Jiangbei female bandits
Chapter 13: The Way to Save People
Chapter 13: The Way to Save People
On the second day, Chen Nian woke up in Feng Junyang's arms.The two of them were sleeping on the grass, and the bonfire next to them had been burned out, leaving only a few dark red ashes.Feng Junyang was still asleep, she got up in a daze, looked around, and saw that there was only her and Feng Junyang here, and the man and woman had disappeared.Everything that happened last night was like a dream she had, and it was gone when she woke up.
"Could it be that I met a ghost in the mountains?" She shook her still dizzy head and murmured, "Why don't there be any traces left? Only the two of us are left."
Feng Junyang also woke up, sat up and stared blankly for a moment, smiled faintly, and said softly: "Let's assume it is, maybe I met a couple of gods and immortals."
It was getting late, and the two of them were busy tidying themselves up, and rode their horses down the beam.According to the plan agreed in advance, the chariots and horses of Qingfengzhai will rest overnight at the foot of Zhaobi Mountain in the north, and pass through Feilongxing to enter Beitaihang early the next morning.Chen Nian looked up at the sun, guessing that the brigade had already arrived at Feilongxing, so he said to Feng Junyang: "At noon, there will be Qingzhou soldiers patrolling Feilongxing, we will wait for them to pass before leaving Feilongxing. North Taihang, the mountain road is very difficult to walk, Li Junming has cars and horses, so he will definitely not be able to go fast, we will be able to catch up after a little bit of chasing."
Feng Junyang said: "You grew up in this mountain, and I will follow your arrangement."
The two of them were not in a hurry, and walked slowly north along the narrow path in the mountains.When we arrived at the foot of Zhaobi Mountain, we saw the traces of the troops staying. Chen Nian carefully looked at the remaining ashes of the fire, and said with a smile: "Brother Li is really cautious, and he put out the fire early. It seems that he did not even have breakfast. If there is no fire, let everyone go on the road."
Because Feilongxing is the traffic channel connecting Qingzhou and Jizhou, soldiers from the two places often pass by. Qingzhou also specially sent soldiers to patrol along Feilongxing every day, so the closer to Feilongxing, the more dangerous it is.Li Junming was afraid that he also wanted to pass through Feilongxing earlier, so he hurriedly urged everyone to hurry, passing through Feilongxing and entering Beitaihang before dawn.
The two of them took a rest at the foot of the mountain, and Chen Nian took the horse to the stream to drink the water, but when he was about to get on the horse and move forward, he saw someone running from the direction of Feilongxing in the distance.She felt strange, but when she looked closely, she saw that the man was Qiu San who was walking with the brigade.
After a while, Qiu San was in front of him, but before he got close, there was a bloody aura rushing toward his face.Seeing Chen Nian and Feng Junyang, Qiu San also saw Chen Nian and Feng Junyang, and his face was filled with sorrow and joy, he rushed over, crying, "Miss Xie, there are officers and soldiers, there are many officers and soldiers, kill everyone!" Already!"
Chen Nian's complexion changed, and he picked up Qiu San who was lying at his feet, and asked anxiously, "What did you say? Where are the officers and soldiers? What's going on?"
Qiu San was panting and crying, and panicked in his heart, he was speechless for a while and couldn't answer.Seeing this situation, Chen Nian felt even more anxious, and said angrily, "You really said it!"
Feng Junyang hurriedly stepped forward and told Chen Nian to let go of Qiu San, and handed him the water bag, and said in a deep voice, "Take a sip of water first, and speak slowly."
Qiu San gulped down half a bag of water before he calmed down a bit, but his body trembled faintly, and he said in a trembling voice: "Master Li was afraid that Feilong Xing would not be safe, so he told everyone to pack up and set off before dawn this morning. , thinking that it would be safe to pass Feilong Xing as soon as possible. Who knows that I encountered an ambush by officers and soldiers in Feilong Xing."
Because the entrance to the south Taihang Valley and the canyon to the North Taihang Valley are not in a straight line, it is necessary to walk about two miles in Feilongxing.Ordinarily, Li Junming also acted cautiously, so he specially sent spies into Xingnei to inquire first, and only after seeing that Xingnei was safe did he ask the rear brigade to leave Taniguchi and enter Xingnei.At the beginning, a group of people walked quietly, but it was fine, but when they were about to enter the canyon leading to the North Taihang, a group of Jizhou officers and soldiers appeared before and after.
Li Junming hurriedly asked the two hundred guards to protect the old, young, women and children in the middle, and tried his best to lead everyone into the North Taihang, who knew that there were also archers ambushing on the mountain walls on both sides of the road, and the sharp arrows were like rain When it fell, most of the soldiers and horses in Qingfengzhai were shot and killed, and the rest of them died tragically under the swords of the officers and soldiers, leaving only the old, young, women and children in the middle.Unexpectedly, those officers and soldiers would not let go of these people, they would cut them down as soon as they caught them with their knives, except for some young women, they would not even let go of young children.
Qiu San's survival was all due to luck.He had been sitting in Aunt Yan's and the others' cart, and because his glib tongue didn't please everyone, the women planned to play tricks on him, and when they were about to enter Feilongxing, they deliberately sent him to fetch water from a distance, thinking Let him chase the wagon.Unexpectedly, it was such an unintentional joke that saved Qiu Sanyi's life. When he drew water and chased him to Taniguchi, the guards in the village had already started fighting with the officers and soldiers.
He was timid and quick-witted, so he immediately retreated into the valley in fright, and didn't dare to move until the officers and soldiers escorted the living people to the east.Qiu San cried while talking, with tears and snot all over his face, crying: "They're all dead, they're all dead! Aunt Yan, Sister-in-law Ma...the old people and children were not spared, and hundreds of people were killed! Officers and soldiers can kill them!" There's blood everywhere, it's like hell on earth."
Chen Nian's eyes were red, but his pupils were on fire, his hands were tightly clenched into fists by his sides, his whole body was trembling faintly, and he asked in a hissing voice, "You didn't let the child go?"
"No, no." Qiu San cried and shook his head, his legs were so weak that he couldn't support his body, so he could only sit slumped on the ground.He is not a good person, he just steals chickens and dogs to make a living, but he has never done anything diabolical, and he has never seen such a scene of killing people like chopping vegetables and cutting melons.
Before going to Qingfeng Village, he thought in his heart that these bandits were extremely vicious people.But when I really entered the stockade, I found that everyone was just ordinary people who were forced to get along by life, and they would talk to him with a smile, and would call him brothers and sisters.Those with families worry about keeping their wives and children fed and clothed, while those who are single dream of marrying a wife one day.
Since hundreds of years ago, Qingfeng Village has been based on the word "righteousness". The village has its own industry and can support most of the people.Occasionally rob a passing caravan, but it is just to leave some money to buy roads, so it doesn't hurt people's lives easily.Sometimes when I meet the poor people, they will even give some dry food in the village.These people are said to be bandits, but in fact they are just poor people living in the mountains!
But such a group of unarmed old and weak women and children died tragically under the swords of officers and soldiers.Chen Nian gritted his teeth with a livid face and walked towards the mount without saying a word.Feng Junyang hurriedly grabbed her from behind, and said anxiously: "Chen Nian, calm down!"
Holding back tears, Chen Nian turned his head to look at him, and asked him in a hoarse voice: "Those were all people around me, real people, I called them aunt and mother-in-law. They watched me grow up. The foster father is not around. Sometimes, they will give me food when I am hungry, and they will sleep on the kang at home when I am afraid at night. There are also those sisters who grew up with me since childhood, and Xiao Liu, who are still in the hands of officers and soldiers Life and death are unpredictable, how can you tell me to calm down?"
Feng Junyang looked at her calmly, and said, "It's because of this that you should be more calm. You went to save them, not to die."
Chen Nian's nasal cavity was sore, Feng Junyang had already hugged her into his arms, patted her on the back gently with his hand, and said softly: "Cry, since you feel uncomfortable in your heart, you can have a good cry. After crying, let's go again." Think carefully about how to save people. Chen Nian, remember, the more urgent things are, the more calm you need to be."
Chen Nian's back was still straight: "I won't cry, it's useless!" She heard Qiu San's crying behind her, turned around to look at him who was still slumped on the ground, and said coldly, "Don't cry!" Rise up and wipe away your tears!"
Qiu San hurriedly got up, and wiped his face with his sleeves indiscriminately: "I won't cry, I will obey your orders!"
Chen Nian frowned and asked him, "Can you ride a horse?"
Qiu San hurriedly nodded and said, "I will!"
"That's good!" Chen Nian handed over the reins of the mount to him, and explained to him word by word, "You ride back to the stockade and tell the boss exactly what you saw and heard, please He quickly sent people to rescue them. I will chase them first and leave a mark on the road. Go! Go! Don’t stop on the road, and we must pass the news back to the village as soon as possible!"
