Zhu Huichan was immediately stunned. The father of the Bull Demon King died in the hands of the officers and soldiers. The officers and soldiers represented the Ming Dynasty and the emperor.

As the saying goes: The hatred for killing one's father is irreconcilable. She and A-Hang are the princess and the prince of the current dynasty, the children of the emperor. They can also be said to be the enemies of the Bull Demon King. Will he immediately kill himself and his younger brother to avenge him in a moment of anger?

Zhu Huichan looked at Li Hu again with obvious fear in her eyes.

Fortunately, Li Hu didn't seem to have any intention of drawing his sword and only said coldly: "So you should know that even if a child is hungry for several days without food, he will not die. Now go and call your brother and we will set off immediately."

Even though the Bull Demon King didn't kill anyone right away, he was still very scary in Zhu Huichan's eyes, so she didn't dare to speak out and contradict Li Hu this time on the road. Even though she was tired, she gritted her teeth and persisted in supporting each other with Zhu Cixiang.

After walking for more than ten miles, the three of them finally came across a market town.

There is only one street in the market town, with about a hundred households and five or six scattered shops on the street. One of them has a sign of a horse and carriage shop.

"Have you ever learned to ride a horse?" Li Hu asked

"Of course" Zhu Huichan replied. Not only could she ride a horse, but her riding skills were pretty good among those in the palace. She had participated in several hunts out of the city.[

"Where is your brother?" Li Hu asked again

Zhu Huichan frowned and said, "Axu doesn't know how."

Li Hu said: "We buy two horses and you take your brother to ride one."

Zhu Huichan nodded repeatedly. As long as she can have a horse to ride without having to walk, she will naturally not object to the arrangement of the Bull Demon King.

In such a small market town, there must not be many people who usually hire and buy horses. The carriage and horse shop is very simple, and there are only three horses in total, and none of them are good horses.

Li Hu selected two of them and did not raise any objection to the high price of thirty-two horses. He just asked the waiter to immediately prepare the saddle and stirrups. He took out a gold hairpin from his arms and threw it on the counter with a clang.

The shopkeeper of the carriage shop was overjoyed to see his big customer coming. The gold hairpin was pure red and the carvings were meticulous. It was worth at least a hundred taels of silver. When Li Hu said, "No need to look for it," it made him smile from ear to ear.

The golden hairpin was taken by Li Hu from Zhu Huichan. It is an authentic item from the royal palace. How can it be worthless? Although the shopkeeper has good eyesight, he only thinks that today the Bodhisattva blessed a windfall from heaven, but he does not know the origin of this hairpin. The government will investigate it in the future. Coming down is enough to bring him a fatal disaster.

The market town was too small and the army was stationed there. Zhu Huichan and Zhu Cixi followed Li Hu into the town to buy horses, but they had no choice but to give up the idea of ​​asking for help. The Bull Demon King was very skilled in martial arts and extremely vicious. Zhu Huichan already knew that the common people in the town could not save them if they angered this person. The lives of the evil brother and sister are not saved.

The three of them got on their horses and left the town, continuing eastward.

Of course, having a mount is much faster than walking. At dusk, the two riders and the three of them galloped more than fifty miles. They were already a hundred miles away from the capital. The Jin Yiwei and the army sent a large number of horse teams to search for people in an unknown direction. Under the premise, it would be difficult to catch up so far in a short time.

The path Li Hu took was not an official road. As it got further and further away from the capital, the surrounding area became more and more desolate. At first, it passed several villages and towns. After traveling for dozens of miles, it was not just villages and towns, but fields and fields. It’s hard to see the farmhouse anymore

The sky was getting darker. Zhu Huichan couldn't help but feel a little scared. She was even more hungry. However, Li Hu kept a cold face and remained silent the whole way, but she didn't dare to speak casually.

"Hey, how long do we have to go, where are you going to take us?" At the end, Zhu Huichan couldn't help but ask.

"I've already told you where I want to go and you don't know," Li Hu said [

"I don't know what this is, but you can tell me." Zhu Huichan was extremely dissatisfied with Li Hu's answer.

Li Hu turned his head and glanced at her and said: "Okay, I will tell you that it is a place without king's law called Human Village."

"Hu Man Village" Zhu Huichan had indeed never heard of this name, but she pouted and said: "The world belongs to me. The Ming Dynasty is full of kings and soil. How can there be no place without kings' laws?"

Li Hu curled his lips and said: "Really? What is the king's land? In my opinion, a place in the world without king's law is better than a place with king's law."

This sentence alone was enough to be treasonous and beheaded. Zhu Huichan wanted to argue with reason, but he knew in his heart that this Niu Demon King was a man of law. Reasoning with him was different from Niu Qin, so he kept silent.

At this moment, I suddenly heard Li Hu say: "Stop"

Although Zhu Huichan didn't know what happened, he still reined in the horse and stopped it.

Li Hu's eyes swept across the trees on the roadside in front and shouted: "Since you are here, why are you hiding? Come out now."

