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Chapter 318

Holding the sword in hand, Li Xia took another step forward and stepped on the fifth stone brick in front of the door.

His face looked tired.

Since moving to Dali for more than two months, the Qingfu army has not encountered too many casualties, as if everything is going well.

Few people have thought that this kind of success is the result of Li Xia's hard work.

He always kept in mind the saying in the Art of War that "if the husband has not fought, the temple counts the winner, and he must count more", and he buried his head in the map day and night, analyzing the situation and customizing the strategy.

How many variables will be encountered in each choice, and how to deal with various variables, all of which he has painstakingly deliberated over and over again.

But no matter how much you count, the most fearful thing is accidents.

In this chaotic world, everyone doesn't know which will come first, the accident or tomorrow.

"Ah." Duan Xingzhi whispered.

"Crack."

Three crossbow bolts shot.

The sound of breaking the wind has reached Li Xia.

In the blink of an eye, Li Xia swiped the long sword in his hand, knocking down a crossbow arrow.

"Ding!"

"Pfft, puff..."

There was still a crossbow arrow, which was shot fiercely into the leather between Li Xia's shawl and sleeve armor.

His arm went numb, and he heard a cry of pain at the same time.

Xu Tupiao was next to Li Xia, and was hit by an arrow in the shoulder blade, took two steps back and fell to the ground.

"Protect the county lieutenant..."

"Boom!" There was another loud bang.

Zheng Huiyuan sneered the moment she pressed the secret box, and slammed her head against the wall.

She used all her strength to hit her, and the whole room seemed to shake because of it.

Zheng Huiyuan's head was bleeding, and she fell to the ground and died.

Without words, without nostalgia, she died extremely decisively.

"Hui Niang..."

Duan Xingzhi opened his mouth, wanted to cry, wanted to howl, but couldn't.

Fear had overwhelmed his love for Zheng Huiyuan for several years. At this moment, he felt guilty, sad, but also grateful.

His heart ached so much, but he felt... at least she didn't have to suffer any more, so it was fine to let her think that she could be a pair of desperate couples.

The more important thing right now is to wait for Li Xia to die...

"Huiniang, why are you doing this? Why are you doing this?"

Duan Xingzhi murmured and turned to Li Xia.

He first saw the sword in Li Xia's hand, and thinking of how quickly the sword split the crossbow, he finally brewed tears and burst into tears.

I really didn't expect Li Xia to have such agility, but one arrow is enough.

Duan Xingzhi quickly glanced at the blood on his arm, lowered his head...

"Dog thief! You are so bold!" The surrounding soldiers of the Qingfu Army were furious, and they charged forward with their knives, pressing towards Duan Xingzhi.

"Stop." Li Xia shouted, "Leave him alive for now."

Having said that, he stepped forward with his sword in hand, and pierced Duan Xingzhi's thigh again, causing a stir.

"what!"

Amidst Duan Xingzhi's cry of pain, Li Xia stared into his eyes and said: "You guessed right, you are still useful, I will not kill you. But it will make you more painful than death, just take out the card talisman honestly, We have to go."

"Okay, okay...don't kill me, I really wasn't the messenger, Hui Niang is the love of my life, the love of my life, but she...I will take you away from Dali..."

Li Xia gradually felt dizzy.Shaking my head,

He turned his head and saw Xu Tupiao's lips turned white.

"There is poison in the arrow."

Li Xia murmured, leaned over and picked up the crossbow arrow he had dropped, and put it against Duan Xingzhi's neck.

"An antidote."

"I I I I..."

"If you don't give it, you will die." Li Xia handed it over.

Duan Xingzhi felt the icy crossbow bolts sticking to his skin, and his body couldn't help shivering.

He met Li Xia's eyes and felt that Li Xia really wanted to kill him.

Duan Xingzhi was terrified, and finally murmured: "No... There is no antidote... But it's really not me..."

"Then let's die together."

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Everything happened in a flash.

Li Xia entered the door, but after walking five steps, the crossbow arrow had already shot over.Gao Mingyue followed him before stepping into the threshold. Seeing that he was injured again, she was stunned for a while before she realized it.

She looked at Li Xia with tears in her eyes, only to see that he was holding the crossbow arrow in his hand, but he failed to pierce Duan Xingzhi's throat.

"Moon."

Gao Mingyue hurriedly stepped forward, wanting to help Li Xia, but saw him wave his hand, sit down on the ground, pull out the dagger at his waist, and cut open the skirt of the wound.

"I'll help you..." Gao Mingyue was already crying, and she stretched out her hand, but it was shaking violently.

The next moment, Asha came forward, took the dagger in Li Xia's hand, and dug out the arrow without hesitation.