Qiu San hurriedly climbed on the horse's back, turned the horse's head and rushed towards Qingfengzhai.
Chen Nian turned back to look at Feng Junyang, but for a moment he didn't know how to deal with him.He lost all his martial arts, and with such an identity, he couldn't go to rescue people with her.But it would be very dangerous to leave him alone in this mountain.
"A Ce, I..." She opened her mouth, but she didn't know how to continue.
"Chen Nian, have you ever thought that this matter is too coincidental?" Feng Junyang asked suddenly, his face was calm and his voice was as calm and calm as ever, "How could the Jizhou army be ambushed there by such a coincidence?"
Chen Nian pursed his lips and remained silent for a moment: "I understand what you mean, but right now I have no other choice."
It's not that she didn't see that there was a big problem with this matter. The Jizhou army ambushed so accurately, as if they had known the plan of Qingfengzhai a long time ago and waited here in advance.Even though Li Junming had been on guard in every possible way, he still couldn't escape the fate of death.Even if Qiu San survived, who knows if the other party deliberately let him go back to report?
Feng Junyang glanced at her, and said lightly: "Perhaps, this 'Jizhou' army is not from Jizhou."
Chen Nian looked up at him abruptly, and asked, "How do you say that? You mean that the Jizhou Army was pretended by someone else?"
Feng Junyang nodded slightly, and said: "Xue Shengying's troops are still in the south of Qingfengzhai. Is it possible that he has to deliberately separate a group of troops to guard Feilong Xing? If it is said that he intends to sneak attack from the north and attack Qingfengzhai from both sides, But these troops are too few. Maybe it's not him, or even the Jizhou Army..."
The officers and soldiers in Feilongxing are not from Jizhou, where else could they be from?Chen Nian heard what he meant and asked, "You mean these officers and soldiers are from Qingzhou?"
"Not necessarily impossible." Feng Junyang replied slowly.
Chen Nian thought about it but found it impossible: "No, since Zhang Kuisu killed Xue Zhi for Yang Chengcai, the two of them have already formed an alliance, why did Yang Cheng come to kill the family members in the village?"
Feng Junyang smiled coldly and said: "Killing the family members in the village and then blaming Jizhou, wouldn't it deepen the hatred between Qingfengzhai and Jizhou? Before, there might be people in Qingfengzhai who wanted to avoid Xue Shengying's limelight After this incident, I am afraid that no one will think so again." He paused while speaking, with some disdain and mockery on his brows, "Maybe, this is just Zhang Kuisu and Yang Another collaboration!"
"Impossible!" Chen Nian immediately denied loudly.
Feng Junyang asked her: "Why? If someone hadn't given the other party the information in advance, how could it be so accurate?"
"There are traitors in the village, but it can't be Zhang Kuisu!" Chen Nian lowered his head, his voice suddenly a little hoarse, "Because his mother, wife and children are in the team, if Qiu San hadn't lied just now, they would I'm afraid it's more ominous than good."
Feng Junyang didn't know this, and he couldn't help but fell silent when he heard the words. After a while, he said to Chen Nian: "Chen Nian, you can't just chase after him like this, it's too dangerous. Can you wait for me for a day?" See Chen Nian was puzzled, and he explained again, "I have already sent a letter to Shunping, if it doesn't happen as expected, he will arrive by tomorrow at the latest. I will definitely try to help you save people by then."
Shunping would understand his situation when he heard the words he sent, and he would definitely bring experts to find him.
After Feng Junyang finished speaking, he glanced at Chen Nian, afraid that she would be displeased by his concealment, but Chen Nian said: "This is just right, since your people will arrive soon, I am relieved. You stay Find a place to hide here waiting for your men, and I will save them."
Feng Junyang wanted to stop her, but he didn't think she would say such a thing.Seeing that she turned around and was about to leave, he felt anxious, grabbed her arm, and changed his expression: "You can't go!"
Chen Nian said nothing, but looked at him stubbornly.
He unconsciously pursed the corners of his mouth, suppressing the anxiety in his heart, and said in a cold voice: "Chen Nian, if we change our identities today, can you tolerate me leaving you here alone to die?"
"I won't die, I will play by ear." Chen Nian argued.
Feng Junyang refused to let go: "I don't care if you play it by ear or not, I just ask you, if it were you, would you allow me to leave you to die?"
"I won't die! You also heard from Qiu San that they don't kill young women."
Although Feng Junyang's face was still calm, his voice trembled a little, and his eyes showed uncontrollable anger: "Xie Chennian, do you know why they don't kill young women? Do you know that such weak women fall into the hands of soldiers and bandits?" What will happen to Li?"
Chen Nian couldn't answer, she knew very well why those officers and soldiers killed all the others and left those young women alone.The circles of her eyes turned red again, tears were rolling inside, almost biting her lips to bleed, then she avoided his gaze and said in a harsh voice: "I know, I know. But it's because of this, so I have to go now. Even if I can't save them, even, even... I can help them die cleanly, it's better than dying after being humiliated."
However, his hand was still tightly grasped, and no matter what she said, he refused to let go, and finally said in a deep voice: "I will go with you. If you insist on going, then I will go with you."
Chen Nian said nothing, just lowered his head and snapped his fingers one by one.
"I like you." He suddenly said softly, "Chen Nian, I like you, so I don't want you to go."
Chen Nian's heart was shocked, and the tears that he had endured for a long time flowed down.She stood silently, raised her eyes to look at him, stared into his eyes and said in a hoarse voice: "Feng Junyang, if I have failed you, just pretend you never knew me." After she finished speaking, she quickly stretched out her hand Going to seal Jun Yang's pulse door, he let go of his internal force, finally forcing him to let go.
Feng Junyang stared at her blankly for a moment, then slowly lowered his arms, instead of doing useless obstructions, he just lowered his eyes and said indifferently, "Let's go."
Chen Nian hardened his heart, he didn't dare to look at him again, he turned around and ran towards Fei Longxing with a breath of true energy and performed lightness kung fu.
This place is only more than ten miles away from Feilongxing on the mountain road, although Chen Nian's kung fu is not very good, the foot strength that he has practiced in the mountains since childhood is very good, before noon, he has already arrived at the mouth of the valley.
As soon as he entered Feilongxing, the smell of blood suddenly became stronger.Chen Nian stabilized his mind, abandoned the flat avenue, turned around and jumped up the difficult mountain wall beside him.After walking another half mile, we arrived at the place where the men and horses of Qingfeng Village were ambushed.The corpses of all the people in Qingfengzhai had been pushed into the deep ditch beside the road, piled up in a disorderly manner, and the bottom of the ditch was soaked in mud from the blood that flowed out.
There was deathly silence all around, not even a bird song could be heard.She dragged the thorns on the slope to the bottom of the ditch, rummaged through the pile of corpses for a long time, and finally stopped in a daze, the little hope in her heart was completely extinguished.There were no survivors, not a single one. Those men, women, old and children who used to live beside her, talking and laughing, had now become these hundreds of dead bodies at the bottom of the ditch.
Her lips were bitten off at some point, and a smell of fishy sweetness filled her mouth, mixed with the bloody smell outside, making people feel dazed for a while, unable to tell whose blood it was.Aunt Yan's eyes were still wide open and she was looking at the sky. She reached out tremblingly and tried to touch those eyes, but fresh blood stains were left on the already blood-stained face.
Chen Nian was a little dazed, staring blankly at her palm pierced by thorns. People say that the fingers are connected to the heart, but why can't she even feel the pain?Aunt Yan beside her still refused to close her eyelids, Chen Nian finally gave up, took out a handkerchief from her bosom, carefully wiped her face clean, stood up, turned and left resolutely.
I'm sorry, she can't let them rest in peace now, because she has more important things to do now, she has to save Xiaoliu, save those sisters who were captured by officers and soldiers.
Judging from the traces left on the mountain road, those officers and soldiers had indeed gone east.Chen Nian carefully looked at the car marks and horseshoe prints, roughly estimated the number of people on the other side, left the unique contact code of Qingfeng Village on the conspicuous rock, and chased in the direction where the officers and soldiers left.
If it is a martial arts master with excellent lightness kungfu, the speed of galloping can naturally catch up with a horse.But Chennian is still young, and she is not considered diligent in practicing martial arts on weekdays. Apart from being forced by Mu Zhanyue to develop the habit of getting up and punching in the morning, her internal strength cultivation is very limited, so when she catches up with those officers and soldiers , the sun is near sunset.
Xu Shi expected that they would not be able to walk out of Feilongxing before dark, so the officers and soldiers simply found a wide place to shelter from the wind and camped early.Chen Nian thought about it for a while, and under the cover of twilight, he quietly climbed into the rocks on the high cliff slope, hid his body and poked his head out to look down secretly.
