flstandardbreds Chapter 192: Encounter with Bandits
Chapter 192: Encounter with Bandits
The convoy took another route out of the city.
"Golden thread noodles are really delicious! I guess you will never get tired of eating them. I miss them again now!" Yanan said to Hua Heng. Golden thread noodles are hand-rolled thin and cut into small pieces. They are golden in color and cooked immediately after being put into the pot. There are no tendons left and the soup is not muddy. They are delicious, delicate and smooth, and have a very good taste and are very appetizing.
"No matter how delicious it is, you can't eat too much. There are still many places to go. You should always leave some space for later." Hua Heng pinched her palm with amusement.
"What are you doing?" Yanan looked at him a little embarrassed.
"It's finally my turn to accompany my wife. Do you know how many days have passed?" Hua Heng looked at her deeply.
"How much?" Yanan looked at him with eyes wide open. She didn't know that she had actually counted for days?
"Eleven days, exactly eleven days since our last time!" Hua Heng said seriously.
"Lie to me? For so long?" Yanan was unwilling to admit it.
"Yes!" Hua Heng answered firmly.
"Uh, I'm sorry, husband! I'll make it up to you tonight!" Yanan can only hope that he won't lock her up in the small dark room again.
"..." Hua Heng smiled faintly and said nothing.
"Where did I put the kraft paper I just got from the pharmacy?" Yanan avoided the question, but she really wanted to find a use for the kraft paper. She wanted to use the kraft paper to make a simple speaker.
"Here!" Hua Heng silently handed over a few pieces of brown paper from behind.
"Oh, thank you. I'm doing handicrafts." Yanan casually pulled out a piece of paper and rolled it into a cylinder the size of a mouth. He tied it with cotton thread in the middle and bottom to fix the cylinder. Then he stacked two more pieces of kraft paper and rolled them together to form a trumpet flower shape with one end large and the other small. The small end was just big enough to fit the cylinder. He continued to tie the two ends with cotton thread and fixed the middle part with cotton thread. Finally, he put the two parts together and put the small end to Huaheng's mouth, motioning him to speak to see if there was any amplification effect.
"What is this?" The sound was indeed amplified a little through the simple loudspeaker.
Yanan happily brought it to his lips and deliberately shouted in a rough voice, "Megaphone!"
Did the sound get louder? Hua Heng's eyes widened slightly in shock. He took the megaphone, opened the car window and shouted to the back, "Everyone, please pay attention, speed up and try to get to Doucheng in the afternoon!"
The guards and the driver at the rear heard the voice, which was much louder than usual, and looked up in surprise. They saw something strange on the corner of his mouth.
"It would be better if it could be made of iron sheets. It would be more durable and make louder sound." Yanan whispered in his ear.
"Come here, take the stuff with me and try to study it. Try making it with other materials. When you have iron sheets, ask the blacksmith to make a durable one. This thing can amplify the volume of sound!" Hua Heng waved his hand towards the back and continued to speak with the paper loudspeaker.
"Wow, great!" The guards behind were a little excited. This is a good thing. It can scare people when shouting to the enemy. They all wanted it. In the end, the guard who was closer got it first. He took a few glances and understood the structural characteristics of this thing, so he passed it to another guard next to him. In this way, the brown paper trumpet went around in the team and finally returned to Nanchen. He also understood it and had a deeper understanding of the function of this thing. He planned to consult his wife Yanan again before making one himself.
"My wife is smart!" Hua Heng hugged her and praised her.
"I'm not worthy of the credit, I'll just try it out. You can have someone do some research to see what material of the loudspeaker can make the sound clearer and louder and travel farther. A loudspeaker is something that radiates sound energy into a limited space or outdoor space, commonly known as a horn." Yanan took the opportunity to explain to him the function of this thing.
"Don't be modest, my wife is really nice!" Hua Heng began to be affectionate and rub against her.
"Husband, do you think we can stay in the inn tonight? I want to take a hot bath!" Yanan changed the topic again.
"Haha, my lady, do you want to take a bath with me?!" Hua Heng laughed softly.
"It's not impossible!" Yanan pursed her lips and looked at him pitifully.
This look softened Hua Heng's heart. Well, let her go in broad daylight. There is still a long way to go, and there will always be a chance! He touched her head and said, "Don't worry! I don't want to embarrass you anyway!"
"Yes! Thank you, husband! I was mainly afraid of being too embarrassed to see people... um!" Yanan was happy. Facing his gentle gaze, she took the initiative to kiss his lips. They were soft, and his beard was cleaned up, so they no longer prickled her. She always knew that he was the one who could consider her feelings the most.
