Heroes of the Fantasy World

Chapter 592 Beyond the horizon

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Before Qiu Laohu left, the Lu family's wedding team set off, along with a group of Xi Le and guards, a total of fifty people, no more, no less.

The music team carried gongs, drums, suonas, and shengs, and the people led by Xu Qiye held swords and swords beside them. However, not even half a day after setting off, everyone was sweating profusely, and they had no choice but to go into the forest to rest for a while.

The weather was very hot. Thick clouds hung motionless in the sky, and there was no breath of wind. The sweat that stagnated on the surface of the skin quickly emitted a stench, adding a layer of olfactory disgust to the intense heat. With their mouths parched, they drank up all the water as greedily as alcoholics.

Seeing this, Mr. Xu Qi immediately asked people to get water nearby. At the same time, he complained: "Fortunately, we are not too far away from the town now. Otherwise, do we have to walk back to get water? Save some water for me! Do you hear me?! "

Everyone reacted enthusiastically and expressed their high respect for this master of swordsmanship.

Seeing Bai Feng sitting far away silently and not asking for water, Master Xu Qi asked curiously, "Master, aren't you thirsty?"

"It's still bearable. I think it's better for everyone to meet up with the bride as soon as possible. Since Mr. Lu is willing to spend a lot of money to invite so many people, there must be a lot of banditry here?" Bai Feng said with a young and mature attitude. , was clearly the last person to join the wedding procession, but he was not afraid to put forward his own opinions.

Xu Qiye felt a little displeased, feeling that he had been defeated by Bai Feng before, and now he would be overshadowed by this young man. He immediately wanted to dampen Bai Feng's spirit, and sneered: "Young master, you don't know something, Zhu Xian Bandits have not been raging around the town for ten years. The people do not pick up their belongings every day and do not close their homes at night. It is really peaceful. "

"However, Mr. Lu is still worried. Is there something inside?"

"In the final analysis, it's still a matter of the land." Xu Qiye gently stroked his beard and hair and replied: "The Lu family's kindness and charity are not a family motto passed down from our ancestors. The previous generation of Mr. Lu, like other landlords and evil gentry, occupied real estate and cleverly It can be said that there is no evil in the land of fish and meat. All this changed after Lu Tianxiu and Mr. Lu inherited the family business. "

——Lu Tianxiu watched as land and field rents were getting higher and higher, and gradually no farmers could afford them. This led to more and more fields being abandoned, and finally turning into wasteland overgrown with weeds. He believes that once this situation becomes widespread, if there is a major disaster and famine occurs in the future, the landlords and government officials can still protect themselves, but who can the common people expect to leave some surplus food for themselves?

"By then, hell on earth will appear on this land again." Xu Qiye looked sideways at the sky, his eyes full of admiration: "Master Lu, who was still a child at the time, decided to distribute the fields to more people. Of course, he It will not be given away for free, because people who are used to eating and drinking for free will also waste the fields, so he made a rule, or a contract. "

——As long as you can successfully open up land on the Lu family's property and have a harvest, you can choose to sell the grain back to the Lu family, and the Lu family will buy it at a higher price than others. In the end, you only need to pay the rent during the land development period. , this field becomes yours.

Bai Feng sincerely praised: "This method not only encourages people to farm, but also allows farmers to have their own land. It is really wonderful!"

"Indeed, Mr. Lu's kindness is not blind charity, but a great wisdom to save the world." Xu Qiye changed the subject and suddenly said in a low voice: "However, this move angered all the big landowners and officials nearby, because they When the farmers in the area saw Mr. Lu in Zhuxian Town, they were willing to move here one after another. This would make the harvests in other places poor, and the interests of the big landowners and officials in those places would definitely be harmed. In the end, they would naturally be angry with Mr. Lu. "

Bai Feng suddenly said: "What Mr. Lu is afraid of is not the bandits, but the landlords and officers and soldiers in other places?"

"What kind of world is this? Even being a good person has to be timid. Alas." Xu Qiye nodded helplessly in affirmation: "Officials and big landowners probably won't do it themselves, but farmers are different. Ordinary people may think that Farmers are conservative in their thinking and timid in doing things, but they are all wrong. Farmers are the smartest people in the world, and their cunning and calculations are no less than the most successful counselors in history. Think about it, a man has done nothing since he was born. Why do the owning groups survive in the world? Just because they are all smart people, they all choose Mr. Lu to come to Zhuxian Town, while the other group of farmers who oppose him want more. "

Bai Feng seemed to be moved by these words and could not speak for a long time. Xu Qiye thought that he had successfully defeated his spirit and went back to drink tea with satisfaction.

