Chapter 129 Encountering Bandits
The creaking of the wooden wheels of the carriage, accompanied by the chirping of insects and birds in the woods, had a somewhat hypnotic quality. As Gu Feixue listened, all the thoughts in her mind were swept away, and she fell asleep in a few breaths.
Gu Feixue slept until the afternoon before being gently woken up by Wang.
"Xue'er, wake up and sleep for the night. It's time to eat."
When Gu Feixue opened her eyes, she saw that Wang was the only one left in the carriage.
Looking out the carriage window, they were parked by the river and the Gu family was making a fire and cooking.
Gu Feixue stretched lazily and followed Wang out of the car to eat.
Usually, Gu Feixue would get out of the car and use a self-heating bag to heat up the food. Today, she fell asleep, so the Gu family used a fire starter to pick up some firewood and cook.
Gu Feixue looked at the smoke rising from the firewood, and then Rong Xing came over and said:
"Do you want to eat fish? I just went to the river and caught some."
Gu Feixue looked at the fat fish strung together with straw rope in Rong Xing's hand and pretended to accept it reluctantly:
"Since you can't finish them all, give me two and I'll roast them."
Self-heating lunch boxes can steam all food, but they cannot be baked.
I have been eating steamed food for the past few days, and today I just happened to have some firewood, so I naturally have to grill some fish.
Add her secret seasoning and sauce, and it's absolutely delicious to the point of making you want to bite your tongue.
Rong Xing ignored Gu Feixue's ungrateful look and handed the fish to Gu Feixue before returning to Rong Qi.
Gu Feixue followed the line of sight and looked towards Rong Qi, only to see him sitting on a large rock by the river and meditating.
Gu Feixue couldn't help but spit at the man's otherworldly demeanor, which showed that he was not interested in worldly affairs and would not associate with ordinary people.
The Gu family had delicious baked pancakes and grilled fish, but Rong Qi and the others were just cooking fish soup in a clay pot over a small fire.
In such a comparison, Rong Qi and the other two looked very miserable.
The Gu family couldn't bear to see this, so they asked Gu Feixue to bring over two grilled fish that were fried till fragrant and juicy.
The excuse is that one should be polite when receiving fish from others.
Gu Feixue could only reluctantly send it over to Rong Qi and the others.
"My parents asked me to send this."
Rong Xing didn't care who asked him to send it. He had been drooling at the Gu family's grilled fish for a long time, and grabbed the two skewers of grilled fish in Gu Feixue's hands.
He said in a confused manner, "Thank you. I'll give it to my master."
After saying that, he turned around and took a bite, then jumped onto the rock where Rong Qi was while eating.
"Master, the grilled fish that Junior Sister sent me is delicious. Would you like to try some?"
Gu Feixue frowned when she heard this. When did she become a junior sister?
"I'm not a disciple of your Rong Clan. Even if I were, I'd still be your senior sister. Don't forget, I entered the Sutra Library before you did. I'm older than you!"
Rong Xing didn't argue with Gu Feixue at all. After he heard Rong Qi say lightly, "No need," he happily took the two skewers of grilled fish and went to eat them by himself.
Gu Feixue was depressed. She sold the grilled fish for half a tael of silver and everyone was scrambling to eat it, but Rong Qi didn't even look at it. What was the meaning of this!
Thinking of this, she turned and left. If he didn't want to eat, then so be it, as if she really expected him to eat.
Thinking of what she had done to the other party in Liangcheng yesterday, she felt a little grateful, but also a little angry:
"Even if you didn't do those things behind the scenes, I would still protect my people."
Otherwise, why would she trade the rouge purification method, the cream cake recipe, and the white wine brewing method? It was all so that after the Gu family left, Zuixianlou, Chunjia Cloth Shop, and even Governor Liang would be able to take care of Anju Village.
So she doesn't need to owe Rong Qi any favor at all.
Not hearing any sound behind her, Gu Feixue didn't care and returned to the Gu family's campfire.
Everyone had just finished eating and was not in a good condition to travel, so they went to the river to digest the food. Gu Feixue was angry and took stones and tiles to skip them on the river.
Seeing the stone floating on the water for more than ten times, Gu Feixue's smug smile had not yet appeared when her ears suddenly moved.
Gu Feixue seemed to sense something and turned to look at the woods behind her. She seemed to have heard some noise from there.
Could it be that Zong Hao’s men are chasing us?
Impossible. Now, let alone Liangcheng, even Zhuangcheng knows that the Gu family died in the fire. They did not reveal their whereabouts along the way, and even stayed in the hotel in disguise. How did Zong Hao know they were here?
At this moment, Gu Feixue couldn't help but think of the mysterious man who released smoke in the cliff forest a few months ago.
At that time, she thought it was Gu Yan and Gu Qi who released the smoke, but Gu Yan and Gu Qi only woke up later.
Later, she thought it was Rong Qi and the others, but she learned that Rong Qi only asked Rong Xing to deliver the letter to the government office and Anju Village.
At that time, she strangled a man in black on the spot and was knocked off the cliff.
Those men in black were obviously mindless warriors. When they heard the whistle, they had no intention of fighting with her even if they had an absolute chance to kill her.
Logically speaking, those men in black should not take away the body of the headless man in black. After all, destroying the body is a normal way of thinking. These men in black have long lost their minds and can only carry out simple orders.
For example, if they were told to kill someone, they would kill, even if their heads were about to be cut off, and they would only want to kill her. If they were told to retreat, they would not be prepared for the possibility of her attacking and would just turn around and retreat.
In this way, it will be impossible for the other party to clean up the bodies.
But Rong Qi and Prefect Liang both said that when they reached the edge of the cliff, they saw traces of fighting all over the ground, but no corpses or heads.
This is strange, unless the whistleblower behind the man in black arrives and takes care of him in advance.
But judging from the distance from which the whistle came, the other party was not as close as the mysterious person who released the smoke in the woods.
So Gu Feixue guessed that it was the mysterious man who took the body away and cleaned up the bloodstains on the ground and the insect eggs in the blood.
Although she was not sure who was behind the mysterious man, Gu Feixue knew that the other party's purpose was to protect her.
Thinking of this, Gu Feixue used her X-ray vision which she hadn't used for a long time.
Since running her internal energy requires abundant mental energy, she now rarely uses her clairvoyant eyes which consume mental energy.
After all, she could sense some movements by using her internal energy.
Gu Feixue looked towards the woods and adjusted the focus to check the situation in the woods.
Just when she thought she had sensed it wrong, she actually saw a group of bandits wearing mink furs gathered together to discuss something.
There were actually thirty or forty people on the other side!
How come so many bandits gathered here?
Thinking of something, Gu Feixue suddenly looked at the fire lit by the Gu family.
"broken!"
It must be the fire that attracted the attention of these bandits. She should have thought of this earlier.
At that time, Gu Feixue stood up and said to everyone, "Dad and Mom, let's hurry up and get on with our journey. I just sensed that there seem to be bandits nearby!"
Upon hearing this, the Gu family had no doubts at all. They immediately put out the fire, quickly moved the things into the carriage, called Rong Qi and the other two, and started on their journey.
The direction in which the Gu family was heading was exactly the opposite of the group of bandits.
This group of bandits probably didn't have any internal skills, but even if they only had ordinary fist and kick skills, with thirty or forty people rushing towards her, she couldn't guarantee that the Gu family wouldn't suffer any losses.
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