Twenty or thirty bonfires were lit at the bottom of the slope, and each fire was surrounded by soldiers, making a lot of noise, and there were more than a thousand people.Beside a fire pile closer to the bottom of the slope, there were dozens of women huddled together. It was the women of Qingfengzhai who were taken away by these Jizhou soldiers.
With so many officers and soldiers, and she was the only one at the moment, if she wanted to rescue all these women safely, it would be as difficult as going to heaven!
Chen Nian was in such a hurry that he couldn't do anything, when he suddenly noticed something strange behind him, and before she could react, the cold and sharp blade had already pressed against her neck.Her body stiffened instinctively, and she didn't dare to move at will.Then I heard a deep and blunt male voice asking from behind: "Who are you?"
After a long time, cold sweat broke out on her back, she swallowed dryly, and said in a hoarse voice, "A passerby."
"People passing by?" The man leaned close to her, looked at her with his face tilted, and asked a little slowly, "People passing by don't walk, what are they doing hiding here?"
Chen Nian was very keen to find that his speech seemed a little jerky, and his accent even had a bit of northern accent. After thinking about it for a while, he replied: "Friends from the north, you have also seen the following situation. I am a single When a woman walks, she naturally doesn't dare to disturb those soldiers, so she can only sneak around here."
"The truth." The man pressed the blade on Chen Nian's neck again, "I want the truth."
Chen Nian guessed that this person was not the same as the officers and soldiers below, rolled his eyes and replied tremblingly: "Okay, I'm telling the truth. Have you seen the women caught by the officers and soldiers below? I am their companion , I escaped by luck for a while, and couldn't bear to leave everyone alone and escape alone, so I followed them secretly to see if I could find a chance to rescue them."
This answer was obviously more satisfying to the man than the previous one, the knife in his hand loosened a lot, and he asked Chen Nian again: "Are you from Qingfeng Village?"
Chen Nian thought that he was hiding so secretly, but he could find that he was silently touching behind her. Apart from his strong martial arts, it is very likely that he followed him all the way behind.In this case, there is no need for her to hide her identity.Thinking of this, he simply nodded and said: "That's right, we are all family members of Qingfeng Village."
She was afraid of offending the man behind her, so she didn't dare to turn around casually, she only saw him nodding slowly out of the corner of her eye, and heard him ask in a low voice: "Then do you know Xie Chennian?"
Chen Nian was stunned, he didn't know why this person would ask him, and he couldn't tell whether he was an enemy or a friend, and he didn't know how to answer for a while.When she hesitated like this, the man impatiently tapped her shoulder lightly with the back of his knife: "Answer."
Chen Nian licked his lips nervously, and replied, "I know."
"Where is she?" the man asked again.
Chen Nian raised his hand to point to Xiao Liu who was huddled in the crowd, and replied: "It's right below, the one in the crowd wearing the moon-white shirt."
The man gave a soft "oh", put back the knife that was pressing on Chen Nian's neck, and seemed to be talking to himself, "Why is she born so delicate, isn't she a wild girl?"
Chen Nian was sweating secretly, and secretly turned his head to look at the person behind him, he couldn't see the man's face clearly in the night, only saw that he was very tall, more than a head taller than her.The knife in his hand was also very strange, it was much shorter than the usual knife, and the blade was bent into a half-moon shape, somewhat like Beimo's scimitar, but it was not as bright and delicate as the scimitar, it was black and lacquered. There was a faint chill.
Seeing Chen Nian looking at his weapon, the man glanced at her indifferently, inserted the strange knife in his hand into the scabbard at the side of his waist, turned around and was about to go down the slope.
Chen Nian was startled, afraid that he would alert the officers and soldiers below, and it would be difficult to save people then.Not knowing where the courage came from, she reached out and grabbed his sleeve without thinking, and asked in a low voice, "What are you doing?"
The man replied naturally: "Save people."
"Going on like this to save people?" Chen Nian was so shocked that he almost stomped his feet in anxiety, "No matter how good your martial arts are, how can you save so many people by yourself. Just wait a moment, let me think of a way!"
"Let go." The man looked at her hand that was still clutching his sleeve, and said casually, "It's just to save someone, so what else can I do!"
Chen Nian was taken aback: "One? Just save Xie Chennian? What about the rest?"
The man gave her a strange look and said, "What do the others have to do with me?"
Chen Nian never expected that he would say such cruel and ruthless words in a natural tone, and he almost fell on his back in anger for a moment.She felt that she was no match for this man, so she could only suppress her temper, and asked him in a swallowed voice: "Who are you? Why did you save Xie Chennian?"
The man asked strangely, "Why should I tell you?"
Chen Nian could see that this person had a unique way of thinking, and he couldn't tell the reason with him, so although he was very surprised why he came to save him, he stopped talking nonsense, and only thought quickly how to impress him, so that He can use it for himself.Based on what he said just now, she absolutely cannot admit that she is Xie Chennian now, otherwise he might just take her away and save her from going down to save others.
This man was obviously not a curious person, seeing that Chen Nian didn't speak, he didn't ask any more questions, just turned around and left.Seeing this, Chen Nian hurriedly said in a low voice: "If you are willing to help me, I will also help you save people."
The man refused: "Thanks, no need."
Chen Nian suddenly lied to him: "Without my help, you will definitely not be able to save people, at least not the living ones."
When she said this, the man stopped and turned to look at her.Chennian gritted his teeth, deceiving him that he might be from the north and was not familiar with the affairs of Qinghai and Hebei, and said deceitfully and intimidatingly: "Do you know where these officers and soldiers are from? Why did you arrest Xie Chennian and the others? After arresting them Where are you going to take it?"
The man was really fooled and asked, "Why?"
Chen Nian thought to herself that "why" would have to wait for her to make it up now.Her thoughts turned very quickly, and in the blink of an eye, she was on the verge of procrastinating, "It's not convenient to talk here, you and I should find a hidden place first, and I'll explain it to you in detail, otherwise you'll be dead." Recklessly going to save people like this, even if your martial arts are world-class, I'm afraid not only you won't be able to rescue Xie Chennian, but you may even cause her to lose her life."
As she spoke, she retreated behind a huge rock and waved to the man: "Come here, don't teach the people below to see it."
The man seemed to hesitate for a moment, but he followed her slowly to the back of the rock.Chen Nian secretly heaved a sigh of relief, people in his heart said that people from the North were easy to deceive because of their promises, and it turned out to be true.It's just that she doesn't know why this person came to save her. She must not know this person, so the rest can only be that he was entrusted by others.
Feng Junyang said that his people would not arrive until tomorrow, so they should not be from Yunxi, let alone Feng Junyang's subordinates, they should be as honest and dull as Zheng Lun, and they would never be like this person Also out of tune.
Could it be that his adoptive father asked him to come here?A light flashed in Chen Nian's mind, and he suddenly remembered that Ye Xiaoqi once said that he had seen his adoptive father with a bearded foreign man, could it be this person?In this way, the figure of this person looks like a foreigner in the north, but it is dark now, and he can't see what this person looks like, no matter how he looks, he doesn't have a beard.
In such a short period of time, the man became a little impatient, and asked in his not-fluent Chinese: "What do you want to say? Say it!"
Chen Nian suddenly asked: "But Mu Zhanyue, Lord Mu, asked Your Excellency to come and save people?"
The man was slightly startled, thought for a while, and then said: "It's sort of."
Chen Nian didn't have any hope at all, but she couldn't help but feel overjoyed when she heard his answer like this, she almost blurted out "Where is foster father now", but when she got to the point of speaking, she forcibly held back, suppressed the joy in her heart, and opened her mouth to speak nonsense: " This is not an outsider! My name is Wen Ruoliu, and I am a good friend who has nothing to say with Chen Nian, and I am also very familiar with Mu Ye. I don’t know how to call you, but with your help, today’s matter will be easy.”
The man was not moved at all, just looked at her with his arms in his arms, and said directly: "The only one I want to save is Xie Chennian, I won't help you save others, even if you date me, it's useless."
But Chen Nian replied seriously: "What we have to discuss is how to save Xie Chen Nian! Do you know that these officers and soldiers are actually here just for her? The rest of them are just helpers! You rush down to save people like this, don't you?" They will find out when I get close. I secretly listened to their conversation, saying that Shangguan has explained that if something happens, Xie Chennian will be killed first, and she must not be allowed to fall into the hands of others alive!"
The man heard it strangely, and couldn't help asking: "Why is this?"
Chen Nian was waiting for him to ask, only if he was curious could he be hooked.She already had a set of rhetoric in her belly, and said in a low voice with half truth and half lie: "This story is complicated, let me tell you a few words. You don't look like our locals, but I heard that there have been changes in Jizhou recently. ?”
The man nodded and said: "The two brothers of the Xue family fell out."
Chen Nian hurriedly flattered: "Unexpectedly, Xiongtai also knows, admires, admires."
