No one spoke again that night. Early the next morning, the old man Guxiang sent someone to bring breakfast. Ximen Wuhen asked the old man Guxiang to prepare three sets of ancient elephant costumes. There was still some distance to go to the Snow Mountain. , all walking through the territory of the Ancient Elephant Kingdom. If the three of them always wore the clothes of the Central Plains people, they would inevitably attract attention.
Although Ximen Wuhen really didn't care if anyone messed with him, he wanted to reach the Snowy Mountains as soon as possible with less trouble.
The three of them had all changed into the service of the Ancient Elephant Man. They had not finished breakfast when they suddenly heard the sound of horse hoofbeats. It was a common thing to hear the sound of horse hoofbeats in the Ancient Elephant Man's pasture, but the sound of horse hoofbeats heard at this moment was quite unusual. In particular, there were a lot of people. Ximen Wuhen winked at Hongmendao, who immediately went out of the tent to check. Qining was also a little surprised and followed him out of the tent.
Following the sound of horse hooves, I saw only five or six horses galloping towards me from a distance. They were very fast. In a blink of an eye, they had arrived at the camp. The people in the camp were obviously disturbed by the sound of horse hooves, and they all came out of their tents. , Qining saw that the ancient elephant old man and Samba were among them. Thirty or forty people gathered together. The five or six riders came nearby, and saw that these people were all wearing leather, wearing leather helmets on their heads, and belts on their waists. Armed with a scimitar and wearing leather riding boots, he looked like a cavalryman.
Qining saw the Ancient Elephant Cavalry for the first time, and found that these people were all very tall, and they all wore masks to protect themselves from the cold wind or for other reasons.
The cavalry all stopped. The old ancient elephant man signaled to the people around him not to act rashly. He stepped forward with his arms crossed on his chest. Then he raised his head and said something to the group of knights. The ancient elephant knight at the front had a stern look on his face. He said a few words in a cold voice.
The old man Gu Xiang made movements with his hands and pointed around, but he saw the cavalry leader's face showing anger. He raised his hand and hit the old man Gu Xiang with the whip in his hand.
Not only those ancient elephant people were shocked, but also Qining was shocked.
After several whips were struck, the old man Guxiang held his head, staggered back, and then sat down on the ground. A group of ancient elephant people immediately rushed forward. Some people helped the old man, while others protected him in front.
Upon seeing this, several ancient elephant cavalrymen immediately drew their swords. The leader of the knights also drew his sword in his hand, pointed the blade at the group of common people, and shouted a few questions. Qining didn't understand what it meant, but he also knew The knight leader must be threatening everyone.
The old man Gu Xiang had blood streaming from his head. Someone wiped it for him. He raised his hand to signal everyone not to mess around, stood up tremblingly, made gestures, and even bowed to the knight leader.
Qi Ning couldn't help but asked Hong Mendao beside him: "Fifth Senior Brother, what are they talking about?"
As soon as the words came out, I thought that Hongmendao didn't understand the ancient elephant language, and suddenly I heard Ximen Wuhen's voice from behind: "These cavalry are the guards of the Naqu Zongtou people, and they came to requisition cattle and horses on the orders of the Naqu Zongtou people. "
"Recruiting cattle and horses?" Qining frowned and said, "There are some sheep here, but there seem to be not many cattle and horses left."
"Shi Guluo... that's the old man. He explained to the knight that they had turned in two hundred horses and five hundred cattle in the past few years. They could no longer get more cattle and horses. However, these cavalrymen said that they had already surrendered a month ago. The order came down and asked them to prepare fifty horses and one hundred cows. If they fail to complete the task, they will be thrown into prison." Ximen Wuhen's face was expressionless, and Yun Danfeng said lightly: "Shi Guluo said we can't hand it over. When we came out, the cavalryman said these people were going to rebel."
"This is really unreasonable." Qi Ning frowned and said, "Aren't you here to rob?"
"The knight said that these cattle and horses are to be used to build the Zhuri Temple. If they cannot be handed over, it will be an insult to the Zhuri Dharma King." Ximen Wuhen snorted coldly: "It's nothing more than the head of the Nagqu Sect expropriating people under the banner of Zhuri Dharma King. .”
Hongmendao said from the side: "It seems that the existence of King Zhuri has not brought benefits to the ancient Xiang Kingdom. On the contrary, the people below are using his banner to exploit the people everywhere."
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the knight leader shouting, and whipping the whip in his hand towards the crowd again. The cavalry behind him urged their horses forward, slapping the whip on the old and weak people, and for a while, there were cries and shouts. One piece, and the horse's hooves trampled on the old and the weak, which was extremely miserable.
Qining clenched his fists, and suddenly saw a horse whip in the hand of a cavalryman hitting Samba's face. At this moment, Samba's face was torn apart. Samba screamed and covered his eyes, but the cavalryman didn't do anything at all. Without any mercy, the riding whip kept beating, Samba squatted on the ground, blood came out from his fingers. The cavalry's horse suddenly stood up alone, and stepped on Samba with two front hooves.
Qi Ning had already seen the crisis and could no longer care about anything else. His internal strength was blocked and it was too late to save him. He saw a wooden stick not far from his feet. He quickly picked up the wooden stick and hit the cavalryman hard. .
