Becoming a stepmother of three children gives me space

Fucheng,

Linglong Inn, upon receiving the order on Wednesday, immediately took action.

He led his men on a surprise attack and captured Butler Luo, but the most important target was missing.

"Sir, there are signs of people living in the neighboring courtyard. There are about 9 people, all of them adult men. The footprints are of the same depth. They are all masters."

People are different.

People who practice martial arts have light steps, large spacing between steps, and shallow footprints, which is very different from ordinary people.

They were watching him all day, but he disappeared right under their noses.

"Take Butler Luo away and interrogate him immediately in a safe place to pry him open!"

"Yes!"

Zhou San led his men away, and two people appeared from the alley not far from the inn.

"What should we do now? Butler Luo has been taken away. Should we still take action?"

"Don't act rashly for now. I think those people are from the secret guards. Don't make things complicated."

The two men disappeared into the streets and headed straight for the post station outside the city, where they met their lord.

400 miles outside Beisheng Pass, in the tent of the nearest gathering place of the Northern Barbarians, a Northern Barbarian Khan sat at the head of the group, gnawing on a leg of lamb, his face covered in oil.

If there were any soldiers who participated in the Battle of Beisheng Pass, they would have recognized at a glance that this was Baturu, the leader of the Khorchin tribe who had fought a bloody battle with Beishengwei.

In front of him was a man in black wearing a black mask.

"Great Baturu, my master is sincere. All lands north of Yanguan are yours, and he will allow Daxia to trade with your tribe in the future."

Baturu put down the lamb leg, rubbed his greasy hands on his body, picked up the wine glass and drank it all.

"The warriors of the grasslands do not need the Han Chinese cities. You need to show greater sincerity."

"The Northern Barbarians are probably having a hard time right now. Livestock are dying and sick, women and children are dying and injured, and the population is declining rapidly. North of Yanguan Pass, there are people, food, and livestock everywhere, which can provide you with replenishment."

Baturu did not deny it.

In the Battle of Beishengguan, the Yang family army ransacked their houses, severely damaging their vitality. More than half of their cattle and sheep fell ill and died. Then the severe winter came, which was even colder than before, and the number of days was halved again. Even women and children suffered serious casualties.

The population of the grassland is already small, and now life is even more difficult. We need to continue to recruit women and give birth to children for them.

They had already planned to launch a surprise attack in the spring to replenish food and population, but since the man from Daxia needed his help, he naturally wanted to squeeze more benefits out of him.

Seeing that he was still holding on, the man in black offered him another benefit:

"We can provide you with a batch of salt and armor enough to equip 2 people. This is our bottom line."

Batulu did not speak, and the man in black did not speak again. The two looked at each other for a long time.

"Hahaha, my friend, it's settled."

He laughed loudly and came up to give the man in black a bear hug. The wind and snow were still blowing outside the door, drowning out his laughter.

Temple fair scene,

Xiao Yunxi and the others ate as they walked, and finally arrived at the platform in front of the temple. There were acrobatic performances and street performers, and it was even more lively than on the road.

"Catch the thief."

Suddenly, there was a commotion among the crowd. Xiao Yunxi looked over curiously and found that the thief who was being chased was rushing towards her quickly.

Xiao Yunxi held Niuniu in her arms, Zhou Jin held Xiaobao, and the two of them grabbed Dabao at the same time and moved aside, in perfect harmony.

The thief rushed over and passed by them.

Zhou Jin raised his eyebrows slightly. Was he thinking too much? Wasn't he coming here for them?

wrong!

The thief looked very wretched, but his eyes were extremely sharp.

A gangster has a gangster-like aura, a killer has a murderous aura, and a thief's eyes are usually erratic. There is something wrong with this person.

Just as this thought flashed through his mind, the person chasing the thief was already close and suddenly punched him. Fortunately, Zhou Jin was prepared and dodged it easily.

There were three people chasing the thief, and the other two reached out at the same time to grab Xiao Yunxi.

It was inconvenient for him to move while holding Niuniu, so he slid back to avoid a head-on confrontation. The fleeing thief turned back and grabbed him from the side.

Qianjin fell to the ground and swept her left leg across. The thief jumped lightly to avoid it and formed a triangle with the other two and attacked at the same time.

Xiao Yunxi was being made a fool, and she had Niuniu in her arms, so she couldn't hide away.

She didn't plan to hide either.

The attacker didn't seem to want to kill her, so she ignored the other two and faced him head-on. Just as his claws were about to grab her, she turned sideways and rammed her shoulder into the man's chest.

boom!

The person was knocked to the ground, and a hint of surprise flashed in her companion's eyes. They didn't expect that a woman could be so powerful in fighting. However, this did not affect the final result.

The two men grabbed Xiao Yunxi's shoulders and exerted force. Xiao Yunxi felt that her shoulders could no longer exert force, and Niuniu fell from their arms.

She stretched her legs, releasing the force,

Niuniu sat on her feet and gently pushed to the right. Niuniu rolled to Dabao's feet like a ball.

It's not a big deal to have too many clothes in winter.

Without the burden, Xiao Yunxi no longer cared about anything. Two knives appeared in her left and right hands out of thin air. She turned around and shook off the hand on her shoulder. She endured the pain and quickly drew her knife.

Pfft!

Pfft!

The two men never figured out where the knife in the woman's hand came from until they died.

After getting rid of two people and preparing to kill the rest, Zhou Jin got ahead of them and with a few clicks, he cut off their limbs and jaw, and then someone appeared out of nowhere and pinned him down.

Xiao Yunxi then realized that the people were all far away, and there were dozens of people surrounding them.

"One of our own."

Zhou Jin's words made her relax her guard, and she immediately took a breath of cold air. Her shoulder was really hurting! !