The man thought to himself: Everyone in the world will soon know about this, what is there to admire.But being admired is always a good thing, so I didn't say anything, just waiting for Chen Nian's next words.
Chen Nian went on to say: "Since Xiongtai is Mu Ye's friend, you should know that Xue Zhi in Jizhou was killed by Mu Ye himself. The Xue family brothers in Jizhou couldn't find Mu Ye. You said that the Jizhou army arrested Mu Ye What does the righteous girl do?"
The man couldn't help but follow her inspiration, and soon he walked into her trap and asked, "You mean they want to catch Qiu Mulingyue?"
He spoke the next few words very fast, and his pronunciation was a little weird. Chen Nian couldn't hear clearly for a while, and asked subconsciously: "What?"
"It's nothing." The man said quickly, paused for a while, and then said, "Don't talk around in circles, just say that you heard what they said?"
Chen Nian didn't bother to ponder over the words he said just now, and hurriedly replied: "I heard that they want to use Chen Nian as bait to lure Master Mu, and they also said that once Master Mu is attracted, You have to kill Chen Nian immediately to avoid future troubles. So, if you rush down like this, they don't know what Master Mu looks like, they will only regard you as Master Mu, and then kill Chen Nian immediately."
The man was silent after hearing this, and Chen Nian said persistently: "Why don't I think of a way to help you rescue Chen Nian."
"What way?" the man asked.
Chen Nian didn't answer what the solution was, but said: "I have a solution, but I can't give it to you for nothing. I helped you, so it's only fair that you have to help me."
The man somewhat guessed Chen Nian's request, and said: "There are too many people below, I can't kill them all at once, at most I can help you pick out one more person."
Chen Nian thought to himself that this person really deserves to be acquainted with his adoptive father, even his temperament is so similar, he is the kind of master who blocks people from killing Buddhas and Buddhas, and never turns around.She hurriedly said: "I don't need you to save people, I just want you to arrest them. I see that your martial arts skills are very strong, so why don't you catch the leader of the bandit and force them to release him when he is not prepared."
Although the man's words were not good, he was not too stupid, and said: "If I go out like this, won't I be regarded as your Mu Ye? Xie Chennian can't keep it either. If you want to coax me, I won't be fooled by you .”
Chen Nian was already prepared, and he heard the words and said: "I just said, there is a way to rescue Chen Nian first. In exchange, you help me catch the thieves of the officers and soldiers below, how about it?"
The man didn't say a word, he just tilted his head and looked at Chen Nian, as if he was thinking about whether the deal was worth it or not.
Seeing that the officers and soldiers below had already had dinner, many of them turned their attention to the girls in Qingfeng Village, some even began to laugh loudly, Chen Nian couldn't help feeling very anxious, and asked: "Is it possible?"
The man thought for a while, and finally nodded, "Since you insist on this, I agree, but when the time comes, I will only take Xie Chennian away, I don't care if you and your companions can escape."
Chen Nian hurriedly said: "Okay. However, you have to let me see your martial arts level first, so I can decide what method to use to catch the thief leader, whether to outsmart or forcefully attack—"
Before she finished speaking, she didn't know when the man quietly pulled out the strange knife from her waist again. Chen Nian felt a chill in front of her face, and before she could dodge, the blade was already rubbing against her cheeks. The face was scratched, and the man asked her: "How?"
The bangs on Chen Nian's forehead were cut off a lot by the knife, and the fine strands of hair fell all over her face. In the past, she would have been so angry that she would have scolded her mother, but now she felt happy in her heart, and praised: "Good knife skills!"
The man snorted softly and said, "What can you do to rescue Xie Chennian first? Tell me quickly."
Chen Nian already had a plan, and he was not in a hurry to tell the plan but asked his name first.
"Bu Liugu..." The man stopped after speaking a strange syllable. After thinking about it, he changed his words, "Lu Xiao, my name is Lu Xiao."
Chen Nian guessed that the name he reported should be a fake name, but he didn't expose it at this moment. He only forced him to swear that he must keep his word, and then he said unhurriedly: "I have no way to contact Xiao... Chen Nian, you first Wait, just follow my command when the time comes!"
Lu Xiao agreed suspiciously, and Chen Nian took him to sneak down the slope for a while, pointing to a big rock not far away that was as tall as half a person and said, "Go there and wait a while..." She Carefully explained the subsequent arrangements to the person, and then warned, "You must move quickly! You can't teach people to notice."
Lu Xiao was obviously a little reluctant to listen to Chen Nian's command, but since he agreed just now, he couldn't say anything more, so he just nodded and hid behind a rock beside him.His figure was extremely low, and he walked quietly, like a black panther blending into the night, disappearing into the mountains, rocks and bushes in the blink of an eye.
Chen Nian let go of his heart again, secretly thinking that the sky will not kill her, this person is simply sent by the heavens to help her save people, he has good sword skills, nimble skills, and most importantly, he is easy to deceive.
Concentrating on her concentration, she took off all the reflective accessories on her body, wove a straw hat out of soft branches and weeds and put it on her head, and quietly dived down the slope.She didn't stop silently until she was less than twenty or thirty feet away from the bonfires down the slope, hid behind a dense bush, pulled a leaf into her lips, and secretly looked down from the gap In this situation, he gently blew on the leaves in his mouth.
The sound was very unusual, just like the cries of wild pheasants flying all over the slopes in this mountain, as if the wild pheasants in the bushes were suddenly disturbed by something, and made a few calls that were both frightened and warning.After a while, the night pheasant elsewhere also called.
This situation quickly aroused the vigilance of the Jizhou soldiers below, and more than a dozen people held torches and knives and searched for the cliff slope, but after searching for a long time, they only frightened away a few nests of unknown wild birds and pheasants. , which made the birds chirping on the cliff even more, and it was very lively for a while.Those people searched for a while, and when they saw nothing unusual, they were relieved, and went back talking and laughing.
The birdsong on the cliff slope did not stop immediately, it was mixed with the messy birdsong, and I don't know what kind of wild bird it was, it was clear and melodious, much better than the other voices.Those officers and soldiers on the slope had already personally checked the place where the cry came from, and they didn't find anything suspicious, so they didn't pay much attention when they heard the sound, but Xiaoliu, who was huddled among the girls in Qingfengzhai, had a sudden look on her face. vibration.
She listened intently for a moment, a hint of surprise suddenly appeared on her face, and she quickly realized that she was afraid that the soldiers guarding not far away would spot her flaws, she hurriedly lowered her head in fright, and only listened to the beautiful and melodious birdsong. Voice.
After half a stick of incense, the singing of birds on the cliff gradually stopped, and the melodious and pleasant singing of birds also stopped, and the mountains and fields in the dark night fell into silence again.Xiao Liu had been waiting patiently, watching the guarding soldiers gradually showing signs of fatigue, and when the shift began to rest, he stood up hesitantly from the crowd and walked out timidly.
Immediately, a guard soldier shouted and asked, "What are you doing?"
Xiao Liu was both ashamed and afraid, she lowered her head and pinched the hem of her clothes tightly, approached a tall soldier sitting by the fire, and begged in a low voice: "Master, can you go with my slave... to the slope for convenience?" ?”
Although her voice was low, she was still heard clearly by the soldiers next to her. Immediately, someone laughed maliciously, and teased, "Okay, what do you think is convenient?"
Xiao Liu's face was flushed with shame and anger, and tears filled her eyes with embarrassment, she only looked at the tall soldier pitifully.She was already beautiful and delicate, but she acted deliberately at this moment, which really caused the soldier to soften his heart, pointing to the side of the cliff and said: "Go there, I will watch you from behind, don't run away. "
Xiao Liu glanced at him gratefully, gave him a quick blessing, and said in a low voice, "Thank you for your kindness."
After she finished speaking, she lowered her head and walked towards the cliff, and the soldier followed behind amidst the laughter of the crowd.After walking more than ten feet, Xiaoliu found a bush, then turned around to look at the soldiers at the bottom of the slope, and seemed to feel that this place was not hidden enough, so she continued to climb up slowly.
Seeing that the two were getting farther and farther away from the crowd, the soldier shouted: "Stop, don't go any further."
Xiao Liu turned around to look at him pitifully, and said shyly, "Master, there are too many thorns in this place, you can't squat down."
The soldier was speechless, thinking that she was just a weak woman with no strength to restrain a chicken, so he became careless, nodded, and followed her up a distance of ten feet.When he was going around a rock, he seemed to trip over something suddenly, and he suddenly fell short, but he stood up again soon, and his head was exposed from behind the rock.
Xiao Liu tremblingly shouted not far away: "Master, just sit there and wait for me for a while."
She said and squatted down behind a bush.The few people watching the excitement at the bottom of the slope couldn't see anything, so they lost interest, and seeing their companions sitting there guarding, they all relaxed, turned around and went to sleep.
