Yan Liqiang had been watching those people when they rushed over. However, when he saw them riding on rhinoceros horses, Yan Liqiang felt a little displeased and instinctively thought of the hyenas on the grassland.
The leader of those people was a man in his forties, with a long and narrow face with a bluish tint and a scar on his cheek. His aura looked a little gloomy, because his mount was the best among those people. It was fiery red all over, with a little silver on its forehead. It was a famous rhino horse, and its name seemed to be Wild Fire Spreading Across the Prairie, like Dark Clouds Covering Snow. It was much better than an ordinary rhino horse.
The twenty or thirty riders were all armed with swords and knives, and most of them carried bows on their backs. They looked very strong. They kept rushing until they were fifty meters away from Yan Liqiang and his men before gradually slowing down. However, they did not dismount, but kept riding their horses to rush in front of Yan Liqiang and his men. The twenty or thirty riders surrounded Yan Liqiang and his men, looking down at them.
“Hahaha, brother, they also roasted lamb, and it tastes pretty good. We brothers haven’t eaten lamb in a while…” A guy with an eye patch and a mouthful of yellow teeth saw the lamb that Yan Liqiang and the others were roasting, and he burst into laughter.
"Brother, it seems they have got a few heads of Shatu people..." One of the men suddenly pointed at a bulging blood-stained sack that Yan Liqiang and his men had placed on the ground not far away and said, that sack was what Yan Liqiang and his men used to store human heads. The captured heads were treated with antiseptic treatment and then placed in the sack. Many rangers did the same.
Hearing this voice in the team, many of them turned their heads and looked at the "trophies" that Yan Liqiang and his team had obtained from the previous two days. Many of them licked their lips and looked towards the sack. In the eyes of many people, the head in the sack was no longer a head, but a piece of grassland.
"Not bad, not bad, they even got a few heads, and we haven't even gotten a few yet..."
"Hehehe, interesting, there is also a good horse with dark clouds and snow..."
"Hahaha, is it waiting here to entertain us, hahaha..."
Seeing that these people's eyes and words were somewhat unscrupulous, Zuo Yuquan and the others looked at each other and were secretly on guard. Mao Taishun had already opened the safety of the crossbow, and Zhao Bing and Xu Meng also had their hands on their weapons.
Zuo Yuquan was about to step forward and say something, but Yan Liqiang, with a slightly frowned brow, suddenly stepped forward and spoke first. Yan Liqiang's tone was not even polite, but rather arrogant and fearless. "Who are you? Why are you surrounding my brothers here? If you have nothing to do, please leave and don't disturb our rest. We don't know you in this remote place, so as not to cause any misunderstandings!"
Zuo Yuquan and the others were a little surprised, because in their impression, Yan Liqiang usually asked questions and was rarely so domineering. However, they also knew that Yan Liqiang was always very sensible in doing things and would never treat others like this for no reason. Seeing that Yan Liqiang's attitude was a bit tough, several people remained silent.
The leader-like man with a scar on his face blinked a few times and looked at Yan Liqiang and the others seriously. He suddenly smiled on his green face and tried to look amiable. "Hahaha, you are very cautious, little brother. We are all from the Han Empire and are here for the same purpose. Although we don't know each other, we can be considered half-brothers. Don't get me wrong, little brother. We brothers have just entered the Gulang grassland not long ago and are not familiar with the situation here. We saw a fire just now, so we came here to ask for directions. I wonder if you saw five or six riders passing by here just now. They are our brothers. We came out as outposts before and got separated!"
"We didn't see what you called the outpost. Let's go quickly and don't hang around here and disturb us while we eat..." Yan Liqiang continued coldly.
"Haha..." The green-faced man riding on the rhino horse laughed, but the horse did not move. His eyes kept moving around Yan Liqiang and the others. "It's fate that we meet. We finally met a few people who can talk on this Gulang grassland. I wonder what my little brother and you should call each other..."
"We are from Zhaojiazhuang in Wulong Mountain, Yinzhou. As for us, we are just unknown people in Zhaojiazhuang, but our owner Zhao Tianyi is very famous. Friends in the Northwest Road should have heard of him..." Yan Liqiang pressed his head and said proudly.
