novelden Chapter 191 Encountering "bandits"
Chapter 191 Encountering "bandits"
"Hold your breath, full speed ahead!" Lin Shu immediately came up with a plan, said to the three of them, and then took the lead, galloping forward at full speed: "Giddy up!"
"Giddy up..." At the same time, several sounds of whips cracking rang out from behind.
After riding for about fifteen minutes, the road ahead opened up and the fog disappeared, allowing Lin Shu to see the scene before her. She quickly reined in her horse and stopped: "Whoa..."
The horse was going too fast, and she reined it in too hastily, causing the horse's front hooves to rise high and fall heavily to the ground.
Looking at the cliff so close to her and the tumbling stones, even Lin Shu felt a wave of fear.
Hearing the approaching hoofbeats, Lin Shu spurred her horse back a little and shouted, "Stop! There's a cliff ahead!"
Upon hearing this, Ji Wan and the other two immediately pulled back from the brink.
"Tch... You scared the hell out of me! How did the fog suddenly roll in? I almost lost my life..." Ji Wan patted her chest, which was still quite frightened, and cursed under her breath.
Shen Lin and Ye Feng looked at the cliff shrouded in mist and retreated repeatedly. Then they looked to Lin Shu for help: "There's a cliff in front and poisonous miasma behind us. What should we do?"
Whether from fright or poisoning, the group felt weak in the knees and could only turn to Lin Shu, who had the best ideas, for help.
Upon hearing this, Lin Shu first looked at the path they had come from. The fog seemed to be getting further and further away from them, and the fog dissipated wherever the sunlight shone!
"Wait." Lin Shu uttered a single word softly. She already had a guess in her mind, but she didn't know if she was right. She could only wait and see.
No sooner had she finished speaking than the low bushes on both sides began to rustle. Judging from the sound, someone was approaching, and quite a few of them.
The four men gripped their sword hilts tightly, drew their swords, and looked around warily.
Just then, a tall, plain-looking woman, dressed in only a few pieces of cloth, practically bare-chested, jumped out, followed by dozens of henchmen.
These people were all quite 'delicate' in appearance. If it weren't for the two lumps of flesh in front of their bodies, Ji Wan and the others would probably have mistaken them for men.
As soon as the woman appeared, she burst into arrogant laughter, her half-exposed breasts swaying as she did so.
"Hahaha! Finally, another brainless fat sheep dares to brave the morning miasma to go up the mountain! I, Zhu Laoba, am finally going to open for business again! Ahahahaha!"
Most people in this area know about the Hengduan Mountains, where miasma lingers halfway up the mountainside. This miasma only dissipates in the afternoon under the scorching sun, so generally no one dares to go up the mountain in the morning for two reasons:
Firstly, there is naturally a group of bandits on the mountain, in addition to the miasma. Although these bandits are not strong, they can still escape if they encounter them after being infected with the miasma.
Secondly, the miasma in the mountains is shrouded in fog, making it difficult to see the path and easy to get lost, ending up on this cliff!
Lin Shu and the others looked at these 'weak women' in front of them, and listened to the leader's undisguised laughter. They twitched their lips, speechless. Bandits? Is this all they are? They think they can steal anything?
In reality, they hadn't actually managed to steal anything. A little over a month ago, they tried to rob someone, but the other side had a large number of people, which scared her henchmen so much that they ran away, leaving only the bandit leader named Zhu Laoba.
If it weren't for the masked man letting her go, Zhu Laoba would probably have been torn to pieces long ago. So, for more than a month after that, she didn't dare to come out until today when she suddenly had the urge to go out and do something!
However, they were unaware that they had run into a brick wall once again!
Getting back to the main point, a shifty-looking woman behind Zhu Laoba, noticing Zhu Laoba's unpredictable expression, stepped forward, leaned close to her, and warned:
"Boss, boss! Don't forget to say our slogan! Slogan!"
The bandit leader Zhu Laoba's laughter faltered, then he paused for a moment, before suddenly shouting:
"Men, line up! Scare them to death!"
