Starting as the young master of a medicine shop, he practiced swordsmanship for twenty years.

Chapter 19: Refugees and robbers on the official road!

The Junling Mountains are a huge mountain range located near the official road of Qingyun County, with towering mountains standing in it and crisscrossing each other.

This section of official road that crosses the steep mountain range is an important road leading to Qingyun County.

It is also the only official road that allows horse-drawn carriages to drive normally, and the road is surrounded by high and rising mountains on all sides.

The sun is shining brightly, scorching the surrounding mountains and land.

Not far from this official road, many people gathered under a huge tree to avoid the scorching sun and hide in ambush.

At this time, a voice sounded, and a man spoke to the big man in the crowd.

"Brother Hu, do you think anyone will stop by today? We haven't been open for several days."

"Those gentlemen are waiting for our harvest. If we don't get any today, then we will..."

The man's version of Brother Tiger was a tall, majestic, and strong man, with his upper body only covered in a small piece of yellow leather jacket with distinct layers of patterns.

The black lines on the leather jacket, inlaid with yellow and white fur, are a tiger skin.

Brother Hu opened his eyes wide and looked at the man who was speaking with a ferocious expression.

The man's whole body was shaking unconsciously, not knowing whether he was afraid of Brother Hu in front of him or the adults he had just mentioned.

When Brother Hu was asked this question, he felt a little scared, but he did not show it. Instead, he looked fierce and pretended to be calm when he spoke.

"Humph, I know it without you telling me."

Afterwards, Brother Hu looked at the official road in the distance fiercely.

Finding that no one was passing by as usual, Brother Hu began to feel anxious.

He cursed in his heart, damn it, if he didn't get anything today, he would be in trouble.

Thinking of those figures that made him feel afraid, Brother Hu broke out in a cold sweat.

Originally, these people were refugees who came from Lanshan County, which is closest to Qingyun County.

Unexpectedly, they met three strangers of unknown origin on the way, who attacked them without any reason to establish their authority.

Then they took all of them in and used them as their subordinates, occupying the mountains in this area and robbing and plundering anyone passing by.

None of them dared to disobey the orders of those vicious men, because those who disobeyed their orders were already dead, and the grass on their graves was three feet high.

He witnessed with his own eyes that those murderers mercilessly tortured to death dozens of people who resisted them.

So the rest of the people understood that these three vicious guys were not joking, and they all surrendered to them and worked for them.

Some time ago, it was because of their banditry that Qingyun County paid attention and sent a large number of officers and soldiers to patrol the mountains and suppress the bandits.

As a result, they originally had nearly two hundred people, but now there are only two or three big cats and small cats, and there are less than a hundred people left.

At this time, I saw a man in the distance running down from the opposite mountain, rushing towards this side with all his strength.
"Brother Hu, someone is coming this way. There seem to be several carriages."

"Oh! Really? Okay, okay, okay!"

When Brother Hu heard this, his face lit up with joy, and he praised repeatedly: "Brothers, did you hear that? Someone is coming, cheer up."

Finally someone came. Damn it, if no one had come today, all the food stored on the mountain would have been eaten up by those adults.

"Brother Hu, there are quite a lot of people coming here. Should we send someone back to inform the bosses?"

The man who had just run over spoke again and told Brother Hu what he had seen.

"A lot of people?"

Brother Hu stretched out his big hand and grabbed the man who came to tip him off, with a fierce look on his face.

"Then why are you still standing there? Why don't you hurry back to the mountain and inform those adults?" "Yes, yes, yes, Brother Hu, I will go and inform the heads right away."

The man was a little scared. After he finished speaking, he stuttered and crawled away.

Soon, the sound of horse hooves was heard in the distance, and several carriages slowly approached this side.

There were many horses around the carriage, as well as people like guards accompanying it.

As they got closer, Brother Hu could clearly see all the people on the other side.

When he saw the people around the carriage behind, Brother Hu's excited face suddenly drooped, like an eggplant hit by frost.

What did he see?

Why are there imperial officials inside? They look like county yamen runners.

That’s right, the yamen runners that Brother Hu saw were Liang Cheng and his group, as well as Lu Xuan who was sitting in the carriage.

As for the carriages in front, it was just a chance encounter. They happened to be a caravan passing by on their way back to Qingyun County.

The leading escort of the caravan is a well-known figure in the county. His martial arts level has reached the bone refining level, and he is also one of the best martial arts masters in the county.

Damn it, never mind. So what if they were imperial officials? They just did it anyway.

Brother Hu thought that the food stored in the mountains was almost exhausted and could only sustain them for one or two days.

Without a second thought, Brother Hu immediately and decisively drew his knife and said viciously: "Brothers, there is no turning back now, come on!"

On the official road, Lu Xuan, who was sitting in the carriage, moved his ears slightly and heard a sound coming from far away on the official road.

Lu Xuan lifted the white cloth curtain of the carriage, glanced at the distance expressionlessly, and then spoke to Liang Cheng who was riding a horse next to him.

"Liang Cheng, stop first and be careful ahead, there's an ambush there."

The noisy noise of horse hooves did not cover up Lu Xuan's voice at all.

Liang Cheng, who was standing by, reacted immediately after hearing Lu Xuan's voice and shouted without hesitation, "Everyone stop!"

Liang Cheng's voice was so loud that even the escort caravan ahead could hear it.

In an instant, at Liang Cheng's command, not only the yamen runners around him stopped, but even the escort caravan in front also stopped.

"There's an ambush ahead, everyone be careful!"

Liang Cheng didn't explain too much and told the reason directly.

In Liang Cheng's mind, Lu Xuan's words were never wrong.

"Is there an ambush?"

The leading escort who was leading the way was a middle-aged man in his forties. He glanced around in confusion.

Before he could react, many figures appeared in the distance of the official road and rushed towards him quickly, each holding a broken weapon in his hand.

"It's a bandit!"

"Be on alert immediately!"

After seeing the figure appearing in the distance, the leading escort reacted instantly and shouted to the dozens of guards behind him.

Seeing this, Liang Cheng also drew the weapon from his waist and looked vigilantly at the bandits who were running towards him in a menacing manner from a distance.

Bandits?

(End of this chapter)