Jiaohua

Chapter 243 Fighting with Swords

Li Xiao didn't speak, his expression was cold.

The wind was whimpering, and the road ahead had no light, and it was quiet.

The reason why he didn't leave through the palace gate, but chose this side was because he was wondering if he would meet someone pushing the coffin lid. He never thought that the intersection here is directly connected, and there is not even a door.

So, the man ran away?

Who is it?
And it was very possible that this person had already hidden there before they went in, so let's see what happened.

"You go back first," Li Xiao looked at the man who led the way, "I'll just wait here, after Li Dongyan returns, come and talk to me."

Since that person had hidden in the hall, there might be some clues left behind, he couldn't be so ignorant and let people deceive him.

"Huh?" The guiding man looked at him.

"Deaf?" Li Xiao said.

The man leading the way hurriedly bowed his head: "Yes, Xiaojun Wang, I'll go right away."

The guide turned around and left with a lantern in hand.

Li Xiao stood here, watching him leave coldly.

The light of the lantern moved slowly in the dark corridor, and the slightly hunched back of the man who led the way looked a little desolate in the dim light.

At this moment, Li Xiao paused, and suddenly called out: "Stop."

The man turned his head, looked at Li Xiao puzzled, and turned around with the lantern in his hand.

Following Li Xiao's gaze, the man looked at the ground ten feet in front of him.

The floor is paved with square bricks with square carved patterns, which are prone to sand accumulation, so although the wind is strong here, there is still a lot of dust.

The man looked at the messy sand and vaguely noticed something was wrong, so he raised the lantern in his hand a little.

When the light shines, the shadow shifts, and a row of very shallow footprints slightly emerges on the messy dust blown by the wind. If it is not for the shadow brought by the lantern in hand, it is really difficult to find.

This row of footprints does not seem to be the size of a woman, and it cannot be left by them, because they are against the wall and there are no footprints behind them.

He must have been walking and turning around.

Startled, the man first looked at the side hall not far in front of him, and then at Li Xiao.

Li Xiao drew out his saber, raised his foot and walked over there.

The two guards behind him also drew their knives slowly and followed behind him.

"Come out." Li Xiao said as he walked, his voice lowered.

Xia Zhaoyi hid in the side hall, frowning slightly, was discovered?

She didn't leave, she wanted to go back and have another look at Yu Kai, at least to find out what kind of poison Yu Kai had, that's why she hid here.

"Come out." Li Xiao said again, his voice getting closer.

Xia Zhaoyi didn't want to hide anymore, so he jumped off the beam and said to the outside, "Li Xiao."

The girl's voice was clear, loud, and powerful. It suddenly sounded in the deep side hall, with an empty echo.

Li Xiao and his subordinates were taken aback for a moment, then turned to look at the other side hall behind them.

Li Xiao quickly recalled the voice, and said angrily, "Ali?!"

It was her!

"Do you dare to come in?" The girl smiled.

Li Xiao looked at the door, frowned deeply, and clenched the knife in his hand.

He has dealt with this girl several times, she is scheming and skilled, so he might not be afraid of confronting her, but in the current situation, he has to be careful.

"Is there any other way in here?" Li Xiao asked.

The man leading the way shook his head: "No."

"Okay then," Li Xiao said, "Go get some lamp oil or wine, hurry up."

The leading man paused and nodded: "Yes."

"What are you taking? It doesn't take much effort," Xia Zhaoyi said, and walked out, "I'm just teasing, do you really think I'll believe you and dare to come in, or do you think I'm cowardly and will hide inside and dare not come out?"

The girl's small body was leaning over there, looking calm and composed, with a smile on her lips and eyes, looking at them with interest.

"Why are you everywhere!" Li Xiao said angrily, "Who are you?"

"I still want to ask you that," Xia Zhaoyi turned his expression back, and said, "Li Xiao, why are you everywhere?"

"Oh," Li Xiao nodded, "That's fine."

He has sent all his men and counselors these days, but he has not been able to find her. Now that she has come to her door, it is the best.

He raised the knife and stepped forward fiercely, and the big knife slashed at the top of the girl's skull as fast as possible, and it hit the stone wall with a "squeaky" sound. Fireworks.

The knife was quickly retracted, the blade was blown by the wind, and it was slashing backwards at a very fast speed.

Xia Zhaoyi dodged it with a short body, and when the blade slashed towards him again, she rolled to the other side, hit the ground with one hand, jumped up abruptly, flipped into the air and landed at an extreme angle, avoiding and an offensive.

Then she was about to walk quickly to the other side, completely distanced herself from Li Xiao, but there was a sudden sound of swords and swords clashing, piercing and sharp, and sparked again.

Xia Zhaoyi withdrew his momentum and looked back. At this time, he and Li Xiao had separated by more than two feet.

It was a black-clothed man who appeared suddenly, tall and slender, holding a long sword in his hand, and intercepted Li Xiao's offensive just now.

Li Xiao didn't expect a man to appear out of nowhere, he made his moves with murderous intentions, and he used all his strength in every move, and was able to withstand his offensive, and this man also contributed a lot.

Therefore, the two forces suddenly confronted each other, and he had no warning or preparedness.

"Master!"

The two guards behind him quickly rushed forward with their knives in hand, Li Xiao didn't talk nonsense, and started to attack.

The man in black keeps blocking his long sword without giving way, his shape and air are on the opposite side, the anode and the outside are not leaking, and his body is like a wandering bird.

"You go out first!" the man in black said, speaking to Xia Zhaoyi.

This voice was so familiar that Xia Zhaoyi couldn't remember where he heard it.

Li Xiao couldn't find any openings after a long time of attacking, so he said angrily, "Go away, you two, you will get in the way."

The two guards backed away, and one looked at the girl over there, and said, "Master, that girl."

"Go catch her!"

The two guards then rushed towards the girl.

Without them occupying space by his side, Li Xiao quickly let go of his posture, sweeping the plum blossoms with one stroke, opening and closing, with a domineering air.

The man in black didn't have the extra manpower to attack, and turned his attack into an offensive. The long sword was filled with inner strength, full of vigor, and it also opened and closed like a distant mountain and a wide river, and attacked by force.

At this moment, a scream was heard, and the arrow pierced through the air. The two guards who were looking for the girl who had disappeared without a trace reacted in a panic and turned around to avoid it.

The machine crossbow on the girl's wrist pointed at them and fired several more arrows.

The two guards quickly dodged, but the girl shot randomly, and one of the guards finally got an arrow in the shoulder.

Although the crossbow bolt was short, it was extremely powerful, almost piercing through his shoulder.

There were many noises from the front hall, and Li Dongyan brought people here.

Xia Zhaoyi didn't have many arrows left, so he raised his head and shouted to the man in black, "Go!"

　Thinking of an incident that happened last night, I still have lingering fears.It's like this, I haven't put my dog ​​in the room for several days, Tangtang sneaked in at some time last night, just when I wrote last night that there was movement over the coffin, a The dog's head suddenly poked out from the end of the bed.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)