"Cut...cut." Li Xia gritted his teeth, squeezed out a voice from between his teeth, and said, "The dagger...burned..."

Gao Mingyue cried so much that she hurriedly took out the torch and lit the bedding in the room.

"Wuuu... Auntie, you have to save him... You have to save him."

Asha did not speak, and burned in the fire with a dagger.

Some soldiers also took out their daggers, preparing to treat Xu Tupiao's wounds.

Li Xia's lips became paler, and he murmured: "Mingyue...leave Dali City as soon as possible...Duan Xingzhi is temporarily useful...can protect you...keep you...calm down, you have to calm down...ah!"

In the middle of Li Xia's words, Asha had already taken the red-hot dagger and cut off the flesh of Li Xia's wound without hesitation.

He was sweating profusely from the pain.

There was also Xu Tupiao's cry of pain in the room.

Li Xia passed away, only feeling dizzy in his head, and forced himself to say: "Mingyue, calm down..."

His eyelids sank, and he passed out.

~~
Hong Aliu was originally leading people to guard the gate of the general manager's mansion. Seeing that Li Xia didn't come out on time, he went to the main house to take a look, and couldn't help being startled.

Everyone surrounded Li Xia and was busy treating his injuries, and no one had time to pay attention to him.

Hong Aliu panicked, and turned his head again, only to see Yang Ben leaning against the wall, reaching out his hand to touch the three arrow holes on the wall, and then reaching out and pressing down on the hidden compartment.

"Don't press indiscriminately!" Hong Ah Liu was horrified, and quickly stopped.

"Don't worry, General Shi, this organ can only fire an arrow once."

Yang Ben murmured, and pressed down on his own.

"Ah." Hong Ah Liu jumped away, and he was relieved when he saw that he was really all right.

Yang Ben stared at the wall for a while, and suddenly removed a landscape painting on the wall.

There is a square iron bar on the wall with a small hole in it.

He searched, disassembled the scroll, and found another iron bar to insert into the hole, so the two iron bars formed a "ten" handle.

Yang Ben turned the nail vigorously, and amidst the sound, the door of the secret compartment was slowly opened.

Duan Xingzhi was surrounded by soldiers, seeing this scene, he opened his mouth, unable to speak.

Yang Ben glanced at him coldly, leaned over and took out a stack of letters and a card talisman from the hidden compartment.

He groped for a while, but couldn't find the expected antidote, so he couldn't help frowning, and walked towards Duan Xingzhi.

"What about the antidote?"

Duan Xingzhi turned his gaze to Zheng Huiyuan's body at Yang Ben's feet, and was stunned.

He didn't dare to answer, and said: "It is true that I set up the dark space here, but today's matter is really Hui Niang's own decision. I didn't know about it, and I didn't expect...she is so fierce."

Duan Xingzhi pointed to the card talisman in Yang Ben's hand, and said: "This card talisman is for Hui Niang to keep in a secret compartment. I asked her where she was, but she didn't tell me. I didn't know that Hui Niang was going to go until Captain Li came in." What are you doing, I even yelled to remind the county lieutenant."

Yang Ben said: "I think you are reminding Hui Niang to do something."

"Why doesn't the strong man believe me?"

Yang Ben picked up the crossbow arrows on the ground and said sharply, "Where's the antidote?"

"There is no antidote...really." Duan Xingzhi said, "Don't kill me, a strong man, I will take you out of Dali safely."

For Duan Xingzhi, as long as Li Xia died, A Shu knew what happened today and would never care about anything else.As long as you find another chance to escape, you can live.

Therefore, he is really willing to cooperate.

Whether he can survive is a gamble.

But Yang Ben sneered, and raised his crossbow to pierce it.

"What are you doing?!" Hong Aliu hurriedly hugged him.

Yang Ben said: "As long as he is also hit by the arrow, he will be able to come up with the antidote."

"There is really no antidote." Duan Xingzhi said: "This poison is condensed from the juice of the 'poisonous arrow tree', also known as the 'blood-sealed throat tree', and its poison is called 'falling to the ground seven times, eight times, nine times' '..."

"what for?"

"A poisoned person can only take seven steps to a high place, and only eight steps to a low place. The ninth step will definitely kill him. It is just ordinary poisonous juice, but the poison quenched on this arrow is condensed. I don't know. What kind of poison did the pharmacist add?"

Yang Ben said: "I don't believe it, I can gamble with your life."

Duan Xingzhi stared closely at Yang Ben, his eyes were full of sincerity and pleading, and said: "The strong man is not betting on my life, he is betting on all of your lives. Only I can take you away safely, trust me."

"General Shi, let me go, he has an antidote. In the worst case, we'll kill Dali..."

(End of this chapter)