Everyone was frightened by the corpse in front of them. After Li Zhen reminded them, they knew how to get on the carriage and leave.
There are two roads to Jiahe County. This is the main road and the other is a very steep mountain road.
As the horse was galloping, Liu Quan said: "Let's... let's take a detour." He looked at the corpses getting closer and closer, his pants were wet, and he was already incontinent.
Teacher Wang took off his glasses, held his gray hair in his hands and thought for a moment, then resolutely said: "No. Now we can take a detour. It will take five days to reach Jiahe County, and we will miss the exam. And... on the other road, there should be Horse thief."
"How do you know there are horse thieves on the other road?"
Another teacher retorted.
Teacher Wang said: "There are forty or fifty counties in Southeast Prefecture. During the period of rushing for the exam, horse thieves commit crimes crazily. Because the candidates are very rich, and the people who accompany them also have their belongings to be safe in case. Robbery of our place An incompetent scholar is much quicker than an experienced trader. Since there are horse thieves on the main road, they will definitely not let go of the other road to Huangpu County."
Everyone sighed after hearing this. The sadness in my heart became more intense.
He looked in all directions warily, and everywhere he looked it looked like a place where horse thieves were hiding. Everywhere he looked, it seemed as if horse thieves would rush out at the next moment.
Getting closer.
Finally, a carriage at the head of the queue crossed the messy group of corpses.
Liu Quan was so frightened that he cried bitterly and did not dare to look outside. He held Li Zhen's hand tightly and did not dare to let go.
Li Zhen didn't cry, but he still held Liu Quan's hand tightly, and his palms were all sweaty. The boss stared with wide eyes as he watched the disemboweled boy's body getting closer and closer to him. Watching the horse collapse from him.
The wheels ran over it.
The car staggered.
'vomit'
Li Zhen couldn't bear it anymore. When he saw a dead person for the first time, he vomited crazily.
The staggering and bumping of the car just now was like running over the body of a young man.
"What should I do? What should I do?"
Liu Quan burst into tears and held Li Zhen's arm tightly with both hands. He pinched Li Zhen's arm unconsciously and turned black.
Many teachers also vomited. The scene was really horrifying. In the past, we only felt that the horse thieves were far away from us, but today, they are extremely close.
After walking past the group of corpses, I felt a little relieved. Teacher Li said in shock: "How could it be... I have escorted candidates to take exams before, but why have I never encountered him before?"
No one answered.
The answer is unsolvable.
Maybe it can only be said to be lucky
'Dullulu'
Suddenly, a loud chant came.
It was coming from all directions in the Yanziji canyon, and the echoes were so breathtaking.
Li Zhen had the courage to stick his head out of the carriage window, only to see an iron rope thrown down from the canyon on the left, and a shirtless man holding a broken sword in one hand and holding a pulley in the other hand as he slid down.
'Du Lu Lu, Du Lu Lu'
The sound of a special whistle became more and more urgent.
After a while, a roar echoed throughout the canyon:
"Stand on the horse!"
"Hurry up and stop your horse!"
“…”
Liu Quan shrank his head in the corner and cried: "Are the horse thieves coming? Are the horse thieves coming? He told us to stop, did he tell us to stop?"
Li Zhen was trembling all over at this time, holding Liu Quan's hand tightly, trying to remain calm on his face. But I don’t know what to do.
Teacher Wang was old and extremely experienced. Hearing the roar, he shouted loudly: "Don't stop. Rush out of Yanziji in one go. Don't stop."
Some teachers were already hesitant: "Stop, the horse thieves are telling us to stop. If we don't stop, will we be killed?"
Teacher Wang scolded: "You can't stop. If you stop, you will die. The horse thieves in Yanziji will never be left alive. In the past few years, there have been very few horse thieves, but in recent years, they suddenly appeared. If I guessed correctly, the horse thieves in Yanziji are official bandits. .”
"Official bandit!"
"The princess of Jiahe County was transferred from Beizhou last year. As soon as he took office, horse thieves came out. This place is only ten kilometers away from the main city of Jiahe County, but there are horse thieves so rampant, they must be official bandits. Wild thieves Leave someone alive, and the water will flow slowly. Officials and bandits never leave anyone alive."