To Zhu Huichan, the forest looked completely different, but when he heard a "rustling" sound, more than ten figures emerged from it and blocked the road ahead.

These people were all dressed in costumes, some were also wearing leather armor, and they all held steel knives in their hands. They looked very vicious. The single sword used by ordinary people in the Jianghu was only three feet long, but the swords of these people were all longer than four feet. The blade has two blood grooves, and the blade head is divided into two tooth tips. The shape is very strange.

If Zhu Huichan had more knowledge, he would know that this kind of knife is a weapon commonly used by the Jurchens of the Houjin Dynasty. Used to stab the enemy

The leader is a stout man in brocade robes with a short dark red beard on his face, a lion's nose, and a pierced eye. His forehead is bright and he has no hair behind his head, but he has a long braid. This man has an exaggerated-shaped sword inserted into the back of the blade. The thick-edged ax looks like it weighs at least ten kilograms, if not a hundred kilograms.

The red-bearded man looked at Li Hu sideways and said: "You Nanman boy is smart and knows that the uncle is waiting for you in the woods. Don't say that the uncle has not given you a way to survive. Keep the valuable jewelry and that woman, and I will spare your life." Don't kill"

This person is speaking Chinese, but his accent is very weird. Obviously this is not his mother tongue.

Li Hu looked at the big man and suddenly smiled coldly and said: "I thought those who were ambushing us were the masters from Dongchang Jinyiwei or the killers of 'Tianchu', but I didn't expect that they were just a few thieves who were cutting off the path."

The big man glared and said: "What nonsense are you talking about? I am a heroic warrior from the North Country, the 'Tuoshan Beast' Wanyan Lei. I am Wanyan Lei. You dare to call me a thief because you are impatient with life."

Li Hu said: "It turns out that Tuoshan Beast is not a thief but a beast."

This Wanyan Lei was not a Han. He was only fluent in Chinese, but he could still hear the ridicule in Li Hu's words. He couldn't help but shouted angrily: "This kid is looking for death. Let's all chop him down together."

More than ten men in military uniforms responded in unison, each raising their long swords and about to kill Li Hu, but they jumped on their horses and rushed forward.

Figures flashed, cold blades danced, accompanied by sparks flying and the sound of gold and iron clanking. The two sides were already fighting together.

These people are indeed not ordinary thieves.

Although the short blade is not Li Hu's best weapon and it is inconvenient to use while riding a horse, with his martial arts, if he can only deal with a dozen ordinary monsters, he can kill them all in just one encounter. However, these dozen people Not only are the men strong and powerful, but they also have great skills in cooperating with each other during the siege. They seem to have formed a joint attack army.

In a few breaths, Li Hu rushed left and right among more than ten swordsmen, but he did not cut down any one. The two sides were already fighting together.

Seeing this scene, Zhu Huichan's heart was pounding. This big man with a red beard, known as the "Tuoshan Beast", was obviously not a good person when he blocked the road and robbed him. However, now that the monsters and beasts on both sides of them had entangled the Bull Demon King, it was she and her brother who escaped. best chance

Thinking of this, Zhu Huichan still hesitated. He immediately picked up the reins, turned the horse's head and galloped back towards the direction he came from.

Zhu Huichan's riding skills were not weak, and she came into full play at this critical moment of escape. Even though she was riding with her younger brother, Zhu Cixiang, on a horse and two, she still beat the horses like flying. In the blink of an eye, she ran away a hundred feet away, while Li Hu was trapped in the siege of those swordsmen. As expected, Zhong didn't have time to escape and chased after her.

After galloping for another two or three miles, just when Zhu Huichan was secretly rejoicing, she suddenly heard Zhu Cixiang exclaiming: "Oh no, there is a horse chasing me from behind."

Zhu Huichan went back and looked around, and sure enough he saw a black horse galloping towards them. The person riding on the horse was not Li Hu, but the big man with red beard and long braid, "Tuoshan Beast" Wanyan Lei.

This "Tuoshan Beast" was a robber. If it fell into his hands, it would be worse than being captured by the Bull Demon King. Zhu Huichan was frightened and hurriedly slapped the horse's buttocks to urge the mount to run faster.

The two riders chased each other and quickly ran away for several miles.

At this time, the sun had set and the sky was getting darker. The distance between the two riders was close to twenty feet. Even in the dim light, Zhu Huichan turned around and could clearly see the fierce look on Wanyan Lei's short red beard.

Although the speed of riding a horse has a lot to do with the riding skills, what is more important is the quality of the horse itself. Wanyan Lei is riding a very impressive black horse, while Zhu Huichan's horse is Li Hu's horse that he rode in the small town before. The bad horses bought from the horse and carriage shop in the market town, and one horse with two packs, further affected the opponent who was not a dark horse in terms of speed.

After running for a while, I heard Wanyan Lei behind me shouting loudly: "That little girl, don't run away anymore. Stop and surrender. I won't kill you. If I catch you, I will kill you."
Chapter completed!