieces of roasted wolf meat.
Li Bu Shang only took a glance and said calmly, "I'll just eat the scones."
Upon hearing this, Tian Ye distributed the meat to other people.
At this moment, Xue Zhen, who had been watching them, suddenly chuckled.
She said, "Jiaojiao, they are roasting wolf meat for eating. Aren't you angry?"
Xie Jiaojiao looked up at him and said calmly, "Why should I be angry?"
"Aren't you the one who likes wolves the most?"
"But these wolves are already dead. Since they're dead, leaving them here to rot is no different from being eaten by humans."
Xue Zhen smiled and said, "You are quite open-minded."
Although she was open-minded, she seemed a little uncomfortable with the people around her eating wolf meat, so she got up and sat down on the other side.
But, he still stared at Li Bushang.
Looking through the firelight, Li Bushang's eyes looked more like a wolf's eyes in the night.
At this time, Tian Ye asked with some confusion: "Why did this Miss Xie drive away the wolves? Why did the wolves listen to her?"
Xue Zhen chuckled and said, "She was raised by wolves."
"ah?"
Tian Ye was startled.
Li Bushang remained silent, but when he heard these words, his eyelashes fluttered slightly.
Because of the firelight, the shadow of his long eyelashes was cast on his face. This movement made his originally expressionless face more lively.
Xie Jiaojiao saw him from afar and a smile appeared on her face again.
Ma Yuanju finished his meal and said, "Yes, she was originally an orphan, picked up from the ice and snow by her adoptive father, the patriarch of the Xie family in the city. I heard that when she was picked up, there were wolves surrounding her. However, the wolves didn't hurt her. Instead, they lay beside her to keep her warm, so she didn't freeze to death."
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"Since then, Jiaojiao has grown up in the Xie family in the city."
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"But the strange thing is, she was never afraid of wolves, and the wolves never hurt her."
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“So, even though there are many wolves on the grassland, Bailong City has never been attacked by wolves.”
Xue Zhen said with a smile: "Everyone in the city knows about this. People often joke that even if she gets married in the future, she will definitely marry a wolf."
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