The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

#525 - The spirit of chivalry

Feng Erniang on the tree was stunned by these words. Finally, a bandit beside her, no, it should be a little brother of the rebel army, gestured to her, asking her what to do. Only then did Feng Erniang regain her senses.

After that, she didn't waste any more words, untied the hard bow slung across her back, raised her hand and shot an arrow, hitting the bandit's lower leg.

The latter let out a cry of pain and fell to the ground.

The rebels on the tree cheered, followed by flattery such as the chief's might and the general's prowess, which were offered as if they were free.

Feng Erniang had watched Lu Jing's performance for a long time, so naturally she didn't want to lose face, so she quickly drew a second arrow.

This time, she aimed for the bandit's eye, originally wanting to imitate Lu Jing's previous killing technique of piercing the eye socket with a branch.

It could be regarded as… it could be regarded as a dream collaboration.

However, Feng Erniang overestimated her archery skills. After being hit by an arrow, the bandit naturally knew that there were people on the tree, so he would be extra vigilant against sneak attacks.

So her second arrow missed its target due to the bandit's desperate struggle.

Seeing this scene, the cheers that had been rising and falling couldn't help but stagnate, and Feng Erniang's cheeks also felt a little hot.

Especially when she saw Lu Jing pick up the scimitar stuck in the ground again, walk over, grab the bandit's hair, and gently slice his throat.

The movement was as clean and skillful as a butcher slaughtering a chicken.

And the bandit whose throat was slit fluttered a few times, and soon stopped moving.

Not only Feng Erniang, but all the rebels on the tree were also shocked.

Only one thought remained in their minds—what is the origin of this man?

Feng Erniang was, after all, a leader. After a brief moment of absent-mindedness, she stopped being coy and jumped directly from the tree.

Lu Jing was a little surprised when he first heard the movement, because the position of Feng Erniang and her group was quite high. Ordinary people would not dare to jump like this, which almost made Lu Jing think that Feng Erniang was a martial arts master.

As a result, he looked up and saw the rope behind her.

Okay, this group of people is taking the Tarzan route.

Feng Erniang played a bit of rappelling and landed steadily. Seeing that the leader had already set off, the rest of the people also came down from the tree one after another, but they still left a few on the tree to keep watch and observe the surrounding movements.

Lu Jing roughly scanned the people who came down from the tree and found that there were as many as twenty-seven people. Adding the ones on the tree, it was probably more than thirty people.

Moreover, except for Feng Erniang, they all looked very strong and wore armor, although it was a mixed bag. As for Feng Erniang… although she was not as strong as her subordinates, she was a 'Kim Kong Barbie' in Lu Jing's previous life.

Not to mention that she was carrying a hard bow on her back, estimated to be over two 'shi'. For a woman, this arm strength was really remarkable.

Lu Jing nodded to Feng Erniang, "Thank you, General, for your help just now."

Feng Erniang was overjoyed to hear Lu Jing call her General instead of Miss, and at the same time felt that this scholar was interesting, completely different from the pedantic scholars she had seen before.

Although his body still looked weak and frail, there was a chivalrous air between his eyebrows, which made Feng Erniang like him more and more.

After Lu Jing thanked her, he wiped the blood stains on the scimitar with the corner of his clothes, and walked towards a war horse with the knife.

But halfway there, he remembered something, turned back, and began to strip off the clothes from a bandit.

Seeing this, Feng Erniang's spirits were lifted again, thinking that she was familiar with this business, but she didn't expect Lu Jing, with his thick eyebrows and big eyes, to be a colleague.

Without saying a word, she went up to help Lu Jing, pointing out what was valuable while stripping, and finally asked, "Now that there is chaos everywhere, do you have a way to sell these things? If not, I can introduce you to one."

Lu Jing shook his head, "I'm not going to sell them, I'm going to wear them myself."

"Ah?" Feng Erniang made a blunder and was a little embarrassed, but then she remembered something, looked Lu Jing up and down again, and then said, "I see that you were quite fierce in the fight just now, but your body is average. Wearing armor… although it can bring you protection, it will also greatly affect your movements, which may not be a good thing for you."

After a pause, she added, "Moreover, there are still many rebels everywhere. If you wear this and run away, if other rebels run into you, they might think you are a bandit and kill you."

"Thank you, General, for reminding me, but I don't plan to run away," Lu Jing said.

"If you don't run away, where are you going?" Feng Erniang asked curiously.

"Go back, I have a companion. When the city was broken before, there was chaos, and many people were fleeing in all directions, which also separated me from her."

Perhaps because of a woman's unique intuition, Feng Erniang quickly heard the key point from Lu Jing's words, "Companion? Is it a woman?"

"That's right, it's a woman I've liked for a long time," Lu Jing simply admitted.

Feng Erniang's heart was complicated. On the one hand, this news made her, who was full of expectations that she could spark something with this fair-faced scholar, very disappointed, but in addition to disappointment, she admired Lu Jing even more.

After all, in this era, both men and women pay attention to being reserved. Even if it is true love, they cannot say it out loud, but Lu Jing, a scholar, is not pretentious at all, and said it so generously. Not only Feng Erniang, but even the other men nearby were amazed.

Feng Erniang was not in a hurry to answer Lu Jing's question, but sighed first, "We always laugh at scholars for being timid, saying that scholars are useless. It wasn't until I ran into you today that I realized that there are scholars in this world who are so brave."

"It's not easy to escape from the tiger's den. Most people run as far as possible. I didn't expect that there are people who dare to turn back."

"There are always some things in this world that are more terrifying than death, such as the Minotaur," Lu Jing said, "Besides, I can't die."

Feng Erniang didn't know what a Minotaur was, but even a daring person like Lu Jing turned pale when talking about it, so it must be a very terrifying thing.

Then Feng Erniang hesitated for a moment, but suddenly gritted her teeth and said, "Then I'll go with you to rescue people. More people can share the burden. Otherwise, if you encounter the previous situation again, what will you do without a forest?"