Chapter 337 A bunch of trash!
Xu Yu got out of the carriage and onto his horse. He gestured to Song Liu to speed up the carriage, then he pulled the reins and put some distance between them. He said in a low voice, "What's going on?"
Ling Chu rode closer and said in a low voice, "The people who were exploring the road ahead have reported back that there seem to be signs of bandits at the gorge ahead."
As early as when he discovered the traces of wild animals on the outskirts of the forest, Xu Yu already had a bad guess in his mind.
Wild animals prefer to live away from humans.
It is usually difficult to find traces of wild animals unless you rashly venture into the depths of the mountains and forests.
But at the place where he picked up the silver fox cub, Xu Yu not only found traces of bear paws nearby, but also found feces of large wild animals such as wild wolves.
Apart from the people hiding in the mountains, and the large number of them who would alarm the wild beasts and sneak into the edge of the forest, Xu Yu could not think of any other reasons.
Xu Yu stroked the reins in his hand and frowned subconsciously: "Bandits?"
"Why haven't I heard of bandit activities in this area before?"
Ling Chu handed the letter sent by Bai Ying to Xu Yu with both hands and said with a wry smile, "Time is too tight. We can't find out more details for the time being."
"However, according to our investigation, this group of people must have just moved here not long ago. They have been acting cautiously and hiding in the deep mountains and forests. They only come out in full force when they have a target. After they succeed, they rely on their familiarity with the forest to quickly escape back, so their tracks are difficult to track."
Xu Yu quickly glanced at the paper in his hand, and his eyes darkened.
On the surface, he only brought two people with him on this trip, but there were no less than fifty people hiding in the dark to explore the way ahead, and there were no less than fifty people following behind to cover the rear, and all of them were skilled fighters.
A mere gang of bandits isn't anything to be afraid of, but...
Xu Yu pursed his lips and looked towards the carriage, saying calmly, "So, the locusts nesting in the mountains must have found a target to attack, otherwise they wouldn't be moving out to the periphery."
"Let these people make trouble. Let's take a detour and take the small road."
As long as no one offended him, Xu Yu didn't care who died in the bandit rebellion.
Lingchu nodded in understanding, pulled the reins and stopped where he was. A nimble white eagle circled in the air for a moment and then swooped down, landing steadily on Lingchu's shoulder.
The carriage deviated from the original official road at a different speed than usual and gradually went up the rugged mountain road.
During the bumpy ride, Sang Zhixia lifted the curtain and took a look outside, then turned her gaze back to Xu Yu's face: "It's been half a day, aren't you bored sitting in the car the whole time?"
Xu Yu stretched out his arms and legs on the soft couch in the carriage, tilted his head and held Sang Zhixia's hand to the side of his face, looking lazy like a big cat gathering its strength.
"You're with me, how can I bear to be bored?"
Xu Yu raised his eyelids and looked at Sang Zhixia with a smile: "Bored?"
"Shall I read you a storybook?"
"You should take a break."
Sang Zhixia placed her index finger between Xu Yu's eyebrows, pressing his raised head back down. She said nonchalantly, "We'll be fine if we go this way, right? Nothing will go wrong, right?"
"Zhizhi, you..."
Xu Yu was speechless for a moment, then suddenly burst into laughter. He supported his head with one hand and blinked: "Are you really that perceptive?"
"Doesn't that mean I have no secrets left in front of you?"
"What secret do you want to keep?"
Sang Zhixia stuffed a few peanuts that Xu Yu had peeled earlier into his mouth and said slowly, "I don't know what you discovered, but we're not going the way we agreed on."
"If we keep going this way, will we be able to reach town by midnight tonight?"
Xu Yu crunched some peanuts, suppressing his annoyance at having his plans disrupted. He said, "We took a detour, adding over sixty miles for nothing."
In addition, mountain roads are not as easy to travel as official roads, so it will definitely take more time to travel.
When Xu Yu thought about Sang Zhixia being forced to stay in the carriage tonight, he couldn't control his anger.
But before he could frown, a pair of warm fingertips gently stroked his forehead.
"If you don't twist it for a day, it will become wrinkled like a little old man, and you don't mind it being ugly."
Xu Yu rubbed Sang Zhixia's palm and said sullenly, "It's no problem to go around it, but I have to let you go tonight. We won't stop halfway. Let's have some dry food for dinner and rest for a day when we get to town before we continue."
Sang Zhixia nodded and said yes, holding Xu Yu down and not letting him get up. Instead, she covered his eyes with her hands and said, "While it's still early, lean on me and rest for a while."
She can stay in the car at night, but Xu Yu definitely won't dare to close his eyes.
Xu Yu let out a few chuckles from his throat, stretched out his long arms to hold Sang Zhixia's waist, and closed his eyes obediently.
As night fell, the sparsely traveled path became increasingly and startlingly quiet. From time to time, one could hear the howling of wolves coming from nowhere.
Song Liu and Ling Chu rode their horses one in front of the other behind the carriage.
Xu Yu drove the car himself.
In the carriage, Sang Zhixia was shaken so much that she couldn't close her eyes, so she simply took out a small bag of stones that Xu Yu had collected for her and played with them slowly.
Xu Yu seemed to realize something and said in a relaxed tone, "Zhizhi, if you can't sleep, why don't you light a candle and read a book? Or if that doesn't work, read a storybook to me?"
"You have a nice idea."
Sang Zhixia said with a smile, "You're lighting a candle in the dead of night, are you afraid that no one will see us sneaking by?"
Everything in the carriage is secured in place using special methods.
Even on the bumpiest road, the tea in the cup will not spill, and the lit candle will naturally not have the risk of rolling and igniting accidentally.
But on the dark mountain road, the candlelight shining through the car window was so bright that it seemed like a cover-up.
Xu Yu snorted nonchalantly, "So what if he saw it?"
"If you're bored, why don't you come out and let me talk to you?"
Xu Yu himself didn't care at all. Even if he was to go to the bandits' lair with a knife, he would not be afraid at all.
But it was Sang Zhixia's first time on a long journey, and also her first time encountering such an emergency. Xu Yu couldn't help but worry about her being scared.
In fact, Sang Zhixia didn't really feel scared.
Xu Yu kept rambling on and on, afraid that his words would fall to the ground.
Sang Zhixia couldn't bear to listen any longer, so she sat on the edge of the car door, lifted the curtain, stared at Xu Yu, and silently said, "Don't talk so much. What if a wild wolf hears the noise and grabs your tongue?"
Xu Yu's shoulders were shaking from laughing.
Sang Zhixia said with a teasing look in her eyes: "Just focus on driving your car. I'm not scared to the point of biting my handkerchief and crying quietly."
"but……"
"Shhh."
Sang Zhixia stopped talking abruptly, leaned over and looked back in the direction Xu Yu turned his head, and clearly saw the fireworks exploding in the sky behind him.
The light of the fireworks fell into Sang Zhixia's eyes, and instantly filled Xu Yu's words with a chilling tone: "A bunch of trash."
The group of bandits who were supposed to rob and slaughter people on the official road let the fat sheep they had set their eyes on escape.
The fat sheep that was let go was in a panic and ran towards the direction they took a detour!
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