frightfiction Chapter 237: Substitute Village Girl 6
Chapter 237: Substitute Village Girl 6
After returning to the tent, Huo Tieyi had not yet come to his senses. It was amazing that Miss Murong was skilled in martial arts. She indeed had the style of Lord Murong.
Miss Murong seems a little different now.
The escort looked at Huo Tieyi in confusion, "Sir, what's wrong with you?"
Huo Tieyi looked at his men and smiled, "Nothing, let's eat."
Although he knew that Nan Xi had martial arts skills, Huo Tieyi still decided to ask the night patrolmen to be careful and not put Miss Murong in danger.
Nan Xi didn't feel any danger at all. She used her spiritual sense to scan the area within a radius of ten miles, and any movement was under her surveillance.
At this moment, she was lying on a piece of grass and had put an isolation talisman on herself. Small insects and the like automatically took a detour around her, making her as safe as could be.
Sima Qingge next to her stared at Nan Xi with envy in his eyes.
Sima Qingge was very envious of Nan Xi at this moment because she could eat her fill while the whole family was not hungry and she didn't have to do anything.
Sima Qingge used to be the youngest daughter in the family. She grew up pampered, but now she has to take care of her parents and brothers.
I was already tired enough from the journey, and I had no time to rest even when I was resting. I had to go find something to eat with my mother.
She and her mother got the least food, and if they didn't go looking for food, they would not be able to hold on.
Sima Qingge glanced at Nan Xi and left reluctantly.
Xiaoying was still rolling in the grass. He had just found a little squirrel. He gave the squirrel a pine cone and the squirrel followed him.
Nan Xi ignored her and just played at the stars.
After dinner, everyone lit a fire. The flickering flames gave them a little sense of security.
After a day of hard travel, everyone was very tired and some people began to doze off.
Nan Xi's ears moved, and she heard a strange sound, like something moving through the grass.
The sound was getting closer and closer, and was accompanied by a low roar.
Nan Xi looked through the bushes and her heart tightened. It was a pack of wolves!
Xiaoying had already flown back, and as soon as the wolves approached it, it returned to Nanxi's side. The squirrel had already jumped up the tree.
"Everyone wake up, there are wolves approaching!"
The grass shook and wolves came out one after another. The wolves wandered around, their eyes flashing green in the dark, like small lanterns.
The wolves circled the fire several times, seemingly looking for an opportunity.
"Mom, I'm scared..."
Sima Qingge threw herself into her mother's arms, trembling with fear. It was the first time she had seen such a terrifying animal.
Sima Wenyuan was also a little nervous. He was a civil servant and was weak and had no fighting skills at all.
The wolves could no longer suppress their hunger and rushed into the crowd like a black whirlwind.
The family of Academician Wenhua was the first to suffer, with a group of illegitimate sons, daughters, and concubines running around screaming and howling.
In a panic, everyone picked up anything that could be used as a weapon. Some picked up sticks, some grabbed stones, and some even picked up ropes, ready to fight the wolves.
The wolves were like a group of hungry ghosts. They opened their bloody mouths, showing their sharp teeth, and pounced on the crowd to bite.
Huo Tieyi had already brought the escorts here. He had been on the battlefield before and was not afraid at all.
"Take the torch and pierce its nose and waist."
The escorts started fighting with the wolves, and Zhao Tiezhu came with people from the general's mansion to help. Both of his sons were good at martial arts.
People waved their weapons and shouted loudly, hoping to scare away the beasts.
The scene was chaotic for a while, with screams, shouts and wolf howls mixed together.
Some people bravely fought the wolves, while others were scared and ran away in all directions, hoping to escape this nightmare.
Nan Xi took a stick and silently sharpened it with the Qing Ling sword.
At this moment, a big wolf pounced towards her, and Nan Xi stabbed the wolf's eyes with a wooden stick.
The big wolf was stabbed right in the head. The stick had hit his skull and entered his brain. The big wolf howled and fell to the ground with a thud.
Huo Tieyi glanced at it inadvertently. He originally wanted to go over to protect it, but when he saw this, he retracted his foot.
The battle lasted for a long time. After a thrilling fight, everyone finally repelled the wolves. Most of the wolves were killed or wounded, but some of them still escaped.
The surroundings became quiet, with only the crackling sound of the fire and people's heavy breathing to be heard.
The corpses of wolves were scattered on the ground, some were still twitching slightly, and some were completely motionless.
The air was filled with the smell of blood, which mixed with the cool night breeze, making people feel an indescribable heaviness.
The situation of the prisoners was not optimistic either. Three of them had already died and were lying on the ground, with expressions of pain and fear on their faces.
There were more than a dozen injured people, some with bites on their arms, some with big cuts on their legs, and blood was still flowing.
Everyone quickly took out the herbs and cloth strips they had with them and bandaged the wounds of the injured, hoping to stop the bleeding.
The bailiff is organizing a cleanup team and will leave here soon.
Several experienced people began to deal with the wolf carcasses. They peeled off the wolf skins. Although wolf meat was rough, it was a rare food source in such a harsh environment.
Everyone sat around the fire. Although the wolves had been repelled, everyone did not feel much relieved.
"Wow, wow, wow...I want to go back to the capital..."
“I want to eat osmanthus cake…”
"Woooo..."
From time to time, sobs could be heard from the crowd. The various tortures along the way were already painful enough, and then there were the attacks by wild beasts. Seeing their living relatives killed at this moment, the prisoners finally collapsed.
This is just a small episode on the road to exile. The road to exile is not even halfway through, and there are more difficulties and challenges waiting for them in the future.
Nan Xi looked at the tired faces illuminated by the firelight, and an inexplicable emotion surged in her heart.
This is how the imperial era was. One day you would be rich and powerful, the next day you would be in decline. Serving the emperor was like serving a tiger. Who knew when the emperor would turn against you? It was so difficult.
"Gather quickly and set off immediately. We must leave here immediately."
Everyone stood up quickly, not even bothering to put on shackles, and quickly left the camp.
The sky began to turn pale and gradually brightened.
After walking all day, the prisoners encountered a pack of wolves at night before they had enough rest. They were exhausted. After walking from the second half of the night until the early morning, their bodies finally reached their limit.
“I can’t walk anymore…”
The woman who spoke fell down, her eyes closed tightly, and she was breathing heavily.
This fall was like a domino effect, and others began to fall as well.
Some of them fell down because they panicked when they saw their companions fall down; some of them fell down because they were really physically exhausted and extremely mentally nervous, and they couldn't hold on for a moment.
Prisoners fell one after another, and the exile team was suddenly in chaos. They were gasping for breath, their faces were pale, and they were obviously exhausted.
Huo Tieyi checked the terrain and asked everyone to rest on the spot.
"Everyone take a two-hour break and have lunch before hitting the road again."
Everyone finally relaxed and ate something simple, drank some water, and then found a place to lie down and rest.
Although the ground was hard, everyone was exhausted after a night of tossing and turning and soon fell asleep.