"Ah, how could this happen..."
"Why is it happening like that."
"We told them that we were here to take the exam. Can we beg them to let us go?"
"It's okay to keep the money. Please let them go."
“…”
This time, even the teachers cried out.
Watching the horse thieves jumping down from the canyon with zip lines, and watching the horse thieves carried by more than a dozen fierce horses suddenly rush out from the originally empty rear area. Looking at the scattered horse thieves blocking the road ahead, they prepared to block the road ahead of the canyon with horse stakes. Everyone was stunned.
Teacher Wang's eyes were blood red and his gray hair was messy. He stood on the carriage crazily and shouted: "Charge over! Charge over. Don't stop, you mustn't stop."
"We are going to die. Are we going to die?"
"If we beg them, will they let us go?"
“…”
A teacher yelled hysterically: "Heroes, we are here to take the exam, so be good and let us pass."
"Ha ha ha ha."
What answered him was the wild laughter that echoed in the canyon.
Teacher Wang slapped the teacher on the head: "Don't beg for mercy. Think carefully about the corpses at the entrance of the canyon. Did they escape or show signs of resistance?"
As soon as these words came out, the dreamer was awakened.
Yes, those forty or fifty people died in a messy manner, but there was no trace of escape. It's like... standing there to be killed.
They are really gangsters!
Li Zhen walked out of the car at this time, stood outside the car with one hand on the armrest, and shouted to the groom in the front car: "Charge from the middle. Rush out from the gap between the two horse-drawing posts. That spot will break as soon as you rush." .”
The groom's face was full of tears: "My horse will die."
Teacher Wang shouted loudly: "Do you still need to care about the horse now? Rush over and cover the horse's eyes. Cover the horse's eyes!"
The groom gritted his teeth, jumped on the horse's back from the car, and hurriedly tore off the cloth strips of his clothes to cover the eyes of the galloping horse. Then he jumped back into the car and gave a ferocious slap: "Drive!"
'Neigh' The head horse neighed and rushed forward like crazy.
Among the dozen horses behind, a big man with a machete in his hand frowned: "Master, they are going to charge."
The person who was called the big boss was a fair-faced young man about thirty years old. He sneered and said: "Oh, old Jianghu, it seems that he would rather die than surrender. Then don't hang around, just blow the trumpet and kill him directly."
"Okay."
"Durruludurrulu"
The trumpet sounded again, this time the rhythm changed and became very urgent.
Suddenly, the horse thief who descended from the cliff with a zipline began to smile ferociously, holding a knife and outflanking the carriage convoy.
Teacher Wang's expression changed and he shouted loudly: "Hurry, go faster. The horse thieves are going to kill!"
'ah'
A scream came.
Everyone turned their heads.
But on the last carriage, Teacher Zhang, who was carrying daily necessities, was dragged out of the carriage by a horse thief. Struggling like crazy.
After only two struggles, the horse thief who rushed forward stabbed him into the heart with a knife. The blood flew into the air, and Teacher Zhang's body twitched and then became silent.
"Xiao Zhang!"
"Teacher Zhang!"
Teacher Wang and Li Zhen roared with dismay.
'Whoosh'
At this time, Li Zhen felt a chill in his ears, and his hair stood up in shock. But an arrow shot past his ear.
Li Zhen turned around to look, and saw a horse thief chasing after him on horseback, stringing a new arrow on his bow, shaking his head and sighing, as if regretting that he missed the shot just now.
Teacher Wang hurriedly pushed Li Zhen's head into the carriage and shouted: "Don't come out!"
Li Zhen shrank into the carriage while staring closely at the leading horse. Seeing the blindfolded horse getting closer and closer to the station, he roared hysterically: "Hit it from the middle, you must hit it from the middle..."
There was a 'bang' and dust filled the sky ahead.
Li Zhen, who had already entered the carriage, saw nothing. He only heard the painful roar of the horse and the pitiful cry of the carriage driver...
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