"Boss!"
Hearing Zhan Sandao's cry for help, a horse bandit was about to rush over when he saw Tao Yungang swung his saber and Zhan Sandao's head fell off.
The sight made him cry out in horror.
"Boss... Boss was killed!"
The horse bandit lost his will to fight in an instant, and ran away while shouting.
Not long after Xinzhai was established, Zhan Sandao is not only the most powerful existence in the village, but also the spiritual pillar of everyone.
But now, Zhan Sandao was killed, and as a member of the village, his heart collapsed and he lost any energy.
"The boss was killed?"
Originally, the other horse bandits were still besieging Tao Yunquan and the two, and they exclaimed when they heard it. Looking back, seeing that Zhan Sandao was dead, they lost their fighting spirit in an instant.
"Go, go!"
The original siege of Tao Yunquan and the two collapsed in an instant.
"Tao Yungang!"
Guan Yinggou is torn apart.
I thought that the revenge of the broken arm was about to be avenged, but the situation of the battle changed in the blink of an eye.
He himself was not Tao Yungang's opponent, if he hadn't taken refuge in Zhan Sandao, he wouldn't have dared to seek revenge.
At this time, Zhan Sandao was killed and he lost an arm, so he must not be Tao Yungang's opponent.
"escape!"
Guan Yinggou gritted his teeth, jumped on his horse, rode the horse and fled.
"Pipe eagle hook!"
Tao Yungang immediately saw Guan Yinggou's intentions.
He also snatched a horse and galloped after it.
"Today's dangerous situation is all because of you, you should die!"
Tao Yun just galloped up to catch up with him, and swung his saber horizontally.
Guan Yinggou held the rein with one arm, but was unable to dodge in time, and was chopped off the horse with a single knife.
Guan Yinggou was seriously injured, dripping with blood, and screamed.
Tao Yungang was not relentless at all, he dismounted immediately and made another cut, Guan Yinggou immediately fell silent.
"Cloud spring!"
At this time, the horse bandit who had robbed the road before had either escaped or died, and Tao Yungang stopped chasing him, but quickly went to Tao Yunquan to check his injuries.
One of Tao Yunquan's palms was cut off and he had many wounds all over his body.
His lips turned white from bleeding, and his consciousness began to blur.
"I'm going to get the hemostatic medicine!"
Xu Ning also rushed over, seeing Tao Yunquan's injury, he hurried to the donkey cart.
The donkey cart carried medicines to deal with unexpected situations, which were also used at this time.
"How are the others doing?"
Tao Yunquan's injuries stopped, his whole body lost strength, and he leaned against the wheel of the donkey cart.
"Except for a few of us, all... are gone."
The man who resisted with Tao Yunquan before inspected the bodies of the three companions, his tone was low.
He was also slightly injured, but because Tao Yunquan was protecting him before, his injury was lighter.
"I'm sorry everyone!"
At this time, Tao Yungang, who had experienced the danger of life and death, finally showed fatigue, and the sense of guilt surged like a torrent.
He knelt down on the ground, looking at the three dead companions, without saying a word, his eyes staring blankly.
Xu Ning stood aside and sighed.
A few days ago, everyone was drinking and chatting at the wine table, but at this moment, some people have lost their lives.
Looking at the blood and messy weapons on the ground, Xu Ning truly felt the horror of this martial arts world for the first time.
Whether it is an ordinary person or a martial artist, everyone is like a lonely boat in a rainstorm, which may be capsized at any time.
"Uncle Gang..."
Xu Ning walked over and held Tao Yungang's shoulder.
He opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say.
"Yun Gang."
At this time, Tao Yunquan stood up and walked over, dragging his injured body.
He first glanced at Xu Ning and gave Xu Ning a kind look.
Before Tao Yunquan didn't see the scene where Xu Ning suddenly appeared and helped Tao Yungang kill Zhan Sandao, but saw Xu Ning's sword was soaked in blood, but returned after fleeing, which also affirmed and respected the loyalty and courage of this foreigner.
"Yungang, I can understand your feelings." Tao Yunquan said to Tao Yungang, "But since everyone is making money from you, they have already realized this."
"You pay the money, we escort the car and work hard, it's a matter of course. Moreover, you paid us well enough and treated us very generously. There is no complaint in the big guy's heart. We don't want to face what happened today, but There is no way to do it, the facts are settled, and you have to look away."
