Chapter 44: Bandits

Upon returning to the escort team, everyone was gathered around a dilapidated temple, with a blazing bonfire illuminating the area.
Seeing Xu Sheng returning in the rain, Zuo asked, "Why did you come back at this time? Is something wrong?"
Xu Sheng smiled and lifted the gray-white fawn in his hand. "No worries, encountered a wild beast on the way, tonight's dinner will be supplemented."
Despite being a little curious about what is on the right, seeing the expression on the left, he didn't ask any further. Everyone has secrets, they are just "hometown folks".
It was dark, but fortunately it rained heavily tonight, and everyone wasn't worried about encountering bandits or the like. Laughter echoed through the abandoned temple.
It was a calm and uneventful night.
Early the next morning, the cart drivers counted the goods and horses. Two people constantly moved among the crowd, occasionally stopping to confirm the route.
The leather boots under my feet stepped on the ground, and the mountains and forests were moist after the rain. The branches did not break, but made an unpleasant squeaking sound.
The crowd walked on the cold mountain road, it was early in the morning, but the industrious wild animals had already begun to move.
Xu Sheng was injured last night, but it didn't have much of an impact. We want to train him to lead a team to drive away these wild animals.
He came back to the team panting for breath. This is already the fourth time he has driven away the wild animals.
有些累，更主要的是无聊。
这种野兽，他一拳便能轰爆，但为了隐藏实力，每次都表现出一副尽力的样子，装的很累。
"Brother Xiang, I can't go on anymore, my lungs hurt, you guys go ahead."
Brothers Xiang knew about Xu Sheng's cancer condition. Hearing Xu Sheng's words, Xiang Zuo quickly took out a Qi and Blood Pill and handed it to Xu Sheng, "Take this, rest for a while in the back car."
Xu Shengle nodded leisurely.
The dense forest is like this. In the morning, the drivers and escorts complained about the cold in the mountains, but at noon, not only was there no coolness in the dense jungle, but the air was extremely hot.
Just a few miles away, everyone was sweating profusely, with big beads of sweat on their faces, looking very tired.
They had already crossed the first hill and would be able to descend after circling around another hill ahead. A few dozen more miles, and they would reach the city of Wuyun.
The person in charge of looking at the map turned serious at the moment, as this area is the connecting point between two mountains and can be considered a small basin. There is also a canyon, which has always been the favorite place for mountain bandits. Moreover, the mountain bandits occupying this place are the most powerful in the mountains recently.
Before Xu Sheng played a game called "Chicken Dinner". Many people liked to parachute to the fattest place and seek fortune in danger.
Being a bandit in the mountains is already a high-risk industry. Every bandit has a money-making heart, so they regard this gorge as a contested territory for bandits.
When approaching the gorge, Brother Xiang asked everyone to take a rest and took a few older bodyguards to go to the gorge for inspection.
The Qingyun Escort Agency has an old connection with the Black Wind Village in this area, so they need to go there first to establish a rapport.
Xu Sheng thought for a moment and also followed up.
The group passed through a narrow passage with jagged rocks and then turned a corner, only to see a corpse.
As they continued forward, the number of corpses increased. Many small animals had started to crawl out of the mountain walls, slowly approaching the bodies filled with a strong bloody smell.
Both the left and right brothers and several old dart players stared at each other with solemnity.
Making a gesture, they stepped back.
"Since you've come, don't be in such a hurry to leave," he said.
Xu Sheng looked up and saw a stone protrusion in the middle of the mountain wall, like a natural observation post. Standing on top of it was a one-eyed man, dressed in brown leather armor, with disheveled hair, and a thick-backed big knife in his hand.
"Who?!" "
The brothers turned around with serious expressions.
It turned out that three people walked out of the deep valley.
Xu Sheng looked at the other side subtly.
The leader was tall, over two meters, with muscles bulging as if something was crawling under the skin. He held a shiny machete and exuded a fierce beast-like aura.
In addition, the other two individuals had less imposing figures compared to the leader. One person held an iron chain in their hand, while the other wore a pair of spiked steel knuckles.
