Rebellious officials bow their heads

Ye Liuzhou felt the scorching flames coming from under his feet, he frowned slightly, and replied: "There are five thousand repelling wolf cavalry in the bushes, no one is lying in ambush on Heiyan Mountain, and three thousand in the villages around Yushui. The remaining people are lurking within dozens of miles near the Strait River."

Yuan Xuanfeng and Cao Qihan looked at each other, and the former looked at him suspiciously: "How do you prove that what you said is true or false?"

In just a few breaths of time, the flames were getting closer and closer to Ye Liuzhou's feet, the robe on his back was already wet with sweat, and beads of sweat rolled down his forehead.

"You brought nearly 2 troops across the advection river, and were cut into several sections in the bushes. When you came out, there were only [-] people left. Fearing that there would be an ambush before, and then there would be encirclement and suppression. You bypassed the bushes along the east, passed through the plateau and were captured again. The soldiers and horses hidden in advance intercepted, but because of the bandit rampage, the plan of repelling the wolf cavalry was disrupted, and you were able to escape back to Lingbei."

A steady stream of sweat dripped down Ye Liuzhou's chin, and his voice sounded orderly: "If I'm not mistaken, at this point, there should be less than 1 soldiers left in the Dusi Battalion."

He smiled mockingly: "General Yuan, do you think what I said is true or false?"

Cao Qihan didn't expect the situation to develop into such an unfavorable situation. He hurriedly looked at Yuan Xuanfeng in a panic, and found that the other party's face was extremely ugly, as if every word of Ye Liuzhou was poking at his weakness.

"Then tell me, where are Pang Qing and Ji Xingwei now?" Yuan Xuanfeng said coldly.

"You, you put me down first, and I'll tell you..." Ye Liuzhou was fascinated by the thick smoke, and when he opened his throat, smoke poured into his throat, and then he coughed heavily.

"Tell me the whereabouts of Pang Qing and the others before letting you down. It's best to say it quickly, you don't have much time to be careful." Yuan Xuanfeng was very patient at the moment, and didn't have the slightest intention to step forward.

Trapped in the thick smoke, Ye Liuzhou coughed so much that he knew that no matter whether he could answer or not, the other party would never let him go.

As soon as he lowered his head, he saw the flames burning on the firewood rising steadily, and the wind licked the hem of his clothes, and the flames immediately climbed up on his robes.

The flimsy hem of the clothes couldn't stand the burning, and the scorching temperature was close to the calf. Ye Liuzhou struggled violently anxiously, but his hands and feet were bound by iron chains, and he couldn't escape at all. The shadow of death covered him, hovering in his throat .

Cao Qihan looked at the man surrounded by flames with a look of fun.

Yuan Xuanfeng's face was as heavy as water, and he was completely indifferent to this scene.

At this time, a young servant walked in quickly outside the court and reported: "General, Chen Sheng, the younger brother of the head of the Yanfeng Village, asked to see him, saying that his elder brother has something to convey to you."

Yuan Xuanfeng turned his head to look at the servant, and frowned, "Chen Hu's younger brother? Are you sure it's him?"

The boy replied: "Yes, there are a few bandits from Yanfengzhai."

Yuan Xuanfeng had seen Chen Hu, his precious brother, for a few times, and now he was sent here because of Yanfeng Village's intervention, so that he could return to Lingbei safely.These bandits never do things in vain, so naturally they came here to ask for money from him.

"Let him in." Yuan Xuanfeng said, and then ordered Cao Qihan, "After the person is burned, send the ashes back to Pang Qing."

Before he could speak for a few breaths, there was a burst of chaotic footsteps outside the courtyard.

"How did you come so fast?" Yuan Xuanfeng looked over, and then he couldn't help showing a look of horror. He saw that the leader was Chen Sheng, yes, but the people behind him took off their faces as they entered the door. The cover, revealing the face.

Xu Yan was full of wind and rain, and strode into the door. The first time he saw Ye Liuzhou in the flames, his pupils constricted suddenly, and he was about to step forward to rescue him immediately, but Cao Qihan, who was holding a sword in front of him, blocked him halfway.

The blue veins on his forehead twitched violently, and he kicked the opponent away in the chest. The power of this blow was so terrifying that Cao Qihan fell out immediately, spurting blood from his mouth.

Without stopping at all, Xu Yan drew out his long knife and stabbed it directly into the opponent's chest. The action was extremely fierce, and he was nailed to the ground heavily!

Then, he stepped on the stone lamppost in the yard, borrowed his strength and flew into the flames, cut off the iron chain with two clangs, picked up the man who was almost unconscious, and left the sea of ​​flames.

Ye Liuzhou's consciousness was blurred by the scorching flames, and he felt that someone was leading him away from the raging fire and hugging him tightly in his arms.

"...Liuzhou? Liuzhou?"

An anxious call made him open his eyes, but he saw a hazy light and shadow, and opened his chapped lips: "Water..."

