() In the early morning of the second day, just after dawn, the Qingniu village became lively.For Qingniuzhuang, this is an annual event.The medicinal materials harvested in the previous year will be escorted to Ironwood Fort through this escort, and they will be exchanged for a large amount of money from Ironwood Fort.This batch of money will be used for various expenses in the next year.

In the central square of Qingniuzhuang, forty carriages lined up, and the grooms were ready to go.The carriage was full of medicinal herbs that had already been sorted.Teams of guards in uniforms rode horses to guard beside the carriage.

In order to ensure the safety of the medicinal materials escort, Fang Qingniu assigned four guards to each carriage.Together with the leaders, commanders and squad leaders, the total number reached 180.

Qingniu Zhuang didn't have so many guards, Fang Qingniu spent a lot of money to recruit a group of temporary guards in the past few days.The elite mercenaries from the Mercenary Union in Lishui Town took advantage of this opportunity to mix among the temporary guards in order to deceive others.

After paying homage to the ancestors in the family ancestral hall, reading out the Zhuangzhong Elder’s Proclamation of Prosperity, and affirming the rules and regulations on the road, Fang Qingniu gave an order, the leading old horse neighed, and the caravan braved the wind and dust. It drove out of Qingniu Village in a mighty way.

Qingniuzhuang is more than a thousand miles away from Tiemubao, and it will take more than 20 days to arrive at the speed of the convoy.Fang Ping read some books on human geography, and knew that this area now belongs to the world of sentient beings, one of the eight worlds in the central world.

The world of sentient beings was once ruled by the Dawei Dynasty, and it was the capital of the Dawei Dynasty.After the collapse of the Dawei Dynasty, various forces rushed in to compete for the relics, and fought for a hundred years.

Now those forces that compete for the relics themselves have become relics and are scrambled by the world.No single force can establish dominance here.After nearly a thousand years of evolution, the original capital of the Dawei Dynasty has now become a world of sentient beings where humans, monsters, demons, and underworlds coexist, and various forces are mixed with fish and dragons.

During the reign of the Dawei Dynasty, official roads and post stations extending in all directions were built in this area.Although this great dynasty has perished for more than 1000 years, the official roads built by it are still left to this day.Along the official road, there are also some post stations and hotels that are now privately operated to provide convenience for passing merchants.

Qingniuzhuang's convoy traveled along the ancient official road most of the time in the past twenty days.But in a few areas where the official roads have been damaged, the convoy had to go through some steep mountains and uninhabited deserts, including Black Crow Ridge.

The convoy is on its way, basically during the day.Only when there is heavy rain and the trip is delayed, will we rush on the road at night.But in this season, there is very little rain.Most of the time, they are on the road during the day and rest at night.

When traveling during the day, Fang Ping, together with other clansmen, also had to take on the responsibilities of scouting, patrolling, vigilance, and dredging.Although the guard team of 180 people is indeed a huge fighting force.However, in this area where there is no unified dynasty management and various forces are mixed, there should be no slack.

Especially when the strongest members of the team are only in the early stage of Body Tempering Realm, they have to be more careful.If you accidentally provoke a master-level powerhouse, it is more than enough for them to kill a hundred and eighty people and then retreat.If it is a strong person above the peak of the master, then these 80 guards are not enough to look at in front of others.

After nightfall, the convoy usually finds nearby post stations and hotels to rest.There is much less danger when the convoy stops to rest.Fang Ping handed over tasks such as vigilance and patrolling to other people, while he found a place to concentrate on practicing mind and hand.

Under Fang Qingniu's command, the convoy walked for five days without any haste, and finally covered more than 400 miles.Because of the explanation and strict control, the entire convoy did not have any conflicts with other passers-by or forces along the way.

Day after day, Fang Ping's cultivation was slowly improving.Of course, it was a slow progress for him, but for ordinary people, it was already a phenomenal speed.

This day, the convoy has left the official road and entered a desert full of yellow sand and overgrown with bushes.Because a carriage wheel had a problem, Fang Ping and several guards stopped and waited for the driver to fix the wheel.The large convoy still moved forward slowly under the guidance of the guards.

Fang Ping stood guard beside the carriage for more than 20 minutes, when suddenly amidst the howling wind that filled the sky, the sound of weapons hitting and shouts of beating and killing could be heard.Fang Ping listened carefully. The sound of fighting came from a raised hill to the west.The small hill with a height of more than 100 meters and some sparse bushes blocked his sight.In the sound of fighting, apart from the man's rough and vigorous roar, there seemed to be the voice of a woman's coquettish cry.

Fang Ping originally wanted to ride his horse up to the small hill to see what happened.But after thinking about it, in this kind of unfamiliar desert, and taking on the duty of escorting the convoy, it's better not to meddle in other people's business, so as not to get into trouble.

At this time the coachman had already repaired the wheels, Fang Ping hesitated for a moment, his calm and cautious character still defeated the heroic and righteous blood in his veins, he patted his horse's buttocks, and followed the carriage to the direction of the convoy.

After walking for about a mile, the sound of fighting was getting closer and closer.After a while, a few dusty horses circled around a small hill and ran straight towards the carriage.The horses looked tired, one had been shot in the rump by an arrow, and another had a bloody leg wound.The people on the horse were five men and one woman, all wearing tight-fitting clothes, with stern and decisive expressions.

