Empress Chu

Chu Zhao only had time to shout.

Accompanied by this sound, Lao Bai and others drew their bows and shot arrows, and shouts sounded again from the opposite mountain forest.

The rain of arrows was once again overwhelming.

Chapter 36 Mountains

Yingzui Mountain is high in mountains and deep in forests, making it inconvenient to travel. Merchants avoid it, and there are almost no towns and villages.

Being a bandit here is not easy.

Ding Dachui turned out to be a hunter. Because of his enmity with the gentry, he escaped and became a bandit. He fantasized countless times that one day he would return home with his brothers, and the gentry would kneel in front of him and beg for mercy——

It's a pity that ten years have passed, and this scene has not yet appeared, and——

"Boss!" Someone next to him excitedly patted his arm, and said in a low voice through his teeth, "wild boar, wild boar—"

Ding Dachui slapped the man down: "Don't make noise."

He held his breath as he watched a black shadow appear in the dense forest opposite. The black shadow was grazing grass and crashing into a tree in a leisurely manner, but suddenly stepped on the trap mechanism, and two wooden nails drilled out of the ground and pierced the black shadow's throat——

The wild boar let out a scream, and the whole mountain forest trembled, but the wild boar did not fall down, but ran wildly, and coincidentally, it was heading towards Ding Sledgehammer.

The man who was held down by Ding Dahammer was about to jump up: "Boss, run quickly."

Ding Dachui let go of him, and the man ran away like a rabbit. After running a few steps, he looked back and saw that Ding Dachui hadn't followed.

"Boss!" he shouted, staring at Ding Dachui with rounded eyes.

Ding Sledgehammer was still standing where he was, pointing his hunting bow at the wild boar running wildly——

are you crazy!The man's voice changed: "Boss, don't—"

The wild boar is getting closer and closer, and the strong wind is mixed with stench and blood. Ding Hammer roared, and the two arrows left the string, stably piercing the wild boar's eyes——

Accompanied by the man's inflected cry, the wild boar fell down in front of Ding Dahui, the ground shook and the mountains shook and struggled. After a while, it twitched and couldn't move.

The man also knelt on the ground with a puff. It was cold in late autumn, and his back was covered with sweat.

"Brother." He managed to regain his composure and stumbled over, "You scared me to death."

Ding Dachui looked indifferent, and waved his arms: "There is nothing to be afraid of, the wild boar just looks scary."

What does it mean to look scary? The man looked at the place where the wild boar passed, as if it had been plowed, and the trees as thick as the mouth of a bowl were broken——

"What's wrong!" "What kind of prey did you catch?" "The movement is really loud——"

Seven or eight people from all around also rushed over at this time, seeing the wild boar on the ground at a glance, cheering in surprise.

"It's a wild boar!"

"Amazing!"

"What a good hunter!"

Ding Sledgehammer accepted the compliment in front of him calmly, and was a little displeased when he heard the third sentence, so he scolded that person: "What are you talking about! We are bandits!"

He belonged to a bandit, why did he become a hunter again!

The speaker was embarrassed, and quickly praised, "Boss is the most powerful bandit!"

But upon hearing this sentence, Ding Dachui was not overjoyed, but looked even more sad, saying: "I am not the boss now, we have a new leader now."

The expressions of the men also became complicated.

Some people were indignant: "Boss, you will always be our boss, and I only recognize you as the boss. How can a woman be the boss."

But some people turned their heads and avoided looking at Ding Dachui, and their averted eyes fell on the dead boar. This boss is very good at beating wild boars, but that boss, even if he is a woman, can beat Ding Dachui like a dead pig——

Ding Dachui also saw these evasive gazes, he didn't get angry and reprimanded him, what right did he have to reprimand him, his skills were inferior to others, it was a gift from that person that he was able to save his life now.

It's kind of weird to think about it.

Some time ago, a few people suddenly appeared in their village, talking about robbery.

robbery.

Ding Dachui still finds it funny when he thinks about that moment.

It is true that they are bandits, but they do not rob a few times throughout the year.

Yingzui Mountain is remote, and the roads are not easy to walk. The rich people go from the place close to the county town. There are wide and flat roads, prosperous towns, and mighty garrisons. Not many people pass by here all the year round. Also the poor nearby.

Five times out of ten robberies, you can't even get a piece of rags. If you are unlucky, you will be entangled.

He often wonders who is robbing whom!

Unexpectedly, there are still people running into the Bandit Village to rob.

What's even more ridiculous is that there is a woman among these people.

The woman covered her face with a bamboo hat and veil, but she could still be seen as a delicate woman——

They were angry and funny at the same time, and they wanted to teach these guys who didn't know where they came from, but they didn't expect——

The six opponents knocked down more than 30 of them, and managed to only injure but not kill. The injuries were not even flesh and blood injuries, but made them twist their tendons and unload their arms——

And that delicate woman only waved the whip a few times, Ding Dahui's two arms that could walk through a hundred paces were removed, and his hamstring was twisted, and the five big and three thick man was hung on the treetop like a rag doll.

Thinking of that scene, Ding Dachui still felt shame, anger and fear at this moment.

Looking down at those people from the treetops, especially the woman, they looked like demons from hell.

Is this the government coming to suppress the bandits?When did the government have such a terrible manpower?

But after the entire cottage was unable to fight back, those people did not take their heads to the government to receive a reward, but said that the cottage belonged to them, and the woman even said that she would be the new leader from now on.

Her veil was drooping, and a long whip was rolled around her waist. The gold thread shone like a beautiful belt, outlining her slender waist, which seemed to break at the slightest shake. She said softly, "This is robbery."

