Chapter 338: Stay away and don’t dirty the ground in front of me
Xu Yu made a temporary decision to take a detour and secretly left someone to keep an eye on the movements on the official road to avoid any unexpected reactions and use fireworks as a signal.
The afterglow of the fireworks in the sky had not yet faded. Ling Chu rode his horse closer and said in a deep voice, "Young Master, the people fleeing this way are definitely being followed by bandits. I don't know how many there are. How about I turn back and see if I can intercept them?"
The life or death of the unlucky guy who was targeted and robbed by bandits didn't matter, and no one cared.
The important thing is not to disturb Sang Zhixia in the carriage.
Xu Yu's sidelong glance met Sang Zhixia's gaze. His expression was stern and expressionless as he said, "How long will it take us to get out of this gorge?"
"If there are no obstacles, it will take at least another hour."
Judging from visual observation, the location where the fireworks were set off was less than ten miles away from here. The people being chased here were in a panic and were running for their lives, so their speed must have been faster than usual.
If you stop at this moment, you might bump into the person rushing up from behind.
Xu Yu immediately made a decision: "No need to learn, just keep going forward."
"They've been chased here. They may not be lucky enough to catch up with us."
Song Liu and Ling Chu responded in a low voice, soothing the slightly uneasy horses, and walked around to the back of the carriage together, holding a knife in one hand and looking alert.
Sang Zhixia also noticed that something was wrong at this moment, and before she could say anything, Xu Yu shook her raised hand.
"No problem."
Xu Yu smiled and said, "If you run into someone who doesn't know how to see, just close your eyes and don't worry about anything else. Don't let those pickled things dirty your eyes."
The atmosphere in the thick night was filled with silent tension. It should have been an extremely thrilling moment, but when Sang Zhixia heard Xu Yu's words, she wanted to laugh uncontrollably.
"I can't see anything if I close my eyes. If I fall while running, won't I be held back?"
Xu Yu grabbed the reins and lifted them into the air, his voice filled with endless comfort and a smile: "I'm holding you, you can't fall."
"Zhizhi, sit tight."
The horse in pain raised its front hooves and neighed, and the ground shook, causing the carriage to speed up a lot.
Sang Zhixia grabbed the edge of the bicycle frame as she leaned back uncontrollably, and subconsciously turned her head to look back.
The originally dark mountain road was faintly illuminated by the flickering light of torches, and in the chaos of scattered dots, it seemed as if scattered light and shadows were approaching the front.
Sang Zhixia narrowed her eyes slightly, slowly tightened the corners of her lips, and calmly replaced the stone in her hand with a dagger, clenching it tightly.
The night grew darker. Xu Yu's brows twitched as he looked at the huge rock blocking the narrow mountain path not far away. There was a chill in his words.
"Can you move it?"
Song Liu dismounted to check and shook his head gloomily: "It will take a while to open it."
The bandits lying in ambush on the official road were very familiar with the terrain and probably anticipated that someone would flee in this direction, so they had placed huge rocks blocking the only passable mountain road in advance.
Those who were fleeing from the official road were about to catch up.
There were huge rocks blocking the way ahead, and they had no way to retreat and it was difficult to move forward. They were inevitably going to collide with the bandits who were following them and chasing them.
A gloomy look covered Xu Yu's furrowed brows. He immediately drove the carriage to the front and reached out to Sang Zhixia, whose brows were slightly furrowed. "Zhizhi, get down."
Sang Zhixia grabbed Xu Yu's hand and jumped down decisively.
Before he could stand firmly, a big hand appeared on his waist. He felt his feet lighten and Xu Yu picked him up with one hand and jumped him up on the spot. In the blink of an eye, he found himself standing in front of a huge rock that was blocking the way.
On his back was a huge rock taller than a person, and in front of him was a carriage that blocked the entire mountain road.
The huge rocks pushed here to block the mountain road and the carriage blocking the front formed a wall in front and behind.
