Chapter 248

In the northwest steppe, a caravan came from afar.

Camels lined up, and carts pulled silk, tea, and porcelain. From the Empire, they marched through the hills, steppes, and Gobi to the far-flung country of the Far West. On the way, there is also the possibility of encountering horse bandits, storms, and the food and card demands of officers and soldiers.

This is a life-or-death trade route, and of course, the rewards are quite lucrative and worth the risk.

This caravan was led by the Lan Merchant House, and was joined by a number of other merchants. Although this road is full of dangers, everyone still has some confidence to follow the Lan Firm.

The Lan family firm has been operating this business route for many years, and there are many good hands at home, and this time it is escorted by three hundred warriors, not to mention, this time the team leader is the eldest lady of the Lan family business house - Lan Qingting.

Lan Qingting's mother is a woman from the Western Regions, and the big boss of the Lan family business house had her in a merry and happy life, and then because she was born with green eyes, she was regarded as a demon by the family, and she was almost thrown into a pond when she was five years old.

But as she grew up, she gradually became hideous, and she could accompany the martial artists at home to drink and drink meat, and she accompanied the team several times, starting from a handyman, and things could be said to be watertight. The caravan with her accompanied had smooth sailing again and again, so the demon girl became a saint, and by the time she was twenty years old, her own father had recognized her as the eldest lady of the Lan family.

At the moment, she was riding a horse and walking in front of the group, everyone was looking at her, and in a way, she was everyone's spiritual support. Dressed in black and covered with a black cloth on her face, it is said that she was burned by fire when she was a child, and her face was extremely ugly, so she always covered her face with black veil.

"Miss, it's getting dark, why don't we find a place to rest. A man said.

Lan Qingting shook her head: "Advance overnight, bandits are infested in this area, and you can't stay for a moment, the sooner you pass, the better." ”

"Don't camp anymore?" the man was surprised: "But we've been gone for a day." ”

"Well, in three days you have to cross this grassland, when to cross it, when to rest. ”

"Three days?"

Bi Ji's eyes widened, and finally shook his head helplessly. After all, it was the first time for him to accompany him, and he didn't know Miss Lan's style yet. Lan Qingting's style is just one word: fast!

Moving forward as fast as possible, sleeplessly, through the bandit-infested territory, the bandits haven't figured it out yet, Miss Lan has disappeared with someone.

"Miss, Miss. ”

The spies in front drove back with a terrifying expression on their faces.

"Come and see, ahead!"

"What's going on up front?" Lan Qingting frowned, this person is an old fellow in the family, how many times he has been born and died, he has never been as afraid as he is today.

"You...... Let's see ......"

In fact, you can see it when you cross the hillside in front of you, it is Lan Qingting, and her green eyes also show cold fear.

Dozens of corpses were scattered down the hillside, their limbs cut off, their ins flowing outside, and now the corpses were decomposing, flies buzzing around the corpses, and several jackals were swallowing the corpses.

"They are caravans like us, and they have encountered horse bandits. Someone was horrified, as if the corpse under the hillside had become himself.

"Let's go!

Lan Qingting was taken aback, there must be horse bandits here, even nearby, she had to leave as soon as possible, just hoping to get rid of it.

Something happened that night.

Far behind the caravan were a few men, lit torches, and seemed not afraid of being discovered, but they did not attack, but followed unhurriedly.

It is said that when the wolves on the steppe spot the yellow sheep, they will not attack immediately, but only follow behind. Wait for the wolves to gather more and more, until the wolf king appears, and then pounce in one fell swoop. By this time, the sheep were already on their knees and trembling because of fear.

There are more and more torches behind the caravan, and they are not visible during the day, but at night, the torches will appear as promised. Fear spreads through the ranks, and everyone lives in fear.

Until that night.

"Miss, I'll take a team of people to take a look. Bi Ji said, "Look which way they go." ”

"Well, be careful, if you can, don't do it. ”

Biggie came over with a group of people, all of whom were good at the team. Lan Qingting waited in place, looking at the direction of the torch in the distance.

She didn't know what Biggie would do with it, and if the other party could talk, she could leave a sum of money, or pay them a protection fee every time she passed by.

Businessmen pursue profits, and everything is based on profits.

Only this group of horse bandits is not that group of people.

Time passed little by little, and Biji had not yet returned, and the torches in the distance were swaying, and I didn't know what had happened.

At this moment, the sound of hurried horses' hooves sounded, and Biji was seen galloping on his horse.

Lan Qingting was taken aback: "Bi Ji, what's the situation, why are you the only one coming back." ”

"Miss, it's them......"

Bee Ge let out a roar that sounded like he had encountered a devil in hell. Lan Qingting was shocked to find that his limbs began to spread out, and his limbs and torso separated. At this moment, Lan Qingting realized that Bi Ji was tied to a horse today, and his limbs had already been cut off and entangled with ropes.

An arrow came out of Billy's throat, and as his body fell to the ground, the sound of heavy horses' hooves sounded behind him, and hundreds of horsemen emerged from the darkness.

The torches were still flickering in the distance, but the bandits were close enough to see their raised knives.

Screams rang out, and people scattered and fled, shouting one after another: it's them, it's them......

They are sad in the border city.

Devils are entrenched in the grasslands, robbing passing merchants, men are killed on the spot, women are robbed, and it is said that in the cold, they will make men into jerky.

No one wants to be bothered, because they are like earthquakes, storms, and tsunamis, which are force majeure.

The slaughter began in the night and ended at dawn, and in the white sky, corpses fell to the ground, the pungent smell of blood.

Under the escort of her subordinates, Lan Qingting escaped on a fast horse, and the horse bandits behind her chased after her, releasing arrows from behind like a joke, and with the sound of breaking the air, a person next to Lan Qingting fell.

In the end, she was the only one left, and the horse bandits behind her were getting closer and closer.

Suddenly, he fell off the horse and fell to the ground foaming at the mouth, and Lan Qingting was also thrown to the ground.

She looked up and saw a man standing in front of her, with dark eyes and a white robe.

"Save me, save me!" Lan Qingting immediately pleaded, and suddenly remembered that there was only one person on the other side, but it was just a ghost under the knife of the horse bandit: "You go quickly, you go quickly......"

The man didn't respond, he stretched out his hand to take off the black veil on her face, and at that moment Lan Qingting forgot to stop it.

The black gauze peeled off, revealing a perfect cheek, and the man was stunned, and he was a little stunned for a while.

"You're so good-looking. ”