In this world, if you are a bandit, you will be robbed, or you will be robbed by a woman. What can Ding Dahui and others do?

not only that.

The other two villages in Luoying Mountain did not escape either.

This stretch of mountains is like an eagle crawling on the ground, and the scattered mountains are named after their shapes.

Because the mountain has a lot of prey, so it's not just Ding Dahammer and a group of hunters—hey, bandits, because the mountains are high and forested deep, easy to defend and difficult to attack, suitable for surprise attacks, so there are other bandits hiding in it.

Speaking of which, the three cottages fought a lot, and they all wanted to swallow each other, but because they were evenly matched, in the end they had to draw a good position so that the well water would not interfere with the river water.

Unexpectedly, today, their three cottages have been robbed and swallowed up by others, and merged into one.

"Okay." Ding Dachui put away his complicated thoughts, "Brothers are still alive and together, it doesn't matter if you are the boss or not."

After finishing speaking, he signaled everyone to lift up the wild boar "—bring it back to the stockade—and pickle it!"

The men were carrying wild boars, and one of them couldn't help saying, "I don't know what the boss looks like, he must be very beautiful—"

He was kicked by Ding Dahammer before he finished speaking.

"If you don't want to die, stop talking nonsense." Ding Dachui said coldly, "She can be the boss, it has nothing to do with what she looks like."

The man shrank his head and didn't dare to laugh anymore.

A group of people carried the wild boar forward, and just two steps away, they heard the sharp birdsong in the forest.

This bird song stunned the people present, and Ding Dachui instantly remembered that when the new boss came, this kind of bird song was used in the forest - rapid, high-pitched and sharp, as if holding the apex of his heart.

What happened?

Immediately after the sound of birdsong stopped, the whole mountain forest was filled with birdsong, overwhelming and heart-shattering.

"Something happened." Ding Dachui shouted, "Throw the wild boar down and go back quickly."

The men threw down the wild boar and followed Ding Dahui to the village. Before reaching the village, a figure appeared in front of them.

That was also a woman, but unlike the new boss, she was petite and a teenage girl.

"Who's here—" the birdsong turned into a shrill cry, and she shouted, "Who's—"

The long knife in her hand was shining, and she rushed to the stockade.

Ding Dachui stopped, the current cottage is not the previous one.

Around the village, there are hidden murderous intentions.

He has seen it.

At that time, not all the bandits really bowed their heads and resigned themselves to their fate. Chang Manzi from the village next door came to make a surprise attack in the dark of night. As soon as he arrived at the entrance of the village, it was as if he had hit a big net. Chang Laizi cut eight pieces——

That bloody scene completely made everyone dare not have any thoughts.

This girl wants to break into the village, and the next moment she will--

The next moment, the girl in Ding Dachui's sight crossed the void and entered the village.

At the same time, a woman's figure flew out of the stockade, and the veil under the bamboo hat fluttered with the wind.

Ding Dachui clenched his hands, two girls meet, who is better?

But there was no flash of swords, nor was there flying flesh and blood.

"Auntie! Why are you here!"

"I'm not worried."

"Auntie—it's great that you're here—she's so dangerous—woo woo—I'm so scared."

The female voice is eager and soft, and then there is only crying.

The girl flung herself into the arms of the new boss, like a lone bird returning to its nest.

Chapter 37 Waiting

"Xiaoman is very powerful, Xiaoman is very powerful."

The gentle female voice repeated in the ear, like a lullaby sung in childhood.

Xiaoman lay in her warm embrace, her nose ached from crying.

Before leaving, my aunt said that she would place people along the way in case Xiaoman needed it.

Whether it was just Chu Zhao or that general, Lao Bai, although no one said anything, Xiao Man could tell that they were ready to die.

If Chu Zhao died here——

She rushed out recklessly, calling the village's secret signal like a headless chicken.

She actually didn't expect to get a response.

They left the capital in a hurry, kept changing their routes, and went to remote places. After they came out of Bianjun, she already knew how big Daxia was——

When she really heard the response, she couldn't believe it, let alone seeing her aunt now.

My aunt came in person, my aunt came, my aunt was here.

She always thought that she was very powerful, able to kill people on horseback at a young age, dared to lead a group of people to leave the familiar environment and go to the capital, and even entered the palace in the capital.

She Xiaoman is not afraid of anything.

But at this moment, when she threw herself into her aunt's arms, she realized how helpless and scared she was. She had always been the child protected by her aunt.

"I didn't expect to meet you either." The aunt explained softly to her, patted the girl's back with her hand, "Since I received your letter, although I have never been an official, I know Danger is bound to accompany high position and weight, so I came out in person, and collected a few more villages on the way, so that my eyes and ears will be clearer—"

"Don't be afraid, Manman, if you didn't meet me, you must have met other people. People from our village have come out, and there are people from us on every road from the capital to home."

If you can't make it to the capital, then take a few more steps on the road to get closer to the girl and feel more at ease.

Xiaoman in her arms stood up suddenly - now is not the time to be greedy for her family.

There are also family members facing life and death crises.

"Aunt." She grabbed the woman's arm, "Hurry up, Chu Zhao is under siege."

The woman looked at her and nodded: "I know." She reached out to wipe the blood on Xiaoman's face.

Xiaoman didn't need to look down to know how horrifying her description was at this time, she was covered in blood, seeing her like this, aunt must have guessed that something happened, but aunt still held her in her arms to comfort her——

Chu Zhao never had this chance.

We can't let Chu Zhao never have this opportunity!

"They are not many in number, but they are very powerful. Chu Zhao and Lao Bai said that they are officers and soldiers, and they are carefully selected and brave. They come to attack and kill."