(End of this chapter)
On the second day, Chen Nian woke up in Feng Junyang's arms.The two of them were sleeping on the grass, and the bonfire next to them had been burned out, leaving only a few dark red ashes.Feng Junyang was still asleep, she got up in a daze, looked around, and saw that there was only her and Feng Junyang here, and the man and woman had disappeared.Everything that happened last night was like a dream she had, and it was gone when she woke up.
"Could it be that I met a ghost in the mountains?" She shook her still dizzy head and murmured, "Why don't there be any traces left? Only the two of us are left."
Feng Junyang also woke up, sat up and stared blankly for a moment, smiled faintly, and said softly: "Let's assume it is, maybe I met a couple of gods and immortals."
It was getting late, and the two of them were busy tidying themselves up, and rode their horses down the beam.According to the plan agreed in advance, the chariots and horses of Qingfengzhai will rest overnight at the foot of Zhaobi Mountain in the north, and pass through Feilongxing to enter Beitaihang early the next morning.Chen Nian looked up at the sun, guessing that the brigade had already arrived at Feilongxing, so he said to Feng Junyang: "At noon, there will be Qingzhou soldiers patrolling Feilongxing, we will wait for them to pass before leaving Feilongxing. North Taihang, the mountain road is very difficult to walk, Li Junming has cars and horses, so he will definitely not be able to go fast, we will be able to catch up after a little bit of chasing."
Feng Junyang said: "You grew up in this mountain, and I will follow your arrangement."
The two of them were not in a hurry, and walked slowly north along the narrow path in the mountains.When we arrived at the foot of Zhaobi Mountain, we saw the traces of the troops staying. Chen Nian carefully looked at the remaining ashes of the fire, and said with a smile: "Brother Li is really cautious, and he put out the fire early. It seems that he did not even have breakfast. If there is no fire, let everyone go on the road."
Because Feilongxing is the traffic channel connecting Qingzhou and Jizhou, soldiers from the two places often pass by. Qingzhou also specially sent soldiers to patrol along Feilongxing every day, so the closer to Feilongxing, the more dangerous it is.Li Junming was afraid that he also wanted to pass through Feilongxing earlier, so he hurriedly urged everyone to hurry, passing through Feilongxing and entering Beitaihang before dawn.
The two of them took a rest at the foot of the mountain, and Chen Nian took the horse to the stream to drink the water, but when he was about to get on the horse and move forward, he saw someone running from the direction of Feilongxing in the distance.She felt strange, but when she looked closely, she saw that the man was Qiu San who was walking with the brigade.
After a while, Qiu San was in front of him, but before he got close, there was a bloody aura rushing toward his face.Seeing Chen Nian and Feng Junyang, Qiu San also saw Chen Nian and Feng Junyang, and his face was filled with sorrow and joy, he rushed over, crying, "Miss Xie, there are officers and soldiers, there are many officers and soldiers, kill everyone!" Already!"
Chen Nian's complexion changed, and he picked up Qiu San who was lying at his feet, and asked anxiously, "What did you say? Where are the officers and soldiers? What's going on?"
Qiu San was panting and crying, and panicked in his heart, he was speechless for a while and couldn't answer.Seeing this situation, Chen Nian felt even more anxious, and said angrily, "You really said it!"
Feng Junyang hurriedly stepped forward and told Chen Nian to let go of Qiu San, and handed him the water bag, and said in a deep voice, "Take a sip of water first, and speak slowly."
Qiu San gulped down half a bag of water before he calmed down a bit, but his body trembled faintly, and he said in a trembling voice: "Master Li was afraid that Feilong Xing would not be safe, so he told everyone to pack up and set off before dawn this morning. , thinking that it would be safe to pass Feilong Xing as soon as possible. Who knows that I encountered an ambush by officers and soldiers in Feilong Xing."
Because the entrance to the south Taihang Valley and the canyon to the North Taihang Valley are not in a straight line, it is necessary to walk about two miles in Feilongxing.Ordinarily, Li Junming also acted cautiously, so he specially sent spies into Xingnei to inquire first, and only after seeing that Xingnei was safe did he ask the rear brigade to leave Taniguchi and enter Xingnei.At the beginning, a group of people walked quietly, but it was fine, but when they were about to enter the canyon leading to the North Taihang, a group of Jizhou officers and soldiers appeared before and after.
Li Junming hurriedly asked the two hundred guards to protect the old, young, women and children in the middle, and tried his best to lead everyone into the North Taihang, who knew that there were also archers ambushing on the mountain walls on both sides of the road, and the sharp arrows were like rain When it fell, most of the soldiers and horses in Qingfengzhai were shot and killed, and the rest of them died tragically under the swords of the officers and soldiers, leaving only the old, young, women and children in the middle.Unexpectedly, those officers and soldiers would not let go of these people, they would cut them down as soon as they caught them with their knives, except for some young women, they would not even let go of young children.
Qiu San's survival was all due to luck.He had been sitting in Aunt Yan's and the others' cart, and because his glib tongue didn't please everyone, the women planned to play tricks on him, and when they were about to enter Feilongxing, they deliberately sent him to fetch water from a distance, thinking Let him chase the wagon.Unexpectedly, it was such an unintentional joke that saved Qiu Sanyi's life. When he drew water and chased him to Taniguchi, the guards in the village had already started fighting with the officers and soldiers.
He was timid and quick-witted, so he immediately retreated into the valley in fright, and didn't dare to move until the officers and soldiers escorted the living people to the east.Qiu San cried while talking, with tears and snot all over his face, crying: "They're all dead, they're all dead! Aunt Yan, Sister-in-law Ma...the old people and children were not spared, and hundreds of people were killed! Officers and soldiers can kill them!" There's blood everywhere, it's like hell on earth."
Chen Nian's eyes were red, but his pupils were on fire, his hands were tightly clenched into fists by his sides, his whole body was trembling faintly, and he asked in a hissing voice, "You didn't let the child go?"
"No, no." Qiu San cried and shook his head, his legs were so weak that he couldn't support his body, so he could only sit slumped on the ground.He is not a good person, he just steals chickens and dogs to make a living, but he has never done anything diabolical, and he has never seen such a scene of killing people like chopping vegetables and cutting melons.
Before going to Qingfeng Village, he thought in his heart that these bandits were extremely vicious people.But when I really entered the stockade, I found that everyone was just ordinary people who were forced to get along by life, and they would talk to him with a smile, and would call him brothers and sisters.Those with families worry about keeping their wives and children fed and clothed, while those who are single dream of marrying a wife one day.
Since hundreds of years ago, Qingfeng Village has been based on the word "righteousness". The village has its own industry and can support most of the people.Occasionally rob a passing caravan, but it is just to leave some money to buy roads, so it doesn't hurt people's lives easily.Sometimes when I meet the poor people, they will even give some dry food in the village.These people are said to be bandits, but in fact they are just poor people living in the mountains!
But such a group of unarmed old and weak women and children died tragically under the swords of officers and soldiers.Chen Nian gritted his teeth with a livid face and walked towards the mount without saying a word.Feng Junyang hurriedly grabbed her from behind, and said anxiously: "Chen Nian, calm down!"
Holding back tears, Chen Nian turned his head to look at him, and asked him in a hoarse voice: "Those were all people around me, real people, I called them aunt and mother-in-law. They watched me grow up. The foster father is not around. Sometimes, they will give me food when I am hungry, and they will sleep on the kang at home when I am afraid at night. There are also those sisters who grew up with me since childhood, and Xiao Liu, who are still in the hands of officers and soldiers Life and death are unpredictable, how can you tell me to calm down?"
Feng Junyang looked at her calmly, and said, "It's because of this that you should be more calm. You went to save them, not to die."
Chen Nian's nasal cavity was sore, Feng Junyang had already hugged her into his arms, patted her on the back gently with his hand, and said softly: "Cry, since you feel uncomfortable in your heart, you can have a good cry. After crying, let's go again." Think carefully about how to save people. Chen Nian, remember, the more urgent things are, the more calm you need to be."
Chen Nian's back was still straight: "I won't cry, it's useless!" She heard Qiu San's crying behind her, turned around to look at him who was still slumped on the ground, and said coldly, "Don't cry!" Rise up and wipe away your tears!"
Qiu San hurriedly got up, and wiped his face with his sleeves indiscriminately: "I won't cry, I will obey your orders!"
Chen Nian frowned and asked him, "Can you ride a horse?"
Qiu San hurriedly nodded and said, "I will!"
"That's good!" Chen Nian handed over the reins of the mount to him, and explained to him word by word, "You ride back to the stockade and tell the boss exactly what you saw and heard, please He quickly sent people to rescue them. I will chase them first and leave a mark on the road. Go! Go! Don’t stop on the road, and we must pass the news back to the village as soon as possible!"
