Chapter 45 Attacked
It was already dark when Zhao Tiechui came back.
Returning with him were Mr. Yu, a few strangers, and three carriages loaded with herbs.
"Everyone cheer up, we're ready to go!"
As if he didn't notice that it was getting late, Zhao Tiechui began to greet everyone as soon as he returned.
Everyone was surprised. They didn't expect to travel all night. Then someone asked: "Captain, you see...it's getting late. How about we rest for the night and leave tomorrow?"
"Nonsense, can't I see it's getting dark?
The employer asked me to rush back to Wutan City overnight, so don’t wait any longer, move quickly and set off!”
The first rule of the mercenary order is to try to meet the employer's requirements without violating the principles, so after knowing that this was the employer's request, everyone had nothing to say.
Under Zhao Tiechui's instructions, the members of the Blood Blade Mercenary Group were divided into three groups in an orderly manner, with five people in each group, guarding three carriages and walking towards the outside of Qingshan Town.
And those strangers left after the Blood Blade Mercenary Group set off, and they must have been the escorts of a certain force in Qingshan Town.
Apart from Muxue, there were three newcomers in the same group as Lin Fan.
This was naturally arranged intentionally by Zhao Tiechui. Although Lin Fan was considered a newcomer, his courage, wisdom and strength were no worse than those of the old mercenaries.
Everyone may have felt very relaxed when they came, but it was not that simple when they returned. Not only did they have to guard against the monsters, they also had to guard against some bandits and robbers.
Fortunately, everyone in the mercenary group also rested for a while, and they were in high spirits at this time.
Not long after, when everyone slowly walked into the forest, it was already completely dark. With the bright moonlight, it was not a problem to travel.
"Brother Fan, what kind of medicinal material do you think this is?"
Muxue asked, looking at the large pile of medicinal materials on the carriage.
Hearing Muxue's words, Lin Fan turned around and glanced at the carriage beside him, then shook his head: "I don't know, and the leader didn't say anything either."
"Then I'll go ask the group leader."
After Muxue finished speaking, before Lin Fan could react, she quickly ran to Zhao Tiechui at the front, blinked her big eyes and asked, "Captain, what kind of medicinal materials are we transporting?"
Zhao Tiechui frowned: "Why do you ask these questions?"
"You're curious! Captain, just tell me!" Muxue said coquettishly, shaking her little head.
"Don't ask what you shouldn't ask!"
Zhao Tiechui looked around, then glared at Muxue, then turned away and ignored her.
"Hmph! If you don't say so, forget it."
After Muxue was upset, she ran to Lin Fan angrily: "Brother Fan, the leader is bullying me."
"oh?
The leader is bullying you, but he is a fighting master, so I can't help him."
Seeing Muxue's angry look, Lin Fan couldn't help but laugh and joke, obviously knowing that Zhao Tiechui wouldn't say anything.
"Huh! You bullied me too, I won't leave."
Muxue stamped her feet angrily and stood still.
This stumped Lin Fan, who was immediately at a loss and had a wry smile on his face.
Muxue likes to pester Lin Fan, which is well known to everyone in the Blood Blade Mercenary Group, so after seeing Muxue angry, everyone started to joke.
"Hey, brother Lin Fan made his little wife unhappy, haha."
"Brother Lin Fan, let's go first. These barren mountains and ridges have a unique flavor."
"You have to hurry up, or you won't be able to catch up with us in a while."
"Hahaha....."
The tense atmosphere suddenly relaxed a lot, and everyone laughed and walked past Lin Fan and Muxue.
Being made such a fuss made Lin Fan feel even more embarrassed. Seeing the Blood Blade Mercenary Group walking further and further away, he didn't know what to say for a while.
After a while, until the convoy was no longer visible, Muxue was the first to speak out: "I'm just pretending!"
"Pretending?"
Lin Fan was startled and stared at Muxue in confusion: "Why?"
Muxue stood on tiptoe and looked forward, then continued: "I think there is something wrong with this mission.
Brother Fan, think about it, there are so many mercenary groups in Qingshan Town, just hire one to deliver the medicinal materials to Wutan City, why do we have to go all the way back and forth?
Another point is that these three carts of medicinal materials are worth at least 100,000 gold coins. This is a big business for Xuanjitang. However, the old man surnamed Yu asked to travel at night. Didn't he know that it was easy to encounter someone at night?
to some robbers.
Once encountered by bandits, the strength of the group leader Dou Shi is of no use at all.
The most important thing is because of women’s intuition, and my intuition told me that there must be something wrong.”
After hearing what Muxue said, Lin Fan nodded thoughtfully.
He also felt that something was wrong before, but he was too embarrassed to say it. But now after Muxue said it, he felt that something was wrong even more.
But why is all this happening?
After thinking for a long time, he still couldn't figure out what the problem was. Lin Fan immediately decided to catch up with the main force first.
The two of them rushed towards the direction of the mercenary group without stopping.
Since the carriage was not moving very fast, it didn't take long for Lin Fan to catch up with the large army.
Fortunately, nothing happened to the Blood Blade Mercenary Group, and after everyone saw Lin Fan catching up, they started another round of fun and banter.
"Brother Lin Fan, I didn't expect you to be so fast, hahaha!"
"That's right, including the traveling time, my God, it's so fast that I can't even imagine it!"
"Brother Lin Fan, I'm not telling you, sometimes you should be slow or slow."
"Ha ha......"
Lin Fan glared at those guys who were making a lot of noise for a few times with a dark face, and then walked to the carriage assigned to him without saying a word.
"Brother Fan, what they said about fast or not, do they mean you are traveling very fast?"
Muxue obviously didn't understand what everyone said and asked in confusion.
"Forehead...."
Lin Fan suddenly became speechless, but he couldn't think of a better explanation, so he could only nod his head and said: "That's what they meant."
"I see!"
Muxue nodded and shouted to the people who were still having fun: "I'm not targeting anyone, I'm talking about everyone present. If you compare speed, they are all scum. I, Brother Fan, are the fastest!"
Lin Fan's face is full of black lines!!
"Hahaha......"
One sentence made everyone burst into laughter.
"Why are you laughing? If you don't believe me, you can compare. Let's stop here and we can catch up with you in a while."
Muxue put her hands on her hips and shouted with an unconvinced look.
However, everyone continued to laugh as if they had not heard what she said.
"Xue'er, stop saying a few words, they don't understand, they don't understand!"
Lin Fan was extremely embarrassed and quickly signaled to Muxue to stop talking.
"Yes, we don't understand. Brother Lin Fan knows best."
"Brother Lin Fan doesn't know the best, but he understands the deepest, haha."
"Miss Muxue..."
"boom!"
While everyone was having fun, a big tree suddenly collapsed in the middle of the road, making a loud noise.
Chapter completed!