Chapter 15 Aren't You a Bandit?!
Wan Lei's horsemanship was decent, and Karen, coming from a large family, had practiced riding since childhood. Only Fang Xiaoyu didn't know how.
Young Master Lei waved his hand grandly and scooped Little Rain into his arms, the two of them sharing a horse.
Gouzi stood on the back of the last horse, holding the reins, lost in thought as he looked at his figure, which wasn't even as big as the horse's head.
The three horses galloped westward, leaving behind a trail of dust.
The four people who remained were seriously injured, their legs broken, unable to walk. What awaited them was destined to be a fate worse than death.
Perhaps some would survive, but someone had to die…
Wan Lei and the others galloped all the way, covering the twenty *li* in half an hour.
There, indeed, stood a solitary hilltop. Atop the hill, a寨寨 (zhai) stood, its walls made of haphazardly assembled wooden planks, swaying in the wind.
One could imagine that a single kick would easily topple the寨寨 (zhai) walls.
Without a word, the three spurred their horses, charging towards the寨寨 (zhai) above.
Yes, three sand sculptures charging uphill…
Fortunately, Karen wasn't as much of a sand sculpture; he hid behind Wan Lei and Fang Xiaoyu. As for Gouzi, he was still practicing his horsemanship and lagged behind.
The hillside wasn't high, and soon, they had charged halfway up.
Suddenly, a figure flew out from the寨寨 (zhai). Wan Lei focused his eyes and saw a beautiful woman in fluttering black clothes, wielding a half-丈 long (1.6 meters) iron rod, flying down from the hilltop. After landing on the ground, she charged towards them.
The woman was tall and slender, with black hair, black eyes, and yellow skin. Her eyebrows and eyes carried a heroic spirit, and her narrow, beautiful eyes glared at them. The iron rod in her hand was already in a sweeping stance.
"Still a female bandit."
Wan Lei muttered. As he approached the other party, he picked up Fang Xiaoyu, stepped on a stirrup, and leaped into the air, landing on the ground.
Meanwhile, the horse, its momentum undiminished, charged straight towards the black-clad woman.
The black-clad woman swept the horse's legs with her rod, causing the horse, which had already slowed down due to the uphill climb, to immediately crash to the ground. The woman tapped her toes on the ground, and her heaven-defying long leg drew a perfect arc in the air, kicking the horse that was falling towards her.
Boom!!!
With a loud bang, the horse flew backward, smashing towards Wan Lei and Fang Xiaoyu.
Fang Xiaoyu raised her sword to cut the horse in half, but when she thought about the blood splattering all over her, she immediately dodged.
Young Master Lei: I haven't dodged yet.
Too late.
Wan Lei leaped up, stepping on the horse's belly in mid-air with his left foot, using the force to charge forward. He swung his hammer and smashed it towards the black-clad woman.
The black-clad woman swung the iron rod towards Wan Lei horizontally. Wan Lei had nowhere to hide in mid-air and could only meet the blow head-on.
Clang!!!
A sound of metal clashing rang out, and both of them retreated several steps.
The black-clad woman was shocked, secretly thinking how this person's strength could be so great. She was standing uphill and had initiated the attack from a stationary position, yet she was still forced back.
Wan Lei was also very surprised. His hammer didn't break the opponent's weapon, and looking at the iron rod, it didn't even bend. It seemed that the other party was not only strong but also had a weapon made of extremely good material.
After only one exchange, they had a preliminary understanding of each other's strength.
Just as the black-clad woman was about to launch another attack, she suddenly heard a sound of something cutting through the air behind her. Not having time to turn around, she immediately thrust the end of the rod backward.
Fang Xiaoyu used her right hand to split open the rod with her sword, and then swept her left-hand sword towards the black-clad woman's neck. The woman quickly bent over, dodging Fang Xiaoyu's sword, and then raised her left leg, turning around to kick.
Seeing this, Wan Lei immediately joined the battle, teaming up with Fang Xiaoyu to deal with this enemy.
The black-clad woman fought alone against Lei and Yu, and although she was at a disadvantage, she was able to hold her own, wielding her iron rod with great skill, fighting the enemies back and forth.
Karen and Gouzi watched secretly from a distance, their eyes glued to the scene, exclaiming at the wonderful fight.
"Who is this woman? This is the first time I've seen someone who can fight Wan Lei and Fang Xiaoyu so evenly in close combat."
"I don't know, but her figure is really good, especially her appearance, tsk tsk tsk, so handsome.
You don't know, I've always wanted to find a woman with black hair and black eyes as my wife. I think such women are particularly charming, preferably heroic and飒 (sa) as well…”
"Stop fantasizing. Can you withstand one of her strikes?"
"Uh…"
"Think about it, in the future, when you two quarrel, she'll beat you until you cry, and you won't even have a chance to fight back."
"Uh…"
"Seriously, I often see Fang Xiaoyu beat Wan Lei. That scene, tsk tsk tsk…"
"That shouldn't be, right? I think this girl is quite gentle and can endure hardship. How could she be so violent?"
"Her? Give me a break. It's only because Wan Lei is here. If Wan Lei wasn't here, would Fang Xiaoyu even give you a second glance? That dead girl is as proud and aloof as an iceberg…"
"Stop talking. Let's go to the top of the mountain to investigate. Even though our fighting strength isn't good, we still have to play our part, or else how will we hold our heads up in the team in the future?"
"Okay, let's go."
Karen and Little Yellow Dog agreed immediately, quietly detouring around and climbing to the top of the mountain.
However, the scene in this simple寨寨 (zhai) made them sigh.
Five people had their hands and feet broken, tied up with ropes, and thrown casually on the ground. A dozen thin men and women were frantically beating them with棍棒 (gunbang).
When those dozen people saw Karen and Gouzi, they immediately stopped, pointing the棍棒 (gunbang) in their hands at them, their eyes wary and unfriendly.
Without asking, they knew that the five people must be bandits, and those men and women were slaves captured by them.
Karen was very smart and immediately realized that the black-clad woman must have defeated the bandits.
"We're too late. Someone else stole the credit."
"What should we do now?"
"It's okay, we can still salvage it."
Karen sighed and turned to shout down the mountain,
"Stop fighting, they're on our side! The bandits have been defeated!"
Hearing the shout from above, the three people who were engaged in a mass brawl were stunned and stopped their attacks.
"You're not a bandit?!"
"You're not a bandit?!"
The three of them were dumbfounded.
Karen quickly ran down the hillside, laughing heartily,
"Heroine, don't fight! You're the one who took down the bandits up there, right?"
The black-clad woman nodded, but the wariness in her eyes didn't diminish in the slightest.
"We came to kill the bandits and rescue people too. Twenty *li* away, we met the other bandits from this寨寨 (zhai). Seven of them tried to rob us, but we killed them instead.
We forced them to reveal that there were still some bandits and people they had captured in this寨寨 (zhai), so we thought we'd come over to rescue them. We didn't expect you, Heroine, to beat us to it, hahahaha."