When a woman takes the initiative to kiss him, Hua Heng will certainly not let her go and responds enthusiastically. The two of them kiss each other, and it is hard to let go. Their breaths intertwine, and it is extremely ambiguous...
"Be alert!" When Yanan and Hua Heng were about to deepen their kiss, a loud roar came from outside the car, scaring the two of them and they quickly separated. Hua Heng immediately protected the person in his arms, and then they heard the sound of weapons colliding in a fight.
Nanchen opened the curtain in front of the carriage and said, "Old Five, protect her. If the situation gets bad, remember to press the mechanism. I will protect the carriage!"
"Are they bandits? Do you want me to go out and help?" Hua Heng asked while holding Yanan.
"It's a group of bandits. I don't know if there are any others. Don't come out now. The guards can stop them!" Nanchen turned around after saying that. He was still controlling the carriage. Their convoy was not disrupted and continued to move forward. Half of the guards were guarding the convoy, and the other half were riding horses and fighting fiercely with the bandits. In case there were bandits setting an ambush, the two teams kept a relatively close distance. Fortunately, the bandits had no horses, and it was difficult for them to get up and continue chasing after being knocked down.
"Report! Young master, more than a dozen bandits were injured. What should we do?" A guard caught up and asked.
"Follow me first, let's talk about it after we pass this dangerous place!" Nanchen looked at the mountains on both sides and was worried that someone had set an ambush. It was not advisable to stay here for long.
"Yes!" The guard gestured to the back and asked someone to follow the team.
"Send two people to scout the way ahead!" Shen Wen said, standing at the front of the car and pointing forward. He and Nanchen had the same idea, fearing that someone would set an ambush. Since they entered and left the city with great fanfare, Shen Wen had thought that this might happen. But why did they rob them when they knew that most of them were books? It was really puzzling! But there was no time to stop and question them at the moment. It was best to leave the terrain environment between the two mountains as soon as possible.
"Yes!" The two riders accelerated and overtook the carriage team, exploring the way ahead.
Nanchen was also thinking deeply about who had done this. He looked down at the brown paper megaphone that was almost crushed. He suddenly thought about it and restored it to its original shape. He deliberately put it to his mouth and asked loudly, "Who was it just now? Who wanted to steal the special books for the literacy competition?"
"Sir, they are just a group of bandits!" The guard at the back of the team replied loudly and cleverly.
"Nonsense, would bandits even want to rob books? Didn't you see the big words pasted on the carriages? Books for the literacy competition!" Nanchen shouted angrily. The sound was amplified several times by the loudspeaker, and it was in a valley between two mountains, so the sound formed an echo that reverberated between the mountains.
"If I find out who is so blind and delays my mission, I will take people to wipe them out before the New Year!" Nanchen deliberately cursed a few words through the loudspeaker, showing his military rogue nature.
"That's right, kill him. Who would let this blind guy stay for the New Year?" The guards cursed collectively.
This formation was very intimidating, at least the echo could be heard very far away. The team ahead carefully explored the way and the team behind made a big noise to deter others, but they didn't encounter any blind people rushing out to block the way!
After about an hour of intense mountain road travel, the convoy finally arrived at an open area with farmland and scattered villages in the distance.
Everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief, and after walking for another quarter of an hour, the team made a short stop in an open area to rest. Everyone ate some dry food they brought with them. Most importantly, the horses also needed to eat to replenish their energy so that they could move forward better.
"Anan, are you okay?" During the break, Shen Wen and Nanchen surrounded Yanan's carriage to ask about her condition, fearing that something had happened to her.
"I'm fine. My husband is protecting me. I'm not afraid." Yanan only regretted that she didn't have any kung fu skills and couldn't witness the fight with the bandits with her own eyes.
The man looked at her again and again and found that she looked normal and not frightened, so he was relieved. Before Shen Wenlin left, he glanced at her meaningfully and asked, "Have you experienced the difficulties of the world?" The look that was more lecturing than preaching made Yanan's eyes flicker and she dared not look at her directly.
"I know, but I didn't see it clearly just now!" Yanan's honest words almost made people stagger. This woman still wanted to go forward to see it more clearly? !
The man looked very angry, and Yanan explained hurriedly, "I just want to see my husband's majesty, not the bandits."
"..." The men collectively hummed in their hearts, wanting to see their husbands' mighty power, and gnashing their teeth, all in the hope of making their wives look good. Yanan didn't know that she had incurred another debt, and she would have to pay it back with her body.