Behind her, dozens of bandits stood huddled together (mainly because the miasma hadn't dissipated yet, and space was limited, so they had to squeeze in), and then they shouted in unison in loud voices:
"This mountain is mine, these trees are mine, if you want to pass, leave your toll!"
As they spoke, these bandits stretched out their hands, making a seductive gesture as if teasing a dog—it was incredibly irritating…
Ji Wan/Shen Lin/Ye Feng (dumbfounded): "...".
Lin Shu (eye-watering): "..." She thought the three people around her were weird enough, but who knew! Could this be the legendary case of there are always people better than you?
Zhu Laoba noticed the changes in Lin Shu and the others' expressions and assumed they were scared. He swaggered forward a couple of steps, sized them up, and arrogantly said:
"What's wrong, you little wench! Scared now? Hand over the money, and I, Zhu Laoba, won't make things difficult for you!"
Lin Shu and the others' lips twitched, and for a moment no one spoke.
Seeing this, Zhu Laoba was about to say a few more words of advice when he heard Ji Wan's even more arrogant voice:
"Screw you! I don't even know how to spell 'fear'!"
Zhu Laoba looked at Ji Wan, the shortest of the group, his eyes widening in surprise, before exclaiming with a look of pity, "No way!"
After saying that, he turned around and seriously asked the shifty-eyed 'strategist' behind him, "Is there really anyone that stupid? I've never been to school, but I know how to write the word 'fear'!"
Lin Shu and Shen Lin were both struggling to suppress their laughter.
"Ah...! I'm going to smash you with a hammer..."
This was the first time Ji Wan had encountered such a stupid person, and she was clearly furious. She threw down her sword, picked up the large hammers hanging on both sides of the saddle, and angrily went forward to beat her up.
Looking at the menacing Ji Wan and the composed Lin Shu and her two companions, and considering that his forces outnumbered the enemy by more than tenfold, Zhu Laoba grew bolder and shouted:
"Men, grab your weapons!"
No sooner had he finished speaking than the bandits pulled out... uh... hoes and clubs from behind them!
Ji Wan had originally expected a fierce battle, but seeing this, she was taken aback. The bandits seized the opportunity and randomly threw their weapons at her, leaving her somewhat outmatched.
Fortunately, Ji Wan was sitting on a horse, so she wasn't hit on the head, but her body was really in pain!
The bandits fought with increasing ferocity, even knocking down Ji Wan's horse. Ji Wan was thrown from his horse, and the hammer in his hand rolled all over the place...
"Pah..." Ji Wan spat, got up from the ground, and was ready to fight again.
"Watch out!" Lin Shu's voice drew everyone's attention.
The group was already near the cliff. When the horse collapsed, Ji Wan didn't even notice as he got up, and slid straight down with the loose rocks: "Ah! Damn it..."
"Thank goodness you're here! Otherwise, I might be kicking the bucket today!" Ji Wan, who was cursing, suddenly changed her tone and grinned foolishly with her big teeth showing.
Lin Shu (helplessly): "Shut up."
It turned out that Lin Shu had quickly grabbed Ji Wan's hand, but at the same time, she also slid down, leaving only one hand to support the weight of the two of them.
Shen Lin and Ye Feng had also dismounted and arrived at the edge of the cliff, intending to pull Lin Shu up. However, as soon as they got close, they saw Lin Shu slide down the cliff.
"Lord Lin! Lord Lin!..." Shen Lin and his companion were as anxious as ants on a hot pan, forgetting all about how to address him, and shouted down from the edge of the cliff.
Ye Feng, a grown woman, even had a sob in her voice, as if she had lost her parents: "Waaah... Lin Shu! Lord Lin!... Ji Wan! Ji..."
At this moment, from where the two below could not see, came another cold, speechless, and somewhat gritted-teeth voice:
"Shut up!"
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[I've been updating late these past few days because I'm going back to my cousin's hometown for a pig-slaughtering feast, hehe! I wonder if you've ever had a pig-slaughtering feast before (smug face)! Wahaha!]