Seeing that he was still conscious, Xu Yan breathed a sigh of relief, carried him into the hall, took the teapot and poured some into his mouth, then reached out to lift the man's head, leaned down, and fed him with his lips and teeth.

Transparent water flowed out from between the two's intersecting lips, passed through the thin jaw, and meandered around the man's upturned neck. His Adam's apple rose and fell with the movement of swallowing water, with graceful and fragile lines.

Ye Liuzhou woke up a little bit, and saw Xu Yan's face close in front of his eyes, intertwined with his lips and teeth. The impact of this scene was too great, and he paused for a few breaths. blank.

When Xu Yan finished feeding, he picked up the teapot and took a sip of water to continue feeding him. Ye Liuzhou came back to his senses and made a weak voice: "Wait, don't..."

The following words were directly blocked by Xu Yan involuntarily.

——He did it on purpose, this fact shocked Ye Liuzhou beyond measure, the man struggled to turn his face away, but Xu Yan firmly grasped the back of his head and held him tightly in his arms.

Ye Liuzhou was so angry that his face turned red, he couldn't care about anything, and scolded angrily: "Ji Liu! You guys are really out of order..."

Xu Yan stepped back slightly when he heard this address, and looked at him calmly, with water stains still remaining on his lips, as if what he did was just as it should be.

Ye Liuzhou looked at him, and felt his temples twitching suddenly, his eyes darkened for a while, it was difficult to breathe, exhaustion and pain rushed to his brain, and he finally fell into a coma.

Seeing him fainting, Xu Yan panicked for a moment, took his hand that had fallen to the ground, put two fingers on his wrist, and felt his pulse for a while, then hugged the man with one arm, got up and walked out.

In the courtyard, Jing Fuling and Jing Yuan restrained Cao Qihan and Yuan Xuanfeng respectively.

As Xu Yan stepped forward, he pulled out the epee stuck in the soil with one hand, and faced Cao Qihan, who was kneeling on the ground, seriously injured and bleeding, without saying a word, amidst the other party's horrified begging for mercy, he swung the sword fiercely. Down!

The scalding blood sprayed all over the ground in a splash, the head rolled to the ground, bounced a few times like a kick, and froze.

Jing Fuling hissed and took two steps back.

The sword in Jing Yuan's hand touched Yuan Xuanfeng's Adam's apple, his eyes fell on the man in Xu Yan's arms, and he asked, "How is he?"

"I won't die." Xu Yan replied, turning his head to stare at Yuan Xuanfeng, who was still calm, and smiled coldly, "You have nothing to worry about."

Yuan Xuanfeng held on and said: "If you kill me, you will never be able to leave the gate of Yuan Mansion. If you let me go, I will tell you the location of the warehouse where the gold is stored. When the time comes, you will enjoy the glory and wealth..."

"You really have to save your life." Xu Yan interrupted him, "It's too cheap to kill you so early."

Yuan Xuanfeng's face was so tense that he twitched slightly, trying to control the shaking of his voice, "What do you want?"

I saw Xu Yan said in a cold tone: "—An eye for an eye."

Half an hour after they captured Yuan Xuanfeng, the assembled wolf-repelling cavalry surrounded Lingbei. The main general and the generals were all captured. Fan was also taken down by Pang Qing.

After all the dust settled, Xu Yan carried Ye Liuzhou to the original yard and placed him on the bed. The hem of the robe on the man's body was burned to pieces, revealing a section of his calf. Fortunately, it didn't burn the skin, it was just because of the heat. The temperature turned red.

Xu Yan wiped the dust off his face with a cloth towel, dug out the bottles and jars from the cabinet, applied the medicine to his calf, and wrapped it with a snow-white bandage.

Just as he was about to tear off the rest of Ye Liuzhou's robe to see if there was no wound, a hand suddenly reached out and held down Xu Yan's hand.

He raised his head, Ye Liuzhou seemed to have just woken up, and his eyes were still a little loose when looking at him.

The man's pupils slowly condensed, his long eyelashes drooped down, covering up the light in his eyes, and he said hoarsely: "There is no other injury..."

He lightly pressed the back of Xu Yan's hand and moved his fingers away.

That temperature was fleeting, Xu Yan withdrew his stiff hands, stood for a moment, pulled the chair beside him, sat down by the bed, and stared at Ye Liuzhou.

The other party didn't speak anymore, and didn't look at him again, or it was almost an attitude of refusing to communicate.

There was silence in the room, Xu Yan asked for a while, "Don't you have anything to say? Is it because of...that incident just now?"

Ye Liuzhou's long black hair was scattered on the quilt, and his face was as white as the quilt. He smiled slightly at Xu Yan, "No. You just gave me water."

As the words fell, the temperature in the room dropped sharply, and the air became thinner. Xu Yan stood up, and the chair creaked on the floor. The tall man in front of him suddenly went to bed on one knee, pulled up Ye Liuzhou gritted his teeth viciously and said, "Just? I don't think so."