Qiu San hurriedly climbed on the horse's back, turned the horse's head and rushed towards Qingfengzhai.
Chen Nian turned back to look at Feng Junyang, but for a moment he didn't know how to deal with him.He lost all his martial arts, and with such an identity, he couldn't go to rescue people with her.But it would be very dangerous to leave him alone in this mountain.
"A Ce, I..." She opened her mouth, but she didn't know how to continue.
"Chen Nian, have you ever thought that this matter is too coincidental?" Feng Junyang asked suddenly, his face was calm and his voice was as calm and calm as ever, "How could the Jizhou army be ambushed there by such a coincidence?"
Chen Nian pursed his lips and remained silent for a moment: "I understand what you mean, but right now I have no other choice."
It's not that she didn't see that there was a big problem with this matter. The Jizhou army ambushed so accurately, as if they had known the plan of Qingfengzhai a long time ago and waited here in advance.Even though Li Junming had been on guard in every possible way, he still couldn't escape the fate of death.Even if Qiu San survived, who knows if the other party deliberately let him go back to report?
Feng Junyang glanced at her, and said lightly: "Perhaps, this 'Jizhou' army is not from Jizhou."
Chen Nian looked up at him abruptly, and asked, "How do you say that? You mean that the Jizhou Army was pretended by someone else?"
Feng Junyang nodded slightly, and said: "Xue Shengying's troops are still in the south of Qingfengzhai. Is it possible that he has to deliberately separate a group of troops to guard Feilong Xing? If it is said that he intends to sneak attack from the north and attack Qingfengzhai from both sides, But these troops are too few. Maybe it's not him, or even the Jizhou Army..."
The officers and soldiers in Feilongxing are not from Jizhou, where else could they be from?Chen Nian heard what he meant and asked, "You mean these officers and soldiers are from Qingzhou?"
"Not necessarily impossible." Feng Junyang replied slowly.
Chen Nian thought about it but found it impossible: "No, since Zhang Kuisu killed Xue Zhi for Yang Chengcai, the two of them have already formed an alliance, why did Yang Cheng come to kill the family members in the village?"
Feng Junyang smiled coldly and said: "Killing the family members in the village and then blaming Jizhou, wouldn't it deepen the hatred between Qingfengzhai and Jizhou? Before, there might be people in Qingfengzhai who wanted to avoid Xue Shengying's limelight After this incident, I am afraid that no one will think so again." He paused while speaking, with some disdain and mockery on his brows, "Maybe, this is just Zhang Kuisu and Yang Another collaboration!"
"Impossible!" Chen Nian immediately denied loudly.
Feng Junyang asked her: "Why? If someone hadn't given the other party the information in advance, how could it be so accurate?"
"There are traitors in the village, but it can't be Zhang Kuisu!" Chen Nian lowered his head, his voice suddenly a little hoarse, "Because his mother, wife and children are in the team, if Qiu San hadn't lied just now, they would I'm afraid it's more ominous than good."
Feng Junyang didn't know this, and he couldn't help but fell silent when he heard the words. After a while, he said to Chen Nian: "Chen Nian, you can't just chase after him like this, it's too dangerous. Can you wait for me for a day?" See Chen Nian was puzzled, and he explained again, "I have already sent a letter to Shunping, if it doesn't happen as expected, he will arrive by tomorrow at the latest. I will definitely try to help you save people by then."
Shunping would understand his situation when he heard the words he sent, and he would definitely bring experts to find him.
After Feng Junyang finished speaking, he glanced at Chen Nian, afraid that she would be displeased by his concealment, but Chen Nian said: "This is just right, since your people will arrive soon, I am relieved. You stay Find a place to hide here waiting for your men, and I will save them."
Feng Junyang wanted to stop her, but he didn't think she would say such a thing.Seeing that she turned around and was about to leave, he felt anxious, grabbed her arm, and changed his expression: "You can't go!"
Chen Nian said nothing, but looked at him stubbornly.
He unconsciously pursed the corners of his mouth, suppressing the anxiety in his heart, and said in a cold voice: "Chen Nian, if we change our identities today, can you tolerate me leaving you here alone to die?"
"I won't die, I will play by ear." Chen Nian argued.
Feng Junyang refused to let go: "I don't care if you play it by ear or not, I just ask you, if it were you, would you allow me to leave you to die?"
"I won't die! You also heard from Qiu San that they don't kill young women."
Although Feng Junyang's face was still calm, his voice trembled a little, and his eyes showed uncontrollable anger: "Xie Chennian, do you know why they don't kill young women? Do you know that such weak women fall into the hands of soldiers and bandits?" What will happen to Li?"
Chen Nian couldn't answer, she knew very well why those officers and soldiers killed all the others and left those young women alone.The circles of her eyes turned red again, tears were rolling inside, almost biting her lips to bleed, then she avoided his gaze and said in a harsh voice: "I know, I know. But it's because of this, so I have to go now. Even if I can't save them, even, even... I can help them die cleanly, it's better than dying after being humiliated."
However, his hand was still tightly grasped, and no matter what she said, he refused to let go, and finally said in a deep voice: "I will go with you. If you insist on going, then I will go with you."
Chen Nian said nothing, just lowered his head and snapped his fingers one by one.
"I like you." He suddenly said softly, "Chen Nian, I like you, so I don't want you to go."
Chen Nian's heart was shocked, and the tears that he had endured for a long time flowed down.She stood silently, raised her eyes to look at him, stared into his eyes and said in a hoarse voice: "Feng Junyang, if I have failed you, just pretend you never knew me." After she finished speaking, she quickly stretched out her hand Going to seal Jun Yang's pulse door, he let go of his internal force, finally forcing him to let go.
Feng Junyang stared at her blankly for a moment, then slowly lowered his arms, instead of doing useless obstructions, he just lowered his eyes and said indifferently, "Let's go."
Chen Nian hardened his heart, he didn't dare to look at him again, he turned around and ran towards Fei Longxing with a breath of true energy and performed lightness kung fu.
This place is only more than ten miles away from Feilongxing on the mountain road, although Chen Nian's kung fu is not very good, the foot strength that he has practiced in the mountains since childhood is very good, before noon, he has already arrived at the mouth of the valley.
As soon as he entered Feilongxing, the smell of blood suddenly became stronger.Chen Nian stabilized his mind, abandoned the flat avenue, turned around and jumped up the difficult mountain wall beside him.After walking another half mile, we arrived at the place where the men and horses of Qingfeng Village were ambushed.The corpses of all the people in Qingfengzhai had been pushed into the deep ditch beside the road, piled up in a disorderly manner, and the bottom of the ditch was soaked in mud from the blood that flowed out.
There was deathly silence all around, not even a bird song could be heard.She dragged the thorns on the slope to the bottom of the ditch, rummaged through the pile of corpses for a long time, and finally stopped in a daze, the little hope in her heart was completely extinguished.There were no survivors, not a single one. Those men, women, old and children who used to live beside her, talking and laughing, had now become these hundreds of dead bodies at the bottom of the ditch.
Her lips were bitten off at some point, and a smell of fishy sweetness filled her mouth, mixed with the bloody smell outside, making people feel dazed for a while, unable to tell whose blood it was.Aunt Yan's eyes were still wide open and she was looking at the sky. She reached out tremblingly and tried to touch those eyes, but fresh blood stains were left on the already blood-stained face.
Chen Nian was a little dazed, staring blankly at her palm pierced by thorns. People say that the fingers are connected to the heart, but why can't she even feel the pain?Aunt Yan beside her still refused to close her eyelids, Chen Nian finally gave up, took out a handkerchief from her bosom, carefully wiped her face clean, stood up, turned and left resolutely.
I'm sorry, she can't let them rest in peace now, because she has more important things to do now, she has to save Xiaoliu, save those sisters who were captured by officers and soldiers.
Judging from the traces left on the mountain road, those officers and soldiers had indeed gone east.Chen Nian carefully looked at the car marks and horseshoe prints, roughly estimated the number of people on the other side, left the unique contact code of Qingfeng Village on the conspicuous rock, and chased in the direction where the officers and soldiers left.
If it is a martial arts master with excellent lightness kungfu, the speed of galloping can naturally catch up with a horse.But Chennian is still young, and she is not considered diligent in practicing martial arts on weekdays. Apart from being forced by Mu Zhanyue to develop the habit of getting up and punching in the morning, her internal strength cultivation is very limited, so when she catches up with those officers and soldiers , the sun is near sunset.
Xu Shi expected that they would not be able to walk out of Feilongxing before dark, so the officers and soldiers simply found a wide place to shelter from the wind and camped early.Chen Nian thought about it for a while, and under the cover of twilight, he quietly climbed into the rocks on the high cliff slope, hid his body and poked his head out to look down secretly.
