Chapter 32, new clues

As early as when the restaurant heard the clerk mention the Hu people here, Zu Zhao had the impression that Hu Ji had been teased by a local ranger, but finally beat the ranger to death. It can be imagined that Hu Ji in the mouth of the shopkeeper should be the Hu girl in front of him. I didn't expect that a seemingly delicate and thin woman was also a person with sword skills.

However, even so, he still doesn't think that this woman is a thief who killed the horse team yesterday. She is a martial artist. It can be seen from the other party's routine that she is only good at short-weapons close combat. Yesterday's case was mostly long-range weapons and long-range weapons, which alone should be worth careful consideration.

In order to avoid the situation getting out of control, he immediately said, "Stop it!"

The children of the Zu family still had uncontrollable emotions. They came forward and had two hands with the Hu girl until they realized that they were outnumbered behind. Another person quickly went to help the injured companion who fell to the ground and easily treated the wound.

Although Hu can use a knife, her body is too thin or lacks nutrition for a long time. At this time, her chest has been undulating and her breathing is obviously rapid. She did not relax her vigilance and looked at each other angrily, and the machete in her hand maintained an offensive posture.

Z Zhao looked at Hu Nv and her tone did not change much. She just stressed, "This horse is not yours. If I guess right, you should not ride often." He deliberately took a look at Hu's legs. The other party was wearing a bright long skirt, and he could faintly see the white calves. Judging from the shape of the legs, there were no circled legs.

What's more, the current living conditions of these barbarians are obviously not very good. The cost of raising horses is much more expensive than raising people. How can they raise horses if they can't even raise people?

When Hu Nv saw Zu Zhao staring at her lower body, she was ashamed and angry. Her hand holding the machete trembled because of the force. If it hadn't been for being in a foreign country, she would have rushed up and dug out the other party's eyeballs. In the end, she just scolded a few words with shame and anger, causing the barbarians behind her to shout with her.

Zu Zhao seems to be a little aware of it, but this confirms his speculation that the real horseman will not understand the meaning of "looking at his legs" just now. He smiled indifferently and continued to ask, "Where did you find this horse?"

Hu Nv said loudly, "This is my horse."

A son of an ancestor couldn't help saying angrily, "He was beaten thousands of knives and slaves, and he dares to be arrogant!"

Zuzuo slowly took a breath and adjusted his mood. He took a step forward and stood in front of Hu Nu's knife. The children around him were a little worried and subconsciously followed the first half of the step. He looked directly at Hu Nv and further strengthened his tone and said, "This horse is the horse of our ancestral village. Yesterday, our man was robbed and killed in Balipu. This horse is the mount of one of them who was killed. If you insist that this horse is yours, then I will believe that you are one of the thieves.

It took Hu Nv to understand Zu Zhao's words, and a little surprise gradually flashed in her eyes, which had been full of sharpness. However, she didn't continue to think much about anything else and insisted without hesitation: "I don't care. I found this horse. It's mine now." After saying that, he didn't care so much. He rushed forward and attacked Zu Zhao with a knife.

Zu Zhao had been on guard for a long time and flashed to one side. While Hu's body was leaning forward, he clasped his hand on the other party's wrist holding the knife like iron pliers and twisted it hard to wrap his arm around her neck, and the machete just pressed against her face. Hu Nv panicked and hurriedly waved another hand, but before she could move, she was also buckled behind Zu Zhao's back.

Hu Nv did not intend to hurt Zu Zhao's life, but hoped to take a hostage first. How can I know that if I was careless, now I have become a hostage of the other party. The cold machete stimulated her skin, and an unprecedented fear swept over her whole body. Thinking of the long journey from the Western Regions to here, she saw many scenes of Han people humiliating the barbarian people along the way, and suddenly surged with a touch of sadness, and a touch of gem-like eyes.

However, even so, she resolutely showed no trace of fear and clenched her white teeth and said, "Kill me if you have the ability!"

The other threehu people not far away rushed over in a hurry, but were forced back by other ancestors' children.

Zu Zhao smelled a faint strange fragrance on Hu's body. He did not intend to embarrass the alien woman and said, "I won't hurt you. This horse can also be given to you. In exchange, you must tell me where you found this horse?"

Hu's beautiful chest fluctuated violently and did not give any answer for a while. She is deeply puzzled and suspicious of Zu Zhao's words. In the past few years, she has never met such a generous and kind-hearted Han people, and she will never believe that there are such people among the Han people.

After waiting for a while, Zu Zhao said again, "I let go of your hand now. I hope you don't take any more impulsive actions."

After saying that, he slowly loosened Hu's wrists.

