"There are traces of military formations, not like ordinary horse bandits," Xu Fengnian had grown up in the Beiliang army since he was young and was very familiar with horses. He could tell from them that these people were not simple.
After speaking, Xu Fengnian looked at Old Huang and asked, "Old Huang, what do you think?"
"Young Master, you don't know martial arts. We should avoid them," Old Huang suggested.
Xu Fengnian rubbed his stomach and replied, "If you want to avoid them, you do it. I want to eat meat. Besides, isn't Zhou Yan here?"
Old Huang looked at Zhou Yan with a helpless expression.
Zhou Yan said, "Let's go, let's go eat meat. Don't worry, this kid won't die."
So the three of them followed the direction the horse bandits had left.
When they arrived at the ruined temple, they discovered that many people were heading in the same direction as them. Xu Fengnian was curious, "What are these people trying to do?"
"How would I know?" Old Huang replied.
"Don't you want to eat meat? Why don't we go in and take a look to find out?" Zhou Yan replied.
"That's true," Xu Fengnian nodded.
After a long time, the horse bandits began to cook pork. Smelling the fragrant aroma of the meat, Xu Fengnian licked his lips and said, "It smells so good."
After they finished cooking the meat, the bandits revealed their objective: "The target we are looking for this time is the Beiliang heir, Xu Fengnian. He should be wearing brocade robes. If you see anyone similar, report it immediately, and you will be rewarded handsomely."
Zhou Yan smiled and said in a low voice to Xu Fengnian, who was eating meat with a detached air, "Say, if I handed you over, wouldn't I become rich?"
Xu Fengnian was not worried at all. Instead, he laughed, "You're not an idiot. If you come back to Beiliang with me, you can have whatever you want, and you won't have to worry about being chased by the Beijing Iron Cavalry."
Old Huang smiled, not at all believing that Zhou Yan would hand Xu Fengnian over.
"Leave some for me," Xu Fengnian snatched the meat from Old Huang's bowl.
Then, a horse bandit approached Xu Fengnian and said, "Our leader wants to see you."
Old Huang felt a little worried upon hearing this. Zhou Yan said, "What are you afraid of? This kid is more cunning than a monkey; he'll be fine."
Although Old Huang nodded, his expression was flustered, and he was ready to step in and save Xu Fengnian at any moment.
The sound of knives came from inside, as if a fight had broken out. However, seeing that Xu Fengnian was not in danger, Old Huang breathed a sigh of relief.
Moreover, Xu Fengnian soon came out with a smile, clearly having successfully fooled them.
"How was it?" Old Huang asked.
"These are people sent to kill me, and they are Chu people. I told them I was also an orphan from Chu, and that guy is crying inside now," Xu Fengnian said with a laugh.
"This is not a place to linger. We should leave quickly," Old Huang said.
Although Xu Fengnian didn't take it seriously, they decided to leave.
The next day, they were heading towards Beiliang when they saw a person in white. Zhou Yan knew it was Nangong Pushi, the most beautiful person in the entire drama.
Just then, the horse bandits from yesterday stopped the three of them and told them that the person in white was Xu Fengnian.
This left Xu Fengnian and Old Huang bewildered, and they secretly chuckled, thinking they had mistaken the person.
Afterward, they stepped forward to question Nangong Pushi if he was Xu Fengnian, and a fierce fight ensued. They were no match for Nangong Pushi and were quickly defeated.
They continued on their journey and noticed that the person in white was also heading towards Beiliang. Xu Fengnian even taunted, "Doesn't that person look like a fox face?"
After saying that, Xu Fengnian noticed that Nangong Pushi had stopped, as if he had heard something. He quickly shut his mouth.
Finally, seeing that the other person didn't pay him any attention, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Can she hear from this far away?"
"You refused to learn martial arts. If you had learned, you could be this strong too," Old Huang said.
"I'm not interested in learning martial arts," Xu Fengnian replied.
Zhou Yan knew that if he wanted Nangong Pushi to join the Xu family, he couldn't make any mistakes now. So he said, "You guys go ahead. I need to relieve myself. I'll catch up soon."
"Then hurry up," Xu Fengnian said.
Old Huang said dismissively, "Don't worry, this kid runs faster than us. Let's go ahead."
Soon after, the horse bandits from yesterday caught up and stopped Xu Fengnian. They produced a portrait of Xu Fengnian. This time, Xu Fengnian was greatly shocked and boldly admitted that he was Xu Fengnian, and asked where they got the portrait. The bandits replied it was from the Beiliang army.
Seeing that they were about to kill him, Xu Fengnian panicked and wished Zhou Yan would return soon. However, judging by the situation, Zhou Yan hadn't returned yet, and he was about to lose his life.
At this moment, Xu Fengnian saw Nangong Pushi, who had left earlier, and shouted, "I'll pay money for my life, name your price."
Just as the bandits were about to strike Xu Fengnian with their swords, Nangong Pushi, who had been still, intervened. He directly knocked the sword out of the bandit's hand and asked Xu Fengnian, "Who is Xu Xiao to you?"
"He is my father," Xu Fengnian, having narrowly escaped death, breathed a sigh of relief.
"You are the Beiliang heir. Today I save your life, and you let me enter the Tingchao Pavilion," Nangong Pushi said.
"Alright," Xu Fengnian immediately agreed.
"You go ahead," Nangong Pushi said.
Xu Fengnian quickly left and then saw Nangong Pushi dismount the other bandits with a single move.
Zhou Yan also appeared at this moment and said, "Good skills."
Xu Fengnian immediately said, "You scoundrel, do you know that Old Huang and I almost lost our lives?"
"Aren't you still full of life and jumping?" Zhou Yan laughed.
"You," Xu Fengnian was so angry he was almost dead.
Zhou Yan brought over the horses of the bandits and said, "Riding horses is faster."
"Okay," Xu Fengnian got on a horse.
"You're also going to Beiliang, and riding horses is faster," Zhou Yan also led a horse to Nangong Pushi.
All of them got on their horses, but Xu Fengnian gave Nangong Pushi a nickname: Bai Hulián (White Fox Face).
This made Old Huang burst into laughter, but Nangong Pushi began to question Xu Fengnian's true identity because this guy was too improper.
Zhou Yan started to converse with Nangong Pushi and said, "These two swords look ordinary."
Upon hearing this, Nangong Pushi immediately replied, "These two swords can easily take your life."
"I don't know about that," Zhou Yan smiled, then took out a sword and said, "My sword is not necessarily worse than yours."
Xu Fengnian was shocked, "Zhou Yan, when did you hide a sword on you?"
"I can perform magic, do you believe me? Like this." Zhou Yan placed the sword in front of them, then vanished before their eyes. With a flick of Zhou Yan's wrist, the sword reappeared.
"Good heavens, you have such skills! Teach me!" Xu Fengnian was very surprised.
Old Huang and Nangong Pushi were also very surprised, as they found it peculiar. They couldn't figure out how he did it.
Zhou Yan chuckled inwardly, Little brats, ever seen a spatial ring!