Chapter 8 The wounded strong man returns safely

Chapter 8 The wounded strong man returns safely

I didn't expect such turmoil to happen here. No wonder food prices have remained high in the past few months.

Luo Feng's mouth opened wide when he heard it, and he couldn't help but ask: "How do you know these things? I remember that the city gate has not been opened in the past few months."

Zhou Hua sneered, "Can you block everything by closing the city gate? You are too naive."

Then he stopped talking and walked quickly to the front of the escort team.

Zhao Ya looked at his back thoughtfully.

But Luo Feng couldn't help but muttered: "What? You say it as if you are so mature."

The escort team was traveling very fast and had already traveled thirty miles by noon. At this speed, it would not be a big problem to reach their destination in the evening.

Luo Qiang also breathed a sigh of relief and ordered to rest on the spot for lunch.

In fact, in the past, escort routes like this that were frequently used had fixed resting spots. They were basically small roadside shops. Although they were simple, they could at least have a hot meal and hot dishes.

But now, after encountering a refugee crisis, all these roadside shops have disappeared.

So Luo Qiang and others had to eat some dry food they brought with them.

Zhao Ya took out a piece of dried beef, tore off a piece of it, put it in his mouth and chewed it slowly.

Now he always keeps some dried meat on him at all times, and eats two pieces when he has nothing to do. It can not only strengthen his physical strength but also kill time.

At this moment, the rapid sound of horse hooves suddenly came from the official road. Luo Qiang immediately stood up, stood on the escort car and looked far into the distance.

Everyone immediately spread out to protect the escort car.

At this time, Zhao Ya saw a puff of smoke billowing from a distance and rushed closer in an instant.

It was a single horse, with a strong man sitting on it.

It's just that the condition of this strong man is a bit miserable at this moment, with scars all over his chest and abdomen, and blood is still oozing out.

Even so, the strong man's eyes were still frighteningly bright.

And even though they were so far apart, Zhao Ya could still feel the extremely fierce blood in the strong man's body.

Zhao Ya could feel it, let alone Luo Qiang.

I saw the Luo escort's expression change, and just as he was about to speak, the strong man pulled the reins and stopped in front of the escort team.

"Can you guys have drinks and food?"

For a while, no one dared to respond.

The strong man frowned.

"There's no wine, but dry food is good too. I won't eat your food in vain."

As he spoke, he reached out and took out a piece of broken silver and threw it over.

Luo Qiang had already reacted at this time. He reached out to catch the piece of silver, picked up a bag of dry food, put the silver in it, and then threw it towards the strong man.

"There is no need for the silver, please use it if you are strong."

The strong man took it casually without any courtesy and just nodded.

"Farewell."

After saying that, he rode away.

This man came and went in a hurry, disappearing on the official road in the blink of an eye.

Luo Feng looked at it curiously and couldn't help but sigh.

"Tsk, tsk, how come this guy is so seriously injured and still acts like he's fine?"

At this moment, Luo Qiang was heard saying in a deep voice: "Get up quickly and leave here."

Outside, his words were orders, and everyone immediately got up and headed towards their destination.

During the rest of the journey, Luo Qiang said nothing and looked very solemn.

His performance also made everyone feel a little uneasy. Even the most active Luo Feng did not dare to speak nonsense.

Fortunately, the rest of the journey was uneventful, and they arrived at their destination, Wujiaying, before the sun set.

This Wujiaying is said to be a village, but in fact it is completely an ancient castle.

The village was surrounded by walls made of rammed earth, and Zhao Ya even saw several lookout towers and archery towers.

If the gate is closed, even if there are hundreds of ordinary people, they will not be able to break through it in a short time.

When they arrived at the entrance of the village, Luo Qiang stepped forward to negotiate.

Because they were all acquaintances, the gate opened soon, and Zhao Ya and others escorted the escort car into the village.

By the time Luo Qiang and the person who received the goods finished handing over, it was completely dark.

Fortunately, Wujiaying is very spacious inside and there is also an inn.

Luo Qiang took Zhao Ya and others to stay one night at Wujiaying, and set off home early the next morning.

When I came here, the speed was slow because of the cargo, but it was different when I came back.

Everyone traveled lightly, so they had walked more than half the distance before noon.

Seeing that we were only twenty or thirty miles away from Wuxiang City, at this moment a group of people suddenly appeared on the opposite side.

These people all rode tall horses, and the leader was a man in a green cloak with a long knife on his waist, blocking the road.

The atmosphere instantly became very tense.

Looking at Luo Qiang at this time, he calmed down, with a smile on his face and cupped his fists.

"This friend, we are from the Changlong Escort Bureau in Wuxiang City. This time we are escorting the escort back. We are about to return to Wuxiang City, but I don't know why you want to block the way, my friend?"

These words were neither humble nor arrogant, and he told the other party clearly that he was returning from escort with an empty carriage and no oil or water.

Unexpectedly, the leading man didn't care about this at all, and just asked coldly.

"Let me ask you, have you ever seen a strong man riding a horse on this official road with injuries on his body?"

Zhao Ya's heart skipped a beat.

Were these people originally looking for the strong man from yesterday?

Luo Qiang's expression did not change at all. He shook his head and said, "We just passed by this road and didn't see any injured strong men."

"Really?"

"No."

"Hmph! I guess that guy can't run far, let's go." The man greeted, ignored Luo Qiang and others, and led his men to continue chasing.

When they were all gone, Luo Qiang took a deep breath and immediately gave instructions.

"Let's go back to the city immediately."

In fact, there was no need for him to give orders at all, everyone was already prepared.

The rest of the journey was uneventful, and they soon returned to Wuxiang City. After returning to the escort office, Luo Qiang immediately went to find the chief escort officer, obviously to report what happened on the road.

Zhao Ya and others relaxed.

Generally speaking, although this first escort encounter encountered some unexpected situations, it was considered smooth.

Luo Feng was so excited that he started bragging to the handymen.

"You haven't seen it. This time we went out and met someone..."

He wanted to continue talking, but Zhao Ya suddenly stopped him.

"Luo Feng, come with me."

Luo Feng didn't know why and followed Zhao Ya to the side.

"Brother Zhao, what's wrong?"

Zhao Ya said in a deep voice: "You'd better not tell anyone about what happened on the road this time."

"Why?" Luo Feng still didn't understand.

"There's no reason. Anyway, just don't go around saying it. And I believe your second uncle will tell you the same thing later."

After saying that, Zhao Ya patted Luo Feng on the shoulder and left.

Luo Feng didn't know why, but soon his second uncle Luo Qiang gave him a hush-hush order. He was strictly forbidden to tell anyone about what he encountered when he went out this time.