Tao Yunquan's words made Tao Yungang's eyes brighter, but sadness and shame still lingered in his heart.
In the business of medicinal materials, he has held a car for more than ten years, and some brothers were injured and quit.
But it was the first time that three people died at once like today.
"I see."
Tao Yun held his spirits firmly.
He stood up and looked at Xu Ning.
"Xu Ning, thank you this time!"
Tao Yungang took Xu Ning's hand: "If you hadn't risked your life to attack Zhan Sandao from behind, all of us might have to die here this time."
As soon as Tao Yungang finished speaking, Tao Yunquan and the other person looked at each other, seeing the shock in each other's eyes.
They all knew that Xu Ning hadn't cultivated his internal strength, but had achieved a great deal of Gaefeng swordsmanship.
But it's just this kind of strength, but risking their lives to make a sudden attack with three swords, this kind of righteous deed moved their hearts.
"It's too serious, Uncle Gang."
Xu Ning didn't have too many emotional fluctuations because of Tao Yungang's words: "As Uncle Yunquan said just now, I took your money, so I should help you do things. And you and Guo Ye have always helped me in the past. It's just a small reward."
"Xu Ning... you child..."
Hearing Xu Ning's words, Tao Yun was speechless for a while.
After a long time, he stabilized his mood and asked, "Where's Guo Ye?"
"We took the horse that was chasing the horse bandit, and I let him flee back to the village first."
Xu Ning replied.
Tao Yungang's lips trembled a little, he patted Xu Ning's shoulder heavily, and finally said with some relief in his tone: "It is the greatest honor in his life for Guo Ye to have you as his brother."
"Okay, I'm ready to go." Then, Tao Yungang paused to sort out his emotions, "It's not suitable to stay here for a long time, clean up the battlefield, and take the brothers... home."
After that, a few people probably cleaned up the place where they fought just now.
Since there were only four people left, they could not drive the four donkey carts, so they untied the pull ropes of two donkey carts and tied them to the other two donkey carts. Two donkeys pulled one cart.
In addition, the horse bandits also left two horses at the scene, which were also taken with them.
In this way, several people continued to return.
…
More than two hours have passed, and they have not yet arrived at Taojiazhuang.
During the march, there were shouts in the distance.
"Uncle!"
It was Guo Ye's voice.
Xu Ning and his party looked from a distance, and saw Guo Ye with a dozen people behind him, driving in a hurry.
Besides Guo Ye, the leader was Xu Ning's former coach, Tao Yunmeng.
"It should be the reinforcements brought by Guo Ye."
Xu Ning understood it at a glance.
This is the advantage of Da Zhuangzi. When one person is in trouble outside, the whole Zhuangzi can serve as a backing to help.
The two strands meet.
"Uncle, Xu Ning, you are still alive!"
Seeing Tao Yungang and Xu Ning intact, the weight on Guo Ye's shoulders was finally lifted.
"Brother Yun Gang, you are back."
It was Tao Yunmeng who spoke.
Before Guo Ye fled back to the village, he immediately reported the situation.
The village quickly gathered people, and Tao Yunmeng took the lead to go to the rescue. Although a long time passed and we didn't know what the situation was, everyone still went to the rescue firmly for a glimmer of hope.
"came back."
Tao Yun just nodded, then turned his head: "It's just..."
Following his gaze, everyone looked at the corpse of Taojiazhuang's companion on the carriage, and fell silent for a while.
Everyone consciously dispersed on both sides of the carriage and followed.
The long team, facing the sunset, returned to Taojiazhuang.
…
"Xu Ning, I'll come to the door to thank you another day."
After arriving at Taojiazhuang, Tao Yungang stopped Xu Ning before he returned home: "I have to settle these brothers first."
"Uncle Gang, don't worry about me, take care of yourself."
Xu Ning comforted him.
Tao Yungang stopped talking. Next, he had to deal with the funeral affairs of his brothers.
Guo Ye didn't talk to Xu Ning much, exchanged a look, and he followed Tao Yungang to leave.
"Only with strength can you gain a firm foothold in this world and protect your family."
On the way home, Xu Ning kept thinking.
He has already made a decision, after a short period of training, he will enter the inner circle of Yunze Mountain to seek more resources to improve his martial arts realm.
Soon, at the door of the house.
Pushing open the courtyard door, Xu Ning, whose heart was a little heavy, finally felt a sense of warmth.
"I am back!"