However, the horse's hoof still stepped on Samba. Samba screamed and lay on the ground. The wooden stick hit the cavalry, but the force was not strong and did not cause much damage to the cavalry.
However, some people dared to hit the cavalry with something. The other cavalry were also stunned. For a moment, all the cavalry looked at Qining.
Qi Ning's face was stern. He knew that if he took action, he would definitely cause trouble, but at this time, he couldn't care about anything else. He watched a group of old and weak being bullied while watching with cold eyes. Qi Ning couldn't do this anyway.
The cavalryman was startled for a moment, but immediately gave a sharp shout and rushed towards Qining with his sword in hand, very fast.
Seeing that the war horse was about to hit Qi Ning, Qi Ning quickly dodged to the side. The cavalryman slashed with his sword. Qi Ning dodged again and went around behind the war horse. His internal strength was blocked, but his hands and feet were still flexible. At this time, Already holding the cold blade in his hand, Qining waved his arms to meet the cavalryman when he slashed at him again. With a "choking" sound, the cold blade collided with the cavalryman's saber, and the saber instantly broke into two pieces.
The cavalryman obviously didn't expect Qining's knife to be so sharp. He was stunned for a moment, but Qining reached out his hand, grabbed his arm, and shouted: "Get off!" and forcefully tore the cavalryman off his horse.
Ximen Wuhen and Hongmendao didn't take any action and looked on coldly.
The cavalryman rolled to the ground, but other cavalrymen rushed over. In just a moment, they surrounded Qining and the dismounted cavalryman. However, the dismounted cavalryman raised his hand to signal everyone not to take action. Obviously, I want to avenge this defeat myself.
The cavalry formed a circle, but none of them took action, as if they wanted to see how the cavalry would deal with Qining.
The cavalryman yelled at Qining and asked a few questions, but Qining didn't understand. He just said, "Stop talking nonsense. I can't stand you, so I'm going to teach you a lesson."
There was a language barrier between the two of them, and the cavalryman was even more frantic. He rushed towards Qining and punched Qining with a fist. When Qi Ning thought of this man trampling Samba with his horse's hoof, he felt angry and shouted sharply. The cold blade flashed and blood flew, but this knife cut off the cavalryman's wrist. The cold blade cut iron like mud, and in an instant Then he cut off the man's right hand.
The cavalryman screamed and blood spurted out from the wound.
All the cavalrymen were frightened. At this time, they were no longer polite. Two cavalrymen on the side had already rushed over and slashed Qining down with their swords.
Seeing this, Hong Mendao moved slightly and was about to take action. Ximen Wuhen said in a deep voice: "Don't move!"
Hong Mendao was stunned and glanced at Ximen Wuhen, thinking that Qining's internal strength was blocked and he was surrounded by five or six cavalry. The situation was quite critical. If he didn't help, Qining might not be able to stop him, but he didn't know that Ximen Why would Wuhen stop himself from taking action
But naturally he did not dare to disobey Ximen Wuhen's order and could only stay put.
Two sabers slashed at them, Qining stepped forward diagonally, but they had already flashed past like ghosts, using Xiaoyao Xing.
Nowadays, Qining has mastered Xiaoyao Xing. The two cavalrymen only saw a blur in front of their eyes. It was obvious that their sabers were about to hit, but they lost their target in an instant. Before they thought about it, one of the cavalrymen felt a sharp pain in his legs. He screamed in pain, but it turned out that Qining was dodging and stabbed the man's leg with his knife, but he dodged it instantly.
The other cavalrymen were all slashing with their swords, while Qining moved around among five or six cavalrymen, but his movements were very light and graceful.
Hong Mendao looked at it with surprise in his eyes.
He originally thought that Qining's internal strength was blocked. Facing these tall and powerful knights must be extremely dangerous. Who knew that this little prince could handle it extremely easily? The few cavalrymen only saw a shadow circling around them. He went there, but couldn't find the target. For a while, people screamed and horses neighed, and there was a chaos.
Qining's internal strength was blocked, so he was naturally unable to deal with the masters. However, with his free walking skills and the cold blade in his hand, it was really not a problem to deal with a few cavalry.
Qi Ning dodged while looking for opportunities to draw out his sword, screaming in agony. In just a moment, several cavalrymen were stabbed by Qin Ning's cold blade. Some were stabbed in the thighs, while others were stabbed in the waist. The cavalry were shocked and angry, but for a moment they were helpless.
Shi Guluo and the other old and weak people were all dumbfounded when they saw this.
The cavalry leader was even more angry. Several people on his side were actually being teased by Qin Ning. He found the opportunity, shouted loudly, jumped off the horse, held a knife in both hands, and slashed at Qin Ning.
This man obviously had some tricks up his sleeve. He was about to split Qi Ning's head in half with his big sword, but Qi Ning had already dodged sideways. The man slashed the air with his sword and fell to the ground. When he turned around, he saw the light of the sword flash past. His throat felt cold, but Qi Ning had already cut the man's throat with a knife.
When Ximen Wuhen saw Qi Ning taking action to kill someone, his calm face changed slightly and he frowned.
The cavalry leader clutched his throat, staggered a few steps, fell to the ground, and remained motionless.