The hooves of Dede sounded, and soon, another horse team of more than ten people appeared from behind the hill and quickly caught up.This group of people is even more vicious.And some people were chasing, cursing the few people in front with arrogant and obscene language.Seeing the arrogant and despicable faces of those people, Fang Ping frowned.

The two men with wounded horses saw the pursuers advancing, one of them shouted loudly, "Master, miss, you run quickly, Hei San and I go to block them."

While speaking, the two turned their horses' heads, holding weapons, and rushed towards the horse team of more than ten people.Among the horse team, someone bent his bow and set an arrow, and shot one of them in the shoulder.But this person was unmoved, still holding a long knife in his hand, and slashed viciously.

The two rushed forward, like sheep in a herd of tigers, they didn't last long before they were knocked off the horse by weapons and died from injuries all over their bodies.Although he didn't know the origins of these two people, Fang Ping admired them for rushing into the enemy's line without hesitation and dying generously for their master.

The rest of the people hurried past Fang Ping and fled forward.The direction they fled was exactly the direction the convoy was heading.The female knight with a voluptuous figure and long hair flying in the wind glanced at Fang Ping when she passed by Fang Ping.Those eyes were extremely bright, wild, fierce, full of resentment, but with a hint of pleading, as if hoping that Fang Ping would save him, filled with a palpitating power.

Fang Ping's figure paused on the horse's back, and he stroked the longbow on his back with his fingers, but he didn't make a move.Although the dozen or so people who were chasing were not masters, they were not weak in skill.With the power of Fang Ping and four guards, they couldn't be suppressed at all.Moreover, the origin of the other party is unknown, what if the person offended is a powerful force?

The dozen or so knights approached quickly, and the coachman turned pale with fright, and asked Fang Ping nervously, "What should I do?"

Fang Ping said calmly, "It's fine to drive normally." To prevent accidents, Fang Ping took off the longbow on his back, and took out an arrow in the quiver, but did not put it on the string.

The horse team at the back saw Fang Ping's intentions and obviously didn't want to cause additional trouble. The leading knight steered his horse away from the direction of the carriage and galloped over from a distance of several feet.

The two groups of people quickly crossed a small hill ahead and disappeared from Fang Ping's sight.The female knight's complicated eyes were always deeply engraved in Fang Ping's mind, which was hard to erase.

Fang Ping said to the four guards, "You escort the carriage slowly, I'll go ahead and take a look first." After speaking, Fang Ping galloped forward and ran forward.

After galloping forward for about five miles, Fang Ping caught up with the convoy.And the men and horses that the two teams were chasing were galloping on the desert beside the convoy.At this time, there were only two people running away.The windy female knight is still alive.

The two of them tried to rush into the convoy and seek shelter.However, the following team of pursuers stood between them and the convoy, not giving them a chance.

"Heroes, our brothers and sisters were in misfortune and were chased and killed by our enemies. Please show mercy and save my sister's life." The young man on horseback slashed the bow and arrow that shot to his side while slashing. Forcibly raising his breath, he said loudly.

All the guards in the caravan have received strict orders not to meddle in other people's business and cause trouble.As for Xiao Shiying and the members of the Mercenary Union, they are always begging for life on the knife edge. What kind of tragedy has not been seen?Their faces were even more indifferent, as if they hadn't heard the young man's words.

Fang Ping's heart was struggling violently.Originally, guarding a convoy of such a large scale was trekking outside, and it was absolutely impossible to cause trouble for the upper body.But that group of people bullied the few, and judging from their words and deeds, they were not kind, so Fang Ping had the urge to help.

Fang Ping's fingers were tightly clasped on the arrow, and he weighed it in his heart. After all, he didn't shoot the arrow. Instead, he rode forward and caught up with Xiao Shiying, walking side by side with him.

Xiao Shiying saw the struggle in Fang Ping's heart and said, "Master, if you have traveled a lot in the rivers and lakes, you will know that there are countless tragedies in the world. If you are too compassionate, you will not be able to survive in the rivers and lakes." .”

Fang Ping sighed, and said, "Perhaps in other places, similar tragedies are happening at this moment. But the two people in front of us, if we take action, can change their fate."

Xiao Shiying said, "If I'm not on a guard mission now, I'd like to stand up against injustices with my master, draw my sword to help, and do a good deed of chivalry. But if we make a move and cause trouble for the team, then we are the ones More than 200 people are sinners."

Fang Ping nodded, "That's right. The situation forced us to put the overall situation first, and we had to stand by and watch."

The young man shouted for a while, seeing that there was no hope of being rescued, he saw a forest a few hundred meters away on his right, thought it over in his heart, and stopped trying to get close to the caravan, but ran towards that forest with his sister.Trying to use the cover of the woods to get rid of the pursuers behind.

The female knight seemed to sense that Fang Ping was chasing after her on horseback, and before leaving, she turned her head and gave Fang Ping a deep look.

Xiao Shiying noticed her gaze and said, "Master, do you know this woman?"

The expression on Fang Ping's face was slightly disappointed, "I don't know, it's just that I fell behind just now, and they passed me before."

Xiao Shiying scratched her head, "That's weird, why do I feel that her eyes seem to know you very well? She penetrated the crowd and found you."

Fang Ping remained silent and rode forward.The look of that woman looking back always flashed in his mind.After a while, Fang Ping suddenly raised his head and said, "Shiying, take a few people with me to see what's going on."

Xiao Shiying immediately greeted several elders, all of whom were archery masters above the Anjin level, followed Fang Ping, and ran towards the forest.

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