"Oh, so you are Mr. Zhao's men..." The green-faced man's eyes moved and his tone became gentler, "I met Mr. Zhao in Qingzhou two years ago. I wonder how he is now!"
Yan Liqiang said coldly, "You may have recognized the wrong person. Our owner has not been to Qingzhou in the past two years!"
"Haha, look at my memory, it's true that I remembered it wrong, it should be Lanzhou!" The green-faced man laughed and patted his forehead, then looked around, "By the way, where is your Zhaozhuang owner? Why can't I see him?"
"Our owner and other brothers just left and are nearby. We are the patrol officers of Zhaojiazhuang..."
“Oh, I see!” The green-faced man nodded and looked at Yan Liqiang and the others again, with a smile on his face. “Then we won’t bother you anymore. When I see your Manor Master Zhao some other day, I’ll reminisce about the past…” After the green-faced man finished speaking, the smile on his face suddenly faded. He turned around and said in a low voice, “Let’s go…” As soon as he finished speaking, he turned to the dock, waved the whip in his hand, and left. When the other people saw him leave, they were silent. Many people looked at the heads and mounts seized by Yan Liqiang and the others reluctantly, and then followed the green-faced man and left like a gust of wind.
Before those people left, Yan Liqiang had already sat down again, with his back to the direction where the green-faced man left. He cut off a piece of mutton with a knife, put it to his mouth and blew air, and called Zuo Yuquan and others to sit down, whispering, "Sit down, all of you sit down, you all listen to me now, pick up the knife, pretend to be relaxed, and prepare to cut the meat to eat..."
Zuo Yuquan and the others looked at each other, then sat down by the fire again. They took out their knives, prepared to cut the barbecue, and pretended to ask for food.
After running a few hundred meters, the green-faced man on horseback slowed down the horse's speed and looked back. When he saw Yan Liqiang and the others sitting calmly by the fire and starting to eat meat, he sped up the horse again and rushed forward.
Zuo Yuquan and his companions never found a chance to speak from the beginning to the end, as if they were kept in the dark. It was not until those people walked away and disappeared into the darkness that Zuo Yuquan looked at Yan Liqiang with a puzzled look on his face, "Brother Wang, just now..."
Yan Liqiang threw away the mutton in his hand before Zuo Yuquan finished speaking, stood up all of a sudden, and said quickly with an anxious look on his face, "Everyone, hurry up, let's talk on the way. Those people just now are not good people, and they are very difficult to deal with. The green-faced man has a higher cultivation than us, and he is too smart. Just now, he saw that there were fewer of us and had murderous intentions towards us. He wanted to steal our spoils and horses. He was just temporarily deceived by me, and he will react soon. If we don't leave quickly, the man will definitely chase us again when he figures out the flaw in my words just now. Everyone, hurry up..."
Hearing Yan Liqiang say this, everyone was shocked.
"Oh my god..." Xu Meng jumped up suddenly.
When Zuo Yuquan and the others heard what Yan Liqiang said and thought about what had just happened, they were all scared and broke out in cold sweats. The mutton had not been eaten yet, but they didn't care and hurried to pack up their things.
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The troops over there had just run two or three miles when the green-faced man leading the group suddenly stopped his rhinoceros horse. His expression changed slightly, "No, the patrol officers wouldn't run around with the heads of the Shatu people. The patrol officers in Zhaojiazhuang wouldn't have a good horse like Wuyun Gaixue. We were almost fooled by them..."
"Brother, what's wrong?"
"We've been tricked, brothers, follow me and fight back..." The green-faced man showed a ferocious look on his face, "Good boy, you dare to play tricks in front of me, I will skin you alive!"
…
Everything was just as Yan Liqiang said. Just as the men got on their horses and ran a few steps, they heard the sound of horse hooves in the distance. Everyone turned around and saw that it was the green-faced man who had just left. In the blink of an eye, he rushed towards them again with murderous intent...
(End of this chapter)