Twenty or thirty bonfires were lit at the bottom of the slope, and each fire was surrounded by soldiers, making a lot of noise, and there were more than a thousand people.Beside a fire pile closer to the bottom of the slope, there were dozens of women huddled together. It was the women of Qingfengzhai who were taken away by these Jizhou soldiers.
With so many officers and soldiers, and she was the only one at the moment, if she wanted to rescue all these women safely, it would be as difficult as going to heaven!
Chen Nian was in such a hurry that he couldn't do anything, when he suddenly noticed something strange behind him, and before she could react, the cold and sharp blade had already pressed against her neck.Her body stiffened instinctively, and she didn't dare to move at will.Then I heard a deep and blunt male voice asking from behind: "Who are you?"
After a long time, cold sweat broke out on her back, she swallowed dryly, and said in a hoarse voice, "A passerby."
"People passing by?" The man leaned close to her, looked at her with his face tilted, and asked a little slowly, "People passing by don't walk, what are they doing hiding here?"
Chen Nian was very keen to find that his speech seemed a little jerky, and his accent even had a bit of northern accent. After thinking about it for a while, he replied: "Friends from the north, you have also seen the following situation. I am a single When a woman walks, she naturally doesn't dare to disturb those soldiers, so she can only sneak around here."
"The truth." The man pressed the blade on Chen Nian's neck again, "I want the truth."
Chen Nian guessed that this person was not the same as the officers and soldiers below, rolled his eyes and replied tremblingly: "Okay, I'm telling the truth. Have you seen the women caught by the officers and soldiers below? I am their companion , I escaped by luck for a while, and couldn't bear to leave everyone alone and escape alone, so I followed them secretly to see if I could find a chance to rescue them."
This answer was obviously more satisfying to the man than the previous one, the knife in his hand loosened a lot, and he asked Chen Nian again: "Are you from Qingfeng Village?"
Chen Nian thought that he was hiding so secretly, but he could find that he was silently touching behind her. Apart from his strong martial arts, it is very likely that he followed him all the way behind.In this case, there is no need for her to hide her identity.Thinking of this, he simply nodded and said: "That's right, we are all family members of Qingfeng Village."
She was afraid of offending the man behind her, so she didn't dare to turn around casually, she only saw him nodding slowly out of the corner of her eye, and heard him ask in a low voice: "Then do you know Xie Chennian?"
Chen Nian was stunned, he didn't know why this person would ask him, and he couldn't tell whether he was an enemy or a friend, and he didn't know how to answer for a while.When she hesitated like this, the man impatiently tapped her shoulder lightly with the back of his knife: "Answer."
Chen Nian licked his lips nervously, and replied, "I know."
"Where is she?" the man asked again.
Chen Nian raised his hand to point to Xiao Liu who was huddled in the crowd, and replied: "It's right below, the one in the crowd wearing the moon-white shirt."
The man gave a soft "oh", put back the knife that was pressing on Chen Nian's neck, and seemed to be talking to himself, "Why is she born so delicate, isn't she a wild girl?"
Chen Nian was sweating secretly, and secretly turned his head to look at the person behind him, he couldn't see the man's face clearly in the night, only saw that he was very tall, more than a head taller than her.The knife in his hand was also very strange, it was much shorter than the usual knife, and the blade was bent into a half-moon shape, somewhat like Beimo's scimitar, but it was not as bright and delicate as the scimitar, it was black and lacquered. There was a faint chill.
Seeing Chen Nian looking at his weapon, the man glanced at her indifferently, inserted the strange knife in his hand into the scabbard at the side of his waist, turned around and was about to go down the slope.
Chen Nian was startled, afraid that he would alert the officers and soldiers below, and it would be difficult to save people then.Not knowing where the courage came from, she reached out and grabbed his sleeve without thinking, and asked in a low voice, "What are you doing?"
The man replied naturally: "Save people."
"Going on like this to save people?" Chen Nian was so shocked that he almost stomped his feet in anxiety, "No matter how good your martial arts are, how can you save so many people by yourself. Just wait a moment, let me think of a way!"
"Let go." The man looked at her hand that was still clutching his sleeve, and said casually, "It's just to save someone, so what else can I do!"
Chen Nian was taken aback: "One? Just save Xie Chennian? What about the rest?"
The man gave her a strange look and said, "What do the others have to do with me?"
Chen Nian never expected that he would say such cruel and ruthless words in a natural tone, and he almost fell on his back in anger for a moment.She felt that she was no match for this man, so she could only suppress her temper, and asked him in a swallowed voice: "Who are you? Why did you save Xie Chennian?"
The man asked strangely, "Why should I tell you?"
Chen Nian could see that this person had a unique way of thinking, and he couldn't tell the reason with him, so although he was very surprised why he came to save him, he stopped talking nonsense, and only thought quickly how to impress him, so that He can use it for himself.Based on what he said just now, she absolutely cannot admit that she is Xie Chennian now, otherwise he might just take her away and save her from going down to save others.
This man was obviously not a curious person, seeing that Chen Nian didn't speak, he didn't ask any more questions, just turned around and left.Seeing this, Chen Nian hurriedly said in a low voice: "If you are willing to help me, I will also help you save people."
The man refused: "Thanks, no need."
Chen Nian suddenly lied to him: "Without my help, you will definitely not be able to save people, at least not the living ones."
When she said this, the man stopped and turned to look at her.Chennian gritted his teeth, deceiving him that he might be from the north and was not familiar with the affairs of Qinghai and Hebei, and said deceitfully and intimidatingly: "Do you know where these officers and soldiers are from? Why did you arrest Xie Chennian and the others? After arresting them Where are you going to take it?"
The man was really fooled and asked, "Why?"
Chen Nian thought to herself that "why" would have to wait for her to make it up now.Her thoughts turned very quickly, and in the blink of an eye, she was on the verge of procrastinating, "It's not convenient to talk here, you and I should find a hidden place first, and I'll explain it to you in detail, otherwise you'll be dead." Recklessly going to save people like this, even if your martial arts are world-class, I'm afraid not only you won't be able to rescue Xie Chennian, but you may even cause her to lose her life."
As she spoke, she retreated behind a huge rock and waved to the man: "Come here, don't teach the people below to see it."
The man seemed to hesitate for a moment, but he followed her slowly to the back of the rock.Chen Nian secretly heaved a sigh of relief, people in his heart said that people from the North were easy to deceive because of their promises, and it turned out to be true.It's just that she doesn't know why this person came to save her. She must not know this person, so the rest can only be that he was entrusted by others.
Feng Junyang said that his people would not arrive until tomorrow, so they should not be from Yunxi, let alone Feng Junyang's subordinates, they should be as honest and dull as Zheng Lun, and they would never be like this person Also out of tune.
Could it be that his adoptive father asked him to come here?A light flashed in Chen Nian's mind, and he suddenly remembered that Ye Xiaoqi once said that he had seen his adoptive father with a bearded foreign man, could it be this person?In this way, the figure of this person looks like a foreigner in the north, but it is dark now, and he can't see what this person looks like, no matter how he looks, he doesn't have a beard.
In such a short period of time, the man became a little impatient, and asked in his not-fluent Chinese: "What do you want to say? Say it!"
Chen Nian suddenly asked: "But Mu Zhanyue, Lord Mu, asked Your Excellency to come and save people?"
The man was slightly startled, thought for a while, and then said: "It's sort of."
Chen Nian didn't have any hope at all, but she couldn't help but feel overjoyed when she heard his answer like this, she almost blurted out "Where is foster father now", but when she got to the point of speaking, she forcibly held back, suppressed the joy in her heart, and opened her mouth to speak nonsense: " This is not an outsider! My name is Wen Ruoliu, and I am a good friend who has nothing to say with Chen Nian, and I am also very familiar with Mu Ye. I don’t know how to call you, but with your help, today’s matter will be easy.”
The man was not moved at all, just looked at her with his arms in his arms, and said directly: "The only one I want to save is Xie Chennian, I won't help you save others, even if you date me, it's useless."
But Chen Nian replied seriously: "What we have to discuss is how to save Xie Chen Nian! Do you know that these officers and soldiers are actually here just for her? The rest of them are just helpers! You rush down to save people like this, don't you?" They will find out when I get close. I secretly listened to their conversation, saying that Shangguan has explained that if something happens, Xie Chennian will be killed first, and she must not be allowed to fall into the hands of others alive!"
The man heard it strangely, and couldn't help asking: "Why is this?"
Chen Nian was waiting for him to ask, only if he was curious could he be hooked.She already had a set of rhetoric in her belly, and said in a low voice with half truth and half lie: "This story is complicated, let me tell you a few words. You don't look like our locals, but I heard that there have been changes in Jizhou recently. ?”
The man nodded and said: "The two brothers of the Xue family fell out."
Chen Nian hurriedly flattered: "Unexpectedly, Xiongtai also knows, admires, admires."