As they appeared, the small animals that had poked their heads out of the mountain wall immediately retracted.
With a solemn expression on his face, the man on the left spoke, "Who are you? I, Duan Qing from the Qingyun Escort Agency, have a relationship with the leader of Black Wind Gang, Hei Kui. We are just passing through."
"Hehe, it seems that us, the Four Barons of Hengshan, are having good luck today. Just after wiping out Black Wind Gang, we already have business coming to us. Is the person you mentioned, Hei Kui?" A burly man smirked, then threw a head from behind, with messy hair and wide-open eyes.
You can tell that he died with great reluctance.
The expressions on everyone's faces changed drastically, as they all recognized whose head it was.
Black Kui, the leader of Black Wind Village, the strongest village in the Hengshan area.
What's even scarier is that this Hei Kui is a powerhouse beyond the third level of martial arts!
So when Xiang Zuo used the name of Duan Qing earlier, it wasn't the name of Duan Yun.
Xiang Zuo, with a quick mind, quickly spoke up, "Congratulations to all of you for dominating the Hengshan region. The Qingyun Escort Agency is engaged in escorting tasks and earns hard-earned money. I am willing to take charge and deliver this batch of goods to you."
After finishing speaking, he made a gesture to the right and the person to the right took the lead, saying, "You all have impressive momentum and are definitely not ordinary people. You will surely achieve great success in the future. Hengshan is close to Qingfeng City, and I believe you have heard of the reputation of our shopkeeper, Duan Qing, and his Qingyun Leg. We can discuss matters with each other."
A man holding a thick sword sneered, "Discuss? What's the point! You just have bad luck. Our gang controls the four mountains of Hengshan, and today we want to establish dominance!"
Establishing dominance is the rule in this two-mountain gorge. The faction that occupies the gorge will kill all the people who pass through it during the first ambush and build a Jingguan monument to show the power. This is what we call establishing dominance!
The faces of the brothers were extremely ugly.
"Third seat, fourth seat, let's start!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the other two men burst in with a fierce laugh.
They were all experts at the third level!
"Xu Sheng, you go first!" Xiao You turned and stood beside Xu Sheng, whispering, "When the fight starts, you go first."
Without paying attention to Xu Sheng's expression, Xiao You spoke to the surrounding escorts, "Life and death are at stake today. You all stop these three people in front of you. Leave the last internal energy martial artist to my two brothers."
The sound from the right side was low, but it was still heard by the nearby bodyguards, who glanced at Xu Sheng with varying expressions revealing different meanings.
Xu Sheng didn't mind, but still took note of those few bodyguards who remained calm in this situation. Those who can choose to let the young man escape are considered good people.
No one would dislike a good person, even if they are extremely wicked and would have to go through the eighteen levels of hell in the underworld. In fact, deep down in their hearts, they hold respect for these so-called good people, regardless of whether they can live up to it or not.
The three burly men on the opposite side looked at the crowd mockingly and spoke, "Have you discussed it?"
The burly man holding a shiny machete pointed at Xu Sheng with the knife obliquely, his eyes filled with lasciviousness, "This little kid is charming, come here, I won't kill you later."
"Look at you, you've never had any real experience, I like this kind of pure innocence."
A burly man with a iron chain in hand spat and swung the iron chain wildly, "Enjoy my ass! Give the innocence to the big boss!"
Say the pleasingly looking to the one-eyed man on the mountain wall, "Boss, don't you agree?"
The one-eyed man suddenly jumps down from a height of over ten meters, cursing, "It's you bastard! How many times do I have to tell you, I like pretty young girls!"
"It's the same, just softer for women and more stimulating for men," argued the second cunningly.
"Stop talking nonsense!"
The one-eyed giant roared angrily and the canyon fell silent.
At this moment, an old bodyguard looked at the one-eyed giant, squinting as if trying to identify something, and suddenly spoke, "You're Hong, the Decapitator King! You were a wanted criminal who committed crimes in Qingfeng City over a decade ago. The City Lord's Mansion issued a warrant for your arrest. I can't believe you dare to come back."