Hu Nv instinctively dodged a distance and turned around and stared at Zu Zhao warily. The three Hu people behind him quickly ran over and protected the Hu girl. A man talked anxiously in Hu, and saw Hu's face showing hesitation and hesitation.

After a brief silence, Hu said angrily, "This horse was found in the farmland south of the fruit forest this morning. It was hurt a lot, and several wounds have been bleeding. Other than that, I don't know anything."

Zu Zhao nodded slowly and said, "It's okay if you said that."

After he finished speaking, he turned around and took the children of the ancestral family to prepare to leave.

Hu Nv suddenly asked loudly behind her, "Are you really giving me this horse?"

Zhu Zhao stopped, looked back at Hu Nv and asked, "What's your name?"

Hu Nv was puzzled and hesitated for a while before she said, "What does my name have to do with you?"

Zuzu Zhao said without concealing, "If you lie to me, I will definitely come to you again."

Hu female son Geng Lie said honestly, "I don't have to lie to you. My name is Gulner. If I lied to you, you can come to me. But this horse is mine now!"

Zuzuo smiled coldly: "It's yours."

Leaving these places where the Hu people lived, Zu Zhao and his party walked south.

A son was quite unconvinced and couldn't help muttering in front of Zu Zhao, "Sir, did Ma really give it to those scibles? Not to mention that it is impossible to determine whether they are the robbers of the horse team at present. Even if they are not, these aliens are all pests. Why do you need to take advantage of them?

Another son also said, "Yes, the eldest son, if you take this horse back, at least you can give Uncle Chen's family an explanation."

Zuzuo did not look back, and he replied calmly, "I just don't want to waste time. Uncle Chen's horse is a small matter. Whether he can avenge Uncle Chen and others is a big deal.

When everyone heard this, they felt that there was another reason, so they were no longer suspicious.

Out of the fruit forest, there is indeed a farmland in the south. The autumn harvest season is coming to an end. Looking around, all the fields are dry and desolate, leaving only holes in neatly arranged crops. Zu Zhao took the lead in jumping off the pier. Even in the drought, there were many cracks on the ground in addition to potholes. Crossing the field all the way to the opposite side of the road, he suddenly found some horses' hoof ancestors, accompanied by some dry blood stains.

"Big son, there are also blood drops in front of you."

"Uncle Chen's horse should have escaped all the way here from the southeast."

"But it's not right. The place of Balipu should be in the west. If you escape from Balipu, the traces of blood droplets should be in the opposite direction."

Several children made their own inferences, and it was a brand-new clue to put together.

"Follow the blood stains." Zu Zhao gave a decisive order.

Everyone accelerated their pace, and the two excited children explored the road in front of them and walked about 40 feet west along the path. The blood stains suddenly disappeared for a while. Fortunately, it wasn't long before the traces were found again. A small village soon appeared in front of him, and there was no blood or any other trace until near the village.

"The eldest son should be in this village."

"Azhong, take two people around from the other side and pay attention to the situation around you." Zu Zhao said.

The group divided into two roads, and Zu Zhao walked directly to the village. A Zhong took several brothers to follow Zu Zhao's instructions and made a detour from the outside to the east of the village. The village is not big, only thirteen or four families. Not only that, but several of them have been empty, and the doors and windows are dilapidated. Obviously, they have moved away for a long time. Although Lingzhi County has a large number of merchants, they can't stand natural and man-made disasters, and there are always some poor people who are desperate.

Zu Zhao walked through the potholed path in the village, and some villagers saw these outsiders from afar, all of whom were full of vigilance. Or treat each other angrily, or hide in the house early, or call others out to guard. After a while, a 40-year-old woodcutter appeared on his face, with a basket of wood behind him and a short axe at his waist.

"Who are you and what do you want to do!"

The woodcutter stopped ten steps in front of the stills and asked maliciously.

"Can there be horses in the village?" Zu Zhao asked. He looked around. Although most of the villagers hid behind the door in fear, some teenagers and adults came over, and everyone was indifferent.

In this sentence, the faces of the teenagers on the left and right have changed color. On the contrary, the woodcutter still maintained a serious look.

"Speak less nonsense and want horses to go to the horse market. How can we have horses here!"

"But feel free to look." Zu Zhao was aware of the strangeness, and he said coldly.

"I don't know where the wild baby came from, but he doesn't know the rules. Get out of here and don't bother our village. The woodcutter said angrily, and put one hand on the axe around his waist.

Seeing this, the other villagers around them received a hint, and their expressions were heavier. Some people even picked up stones, hoes and some branch sticks from nearby and put on a posture of waiting.

The children of the Zu family knew that breaking into strange villages and villages would cause trouble, but they were prepared to come, so they were naturally not afraid of trouble. The big guy reached out and pressed his sword at all, not afraid of these yellow-faced, thin and thin villagers.