Chapter 378 A Different Kidnapping

Just as Xie Zhuoning and Xiao Jinxuan were discussing where to start, the carriage came to a valley and suddenly stopped.

Ling Xiao opened the curtain and said in a low voice, "Master, there are nooses buried on the road ahead, fishing nets hanging on the trees, and eight, no, seven and a half people lying in ambush on both sides. We must have encountered bandits from the nearby mountain stronghold. Should we continue going?"

Eight is eight, seven is seven, what does seven and a half people mean?

Can people still be discussed half and half?

Xie Zhuoning and Song Yuqiu immediately showed an expression of "are you kidding me?"

However, just when they were wondering where to start the investigation, the thieves came to their doorstep. Isn't this just like a pie falling from the sky when one is hungry?

Xiao Jinxuan thought without hesitation, "Keep going and let them rob. Tell Ling Feng and the others not to do anything."

In order not to attract attention, he and Aning pretended to be a traveling couple, with only his sister, a maid and a boy by their side.

As for Ling Feng, he led the other Feiyun Guards forward in stealth.

After Ling Xiao delivered the message, he immediately drove the car as usual and continued to move forward, as if he didn't notice those crude traps.

But he pretended not to see it, but the horse did.

The horse pulling the cart was a battle-hardened warhorse. The moment it sensed danger, it stopped!

Isn't this the end of the story?

"Go, go faster!" Ling Xiao urged while waving the whip, and he almost knelt down and kowtowed to Master Ma.

At this moment, on the hillsides on both sides.

One of them tilted his head and asked, "The horse is not going towards the trap. What should we do? Have they discovered us?"

"Since we've been discovered, we shouldn't waste any more time. We might as well let the big fish get away. They only brought a maid and a servant with them. We have the advantage. Charge!"

At the command, everyone immediately shouted loudly, raised their rakes and axes, and rushed down the hillside, surrounding the carriage.

"Stop, robbery!"

Song Yuqiu secretly counted through the gap, "One, two, three, four, five, six, seven... There are only seven, how can there be seven and a half?"

There were seven bandits in total, six of them looked like normal people, but the one standing in the front was unusually tall, like a giant.

He held a rusty broadsword in his hand and glared at Ling Xiao angrily.

The bandit next to him shouted, "Why don't you hand over the valuables quickly? Otherwise, our powerful Iron-Headed General will get angry and chop off half of your head with one knife!"

Iron-headed general?

A small bandit dares to call himself a general!

But that guy does seem a little too tall.

Xie Zhuoning glanced at Xiao Jinxuan and asked, "What do you think?"

"They don't have any martial arts skills." Xiao Jinxuan only took a glance and realized that these people were nothing to be afraid of.

With a turn of his eyes, Xie Zhuoning lowered his voice and let Ling Xiao speak according to his own words.

Ling Xiao immediately spoke up and said to the bandits, "We have no money, and we don't have anything valuable."

The bandits naturally didn't believe it. "You have such a good horse and such a good carriage, how could you be without money? Are you trying to trick us? I tell you, those who dare to trick us will end up in a miserable way. The number of people who died at the hands of the Iron-Headed General was at least 1,800, if not 3,500!"

Oh, he still sounds like a gangster!

Ling Xiao's eyes lit up, this was an opportunity to make a contribution that came right to his doorstep!

But he still followed Xie Zhuoning's advice and sighed, "Alas, the bandits who robbed us last time also thought so, and they looted everything inside and outside the car. How about this? You kidnap a few of us and then let our husband and wife write to our family to ask for ransom. We can't let you rob us for nothing, right?"

"This... this..."

The thieves were also confused. They had seen people who were stubborn and begged for mercy, but they had never seen anyone who was eager to be kidnapped!

Everyone's eyes were fixed on the giant.

The giant thought for a moment and said immediately, "Writing a letter to blackmail them is too troublesome. What if they take the opportunity to do something? I think this horse and carriage are both pretty good. They should be able to sell for a lot of money. Let's quit while we're ahead!"