When supplies are sufficient, the wedding team will continue moving forward. It was originally expected to meet the bride at noon, but due to an accident on the way, it was delayed for a while, and the final meeting time was delayed by half an hour.

"The bride has fallen asleep in the carriage!" The maid stood in front of the carriage and expressed slight dissatisfaction. Then the people from her parents' family began to retreat, and the people from the Lu family took over the carriage.

Xu Qiye waved his hand, and the wedding team began to return to Zhuxian Town.

In order to avoid missing the auspicious time, the journey back was much faster than the journey back. The violent shaking of the carriage also startled the bride in the carriage to wake up. She poked her head out for the first time, with the red hijab still covering her face. say.

As the sun grew brighter, the wedding team, which was almost trotting all the way, reached the limit of their physical strength. Everyone drank all the water, but smoke was still coming from their throats. Only then did Xu Qiye order to stop and rest, and asked people to find water. Come.

After a while, a villager carrying a burden selling wine came over. He kindly sold his wine to everyone and said: "I have a refreshing and thirst-quenching wine. It costs three yuan a bowl. Won't the strong men come to quench their thirst?" "

Master Xu Qi had not wanted his servants to drink while escorting the bride, but the bride seemed to be unable to bear the suffering of those around her, so she stuck her head out for the second time and said, "Master Qi, let's quench our thirst. It's very hot today, and you've worked hard. This time, I'll put it on my account."

"Since it is Madam's request..." Mr. Xu Qi looked at everyone, but your eyes were already immersed in the wine jar: "Everyone has a bowl, don't drink too much!"

Xu Qiye asked people to call back the man who was looking for water. In his concept, it is natural to share blessings and share difficulties, so when he saw Bai Feng sitting alone in the most remote place, He still went over and invited him to have a drink and said: "Man in black, no one knows you here, drink!"

"Thank you, I don't drink." Bai Feng was concentrating with his eyes closed and didn't even want to look at the wine bowl. Xu Qiye didn't want to make trouble, so he found a shady place to sit down and taste it slowly by himself.

After half an hour of rest, except for Bai Feng and the bride, almost everyone took at least a sip of wine. Everyone was praising the villager’s superb wine-making skills. In fact, this is indeed a good wine suitable for all ages. The intensity was not high, and it was sweet and fragrant. However, just when they were about to set off on the road, some people fainted and fell to the ground one after another!

After a while, more than twenty armed men dressed as farmers jumped out from the edge of the forest. They pointed at the carriage and talked about it.

At this time, the bride poked her head out for the third time and exclaimed: "Who are you? Master Qi, what's wrong with everyone!"

The farmer confirmed that the person in the carriage was the bride, and immediately transformed from an ordinary citizen into a robber blocking the road. He rushed onto the carriage like crazy and caught the bride.

"That's her. As long as we catch her and bring shame to the Lu family, we will have whatever we want!"

"She looks like a little girl, why don't we give it to the brothers first, hehehe..."

"You two are really worthless! Of course you have to show your respect to the adults first."

At this moment, there is still one person in the entire wedding team who can stand up.

He faced more than thirty robbers alone, and remained fearless in the face of danger, holding his sword in front of him.

"I only count dozens. If you leave, I will spare your life."

"ten."

"Nine."

Many of the robbers were eager to offer a human sacrifice to the weapons in their hands. They winked at each other and then surrounded them from all sides.

The swordsman in black did not draw his sword, but only slowed down the sound of the countdown.

"Eight……"

"seven……"

Almost in the blink of an eye, the swordsman in black swung his sword up and down, blocking the attacks in front of him and then breaking their hands and feet, and then threw the incapacitated people behind him, easily resolving the encirclement.

"six."

"five."

"Four."

A terrifying smile appeared on the black-clothed swordsman's face.

"three!"

"two!"

His fingertips had already pushed the sword half an inch out of the scabbard. When the robbers holding the bride hostage saw this, they immediately fled. Their hearts and the reality of the situation told them that the swordsman in black was definitely not joking. He was very strong. , is stronger than imagined, at least he can do whatever he wants with the bandits who are farmers.

The swordsman in black came to the bride and saw that she was not injured. He breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Madam is frightened because I am incompetent."

The bride suddenly lifted her hijab and looked at the other party as if she had found a treasure: "Mr. Bai, it's you! Do you still remember me? When we were in Cangzhou, you once gave me your hair. Now it seems that it's you. It was that strand of hair that saved me..."

Empress Bai Feng restrained the other party before realizing it, and raised her fingers to make a silent gesture: "Madam, please don't expose my identity."

The bride nodded obediently, then covered it with a red cloth, got on the horse, and abandoned the destroyed carriage. After waiting for the unconscious person to wake up, the wedding team continued to Zhuxian Town under the leadership of Bai Feng.