The man thought to himself: Everyone in the world will soon know about this, what is there to admire.But being admired is always a good thing, so I didn't say anything, just waiting for Chen Nian's next words.
Chen Nian went on to say: "Since Xiongtai is Mu Ye's friend, you should know that Xue Zhi in Jizhou was killed by Mu Ye himself. The Xue family brothers in Jizhou couldn't find Mu Ye. You said that the Jizhou army arrested Mu Ye What does the righteous girl do?"
The man couldn't help but follow her inspiration, and soon he walked into her trap and asked, "You mean they want to catch Qiu Mulingyue?"
He spoke the next few words very fast, and his pronunciation was a little weird. Chen Nian couldn't hear clearly for a while, and asked subconsciously: "What?"
"It's nothing." The man said quickly, paused for a while, and then said, "Don't talk around in circles, just say that you heard what they said?"
Chen Nian didn't bother to ponder over the words he said just now, and hurriedly replied: "I heard that they want to use Chen Nian as bait to lure Master Mu, and they also said that once Master Mu is attracted, You have to kill Chen Nian immediately to avoid future troubles. So, if you rush down like this, they don't know what Master Mu looks like, they will only regard you as Master Mu, and then kill Chen Nian immediately."
The man was silent after hearing this, and Chen Nian said persistently: "Why don't I think of a way to help you rescue Chen Nian."
"What way?" the man asked.
Chen Nian didn't answer what the solution was, but said: "I have a solution, but I can't give it to you for nothing. I helped you, so it's only fair that you have to help me."
The man somewhat guessed Chen Nian's request, and said: "There are too many people below, I can't kill them all at once, at most I can help you pick out one more person."
Chen Nian thought to himself that this person really deserves to be acquainted with his adoptive father, even his temperament is so similar, he is the kind of master who blocks people from killing Buddhas and Buddhas, and never turns around.She hurriedly said: "I don't need you to save people, I just want you to arrest them. I see that your martial arts skills are very strong, so why don't you catch the leader of the bandit and force them to release him when he is not prepared."
Although the man's words were not good, he was not too stupid, and said: "If I go out like this, won't I be regarded as your Mu Ye? Xie Chennian can't keep it either. If you want to coax me, I won't be fooled by you .”
Chen Nian was already prepared, and he heard the words and said: "I just said, there is a way to rescue Chen Nian first. In exchange, you help me catch the thieves of the officers and soldiers below, how about it?"
The man didn't say a word, he just tilted his head and looked at Chen Nian, as if he was thinking about whether the deal was worth it or not.
Seeing that the officers and soldiers below had already had dinner, many of them turned their attention to the girls in Qingfeng Village, some even began to laugh loudly, Chen Nian couldn't help feeling very anxious, and asked: "Is it possible?"
The man thought for a while, and finally nodded, "Since you insist on this, I agree, but when the time comes, I will only take Xie Chennian away, I don't care if you and your companions can escape."
Chen Nian hurriedly said: "Okay. However, you have to let me see your martial arts level first, so I can decide what method to use to catch the thief leader, whether to outsmart or forcefully attack—"
Before she finished speaking, she didn't know when the man quietly pulled out the strange knife from her waist again. Chen Nian felt a chill in front of her face, and before she could dodge, the blade was already rubbing against her cheeks. The face was scratched, and the man asked her: "How?"
The bangs on Chen Nian's forehead were cut off a lot by the knife, and the fine strands of hair fell all over her face. In the past, she would have been so angry that she would have scolded her mother, but now she felt happy in her heart, and praised: "Good knife skills!"
The man snorted softly and said, "What can you do to rescue Xie Chennian first? Tell me quickly."
Chen Nian already had a plan, and he was not in a hurry to tell the plan but asked his name first.
"Bu Liugu..." The man stopped after speaking a strange syllable. After thinking about it, he changed his words, "Lu Xiao, my name is Lu Xiao."
Chen Nian guessed that the name he reported should be a fake name, but he didn't expose it at this moment. He only forced him to swear that he must keep his word, and then he said unhurriedly: "I have no way to contact Xiao... Chen Nian, you first Wait, just follow my command when the time comes!"
Lu Xiao agreed suspiciously, and Chen Nian took him to sneak down the slope for a while, pointing to a big rock not far away that was as tall as half a person and said, "Go there and wait a while..." She Carefully explained the subsequent arrangements to the person, and then warned, "You must move quickly! You can't teach people to notice."
Lu Xiao was obviously a little reluctant to listen to Chen Nian's command, but since he agreed just now, he couldn't say anything more, so he just nodded and hid behind a rock beside him.His figure was extremely low, and he walked quietly, like a black panther blending into the night, disappearing into the mountains, rocks and bushes in the blink of an eye.
Chen Nian let go of his heart again, secretly thinking that the sky will not kill her, this person is simply sent by the heavens to help her save people, he has good sword skills, nimble skills, and most importantly, he is easy to deceive.
Concentrating on her concentration, she took off all the reflective accessories on her body, wove a straw hat out of soft branches and weeds and put it on her head, and quietly dived down the slope.She didn't stop silently until she was less than twenty or thirty feet away from the bonfires down the slope, hid behind a dense bush, pulled a leaf into her lips, and secretly looked down from the gap In this situation, he gently blew on the leaves in his mouth.
The sound was very unusual, just like the cries of wild pheasants flying all over the slopes in this mountain, as if the wild pheasants in the bushes were suddenly disturbed by something, and made a few calls that were both frightened and warning.After a while, the night pheasant elsewhere also called.
This situation quickly aroused the vigilance of the Jizhou soldiers below, and more than a dozen people held torches and knives and searched for the cliff slope, but after searching for a long time, they only frightened away a few nests of unknown wild birds and pheasants. , which made the birds chirping on the cliff even more, and it was very lively for a while.Those people searched for a while, and when they saw nothing unusual, they were relieved, and went back talking and laughing.
The birdsong on the cliff slope did not stop immediately, it was mixed with the messy birdsong, and I don't know what kind of wild bird it was, it was clear and melodious, much better than the other voices.Those officers and soldiers on the slope had already personally checked the place where the cry came from, and they didn't find anything suspicious, so they didn't pay much attention when they heard the sound, but Xiaoliu, who was huddled among the girls in Qingfengzhai, had a sudden look on her face. vibration.
She listened intently for a moment, a hint of surprise suddenly appeared on her face, and she quickly realized that she was afraid that the soldiers guarding not far away would spot her flaws, she hurriedly lowered her head in fright, and only listened to the beautiful and melodious birdsong. Voice.
After half a stick of incense, the singing of birds on the cliff gradually stopped, and the melodious and pleasant singing of birds also stopped, and the mountains and fields in the dark night fell into silence again.Xiao Liu had been waiting patiently, watching the guarding soldiers gradually showing signs of fatigue, and when the shift began to rest, he stood up hesitantly from the crowd and walked out timidly.
Immediately, a guard soldier shouted and asked, "What are you doing?"
Xiao Liu was both ashamed and afraid, she lowered her head and pinched the hem of her clothes tightly, approached a tall soldier sitting by the fire, and begged in a low voice: "Master, can you go with my slave... to the slope for convenience?" ?”
Although her voice was low, she was still heard clearly by the soldiers next to her. Immediately, someone laughed maliciously, and teased, "Okay, what do you think is convenient?"
Xiao Liu's face was flushed with shame and anger, and tears filled her eyes with embarrassment, she only looked at the tall soldier pitifully.She was already beautiful and delicate, but she acted deliberately at this moment, which really caused the soldier to soften his heart, pointing to the side of the cliff and said: "Go there, I will watch you from behind, don't run away. "
Xiao Liu glanced at him gratefully, gave him a quick blessing, and said in a low voice, "Thank you for your kindness."
After she finished speaking, she lowered her head and walked towards the cliff, and the soldier followed behind amidst the laughter of the crowd.After walking more than ten feet, Xiaoliu found a bush, then turned around to look at the soldiers at the bottom of the slope, and seemed to feel that this place was not hidden enough, so she continued to climb up slowly.
Seeing that the two were getting farther and farther away from the crowd, the soldier shouted: "Stop, don't go any further."
Xiao Liu turned around to look at him pitifully, and said shyly, "Master, there are too many thorns in this place, you can't squat down."
The soldier was speechless, thinking that she was just a weak woman with no strength to restrain a chicken, so he became careless, nodded, and followed her up a distance of ten feet.When he was going around a rock, he seemed to trip over something suddenly, and he suddenly fell short, but he stood up again soon, and his head was exposed from behind the rock.
Xiao Liu tremblingly shouted not far away: "Master, just sit there and wait for me for a while."
She said and squatted down behind a bush.The few people watching the excitement at the bottom of the slope couldn't see anything, so they lost interest, and seeing their companions sitting there guarding, they all relaxed, turned around and went to sleep.
(End of this chapter)
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