When a group of bandits heard this and thought it made sense, they immediately rushed up and tried to drive them off the carriage.

As a result, when the car curtain was opened, a female figure emerged from inside.

The Xiaju bracelet turned on her wrist, and a strand of golden silk shot out and nailed itself on a tree trunk.

She pulled one end and turned half a circle, and in the blink of an eye, she kicked all the thieves up to the sky and then stepped on them to the ground.

The giant in particular was kicked hard before he could even swing his sword.

It immediately fell to the ground and broke into two pieces.

That’s right, it was like being cut in half!

Not only was it broken into two pieces, but the head actually got up and ran away on its own!

Run! Away!

Xia Ju was stunned. She rushed over, grabbed him, and tore off his outer clothes. Only then did she discover that the head had hands and feet.

He is actually a dwarf!

Song Yuqiu was stunned. "Oh my goodness, it really is seven and a half."

Those mountain bandits really had a plan. They put a dwarf riding on the head of a normal person and put him in loose clothes, making people mistakenly think he was a giant and subconsciously create fear in them.

No wonder Ling Xiao said it was seven and a half, so the other half is here.

Xia Ju rolled the dwarf over and threw him in front of the carriage.

The dwarf and a group of mountain bandits had bruised faces and noses and kept kowtowing and begging for mercy.

"I am a person who has no knowledge of the world and has offended you. I hope you will show some mercy and spare my life!"

"The young ones have elderly parents and young children to take care of. Without us, how will they survive?"

"Please spare my life! Please spare my life!"

Seeing this, Ling Xiao couldn't help but sigh, "You said you guys, if you just took us back, wouldn't there be less trouble? You have to beat them up before they obey."

A group of thieves thought he was being sarcastic and begged for mercy again, "You must be joking. How dare we kidnap a human being?"

"Yeah, yeah, we can't write, let alone write a ransom note!"

In the carriage, Xie Zhuoning found this very amusing.

I didn’t expect these thieves to be so honest!

No wonder they let me kidnap you just now. They thought it was troublesome and they don’t know how to write a ransom note.

Ling Xiao's face, which had just been tensed, almost fell apart. He quickly calmed down and said in a stern voice, "Who is joking with you? If I tell you to take us up the mountain, then do it. If you keep trying to resist, I'll let Xia Ju beat you up!"

Xia Juhuan folded her arms and moved to the side, like a cold-faced female devil, but she was much more intimidating than the iron-headed general just now.

The bandits had no place to vent their grievances, but they dared not disobey, so they could only lead them up the mountain respectfully.

After all, they dared not tie the horses up, and they had to lead them diligently.

Along the way, they were wondering, what kind of world is this? How could someone force a thief to kidnap him?

After following the winding mountain road, we soon reached the top of a hill.

In the distance, the sound of children chasing and playing can be heard.

Looking from a distance, you can see a few old women sitting on a fallen dead tree, talking about this while rubbing hemp ropes and weaving straw sandals.

"My lords, we have arrived at the village." Although the dwarf looks small, he is the boss here.

Several bandits followed him and looked at the carriage cautiously.

Ling Xiao opened the car curtain, Xiao Jinxuan got out of the car first, then reached out and carefully helped Xie Zhuoning down.

Song Yuqiu didn't need anyone to bother him and jumped off the carriage.

Looking up and around, she was a little surprised, "It turns out that you mountain bandits really have elderly parents and young children."

The thief was a little embarrassed, "Look at what you said, we thieves are also human beings."

"That's true." Song Yuqiu nodded and said, "I didn't expect that a thief's den would look more popular than those villages."

As they were talking, the children, women and the elderly in the village all gathered around curiously.

"Tiezhu, who are these people? Are they your guests?"

The dwarf looked embarrassed, "Uh... they are our hostages."

"Then Uncle Tiezhu, why did you kneel down to ask them to get out of the car?"