As long as Sang Zhixia stays in the middle, she will be safe.
Xu Yu looked down and saw the dagger in Sang Zhixia's hand. A faint smile spread across his eyes. He rubbed the back of Sang Zhixia's head, bent down and kissed the tip of her nose, saying, "Don't be afraid."
Sang Zhixia quickly shook her head: "I'm not afraid."
As the approaching noise became clearer, Sang Zhixia tightly grasped Xu Yu's arm and said, "Be careful."
Xu Yu laughed softly and was about to tease Sang Zhixia when a cold look flashed across his eyes.
Frightened cries for help, the sound of chaotic horse hooves and the bandits' drawn-out mockery and threats rang out one after another.
Xu Yu decisively stuffed Sang Zhixia between the carriage and the boulder, and said quickly: "Zhizhi, be obedient and don't come out!"
Sang Zhixia tightly grasped the dagger and nodded vigorously. Before she could utter a word, she saw Xu Yu's figure as light as a ghost, and he instantly leaped to the front of the carriage.
The group of people who were chased here by the bandits were in a very miserable state. When they saw the people in front of them, they shouted as if they had seen a life-saving straw, and rushed towards Ling Chu and Song Liu who had already drawn their swords.
"Hurry! Run forward!"
"There's someone ahead! Help!"
"Hurry up and save us!"
"Help!"
“Stop immediately!”
Bang!
With a sound of tearing through the air, Ling Chu raised his hand and swung out the long whip, which hit the feet of the person who was rushing in the front. The broken stones flew into the air like a blade, which was very intimidating.
The man who nearly died from running lost control and fell backwards in shock. When he looked at Ling Chu and the others, his previous excitement disappeared, as if he couldn't believe it: "You...you guys..."
"Are you in cahoots with the bandits?!"
"Oh."
"It was you who lured them here, but now you think we're in the same group?"
The person who spoke first was stunned by Song Liu's words. In the urgency, his eyes rolled around and he saw the carriage blocked by these three people behind him, and evil thoughts suddenly arose in his mind.
"There must be valuables hidden in their carriages. If we offer the gold and silver treasures they've hidden to the bandits chasing us, we might not have to die!"
Bandits rob for money.
As long as you can come up with enough money, you might be able to save your life.
And even if I'm going to die, I can drag a few more people down with me!
The man let out a loud roar, and the dozen or so people who fled here fell into a brief silence.
A person trapped in the group uttered a weak voice: "But...but they are innocent too..."
The speaker was a young scholar in a green robe. Even though he looked disheveled, his elegance could not be hidden.
The scholar seemed to be extremely uneasy about the chaotic situation before him. He frowned and said, "Meeting in times of crisis is fate."
"We are all victims of banditry. We should all work together to save our lives. Why would we kill each other while the bandits are slaughtering us?"
"I think we should..."
"What do you know?!"
The person who first proposed taking Xu Yu and the others as scapegoats shouted angrily: "If they don't die, we must die!"
"Get out of the way and don't delay anything!"
The man pushed the scholar hard, and the scholar lost his balance and fell to the ground, rolling like a gourd.
The sound of the bandits chasing them was like a butcher's knife silently pressing down. As people's hearts were in turmoil, Song Liu's eyes showed sneer, and he held his long sword horizontally with a cold and terrifying light. He said expressionlessly: "The whip mark is the boundary. Anyone who dares to cross it will die."
"If you don't want to die now, retreat immediately!"
"We won't be able to survive from now on!"
"The bandits have caught up with us, we..."
"Then go die."
Xu Yu leaned against the eaves of the carriage, folded his arms, and sneered, "Be sensible and stay away from me. Don't dirty the ground in front of me."
"I...we have no way to escape. We're both going to die. Why should I listen to you?!"
The man roared in despair, and upon hearing the sound of the bandits approaching, he collapsed and yelled, "Everyone, charge forward!"
"Seize their horses and carriages and run! Then you won't have to die!"
“Charge!”
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