Rebellious officials bow their heads

Jing Yuan's expression didn't change, he slowly lowered his arms, but didn't move his footsteps, he was still standing in front of him, his sparse eyelashes drooped, slightly covering his black and white eyes, with an inexplicable sense of loss.

With his appearance, Ye Liuzhou couldn't help but reflect on his words and deeds, folded his arms and tapped his temples with his fingers, and said with a smile: "When you return to Dingjian Villa, I will write to you, how about it?"

Only then did the boy raise his eyes to look at him, and said, "It's a deal."

Ye Liuzhou couldn't help but stretched out his hand to smooth a strand of curled-up forehead hair on the young man's head, and nodded at him: "Go."

Just as he was about to take it back, Jing Yuan grabbed his hand and pressed his palm, eyes fixed on the man's face, and slowly let go.

The young man didn't stop, turned around and took a few steps, took the reins and got on the horse, his clothes were swirling in the sunlight, and he galloped away to the distance first.

Jing Fuling also sat on the horse, waved at Ye Liuzhou, gave a shout, and caught up with Jing Yuan, and the two of them galloped away together, kicking up billows of dust.

Ye Liuzhou watched their backs disappear into the twilight, and walked back to the mansion. Xu Yan and the group of villagers had disappeared. He went to the stable to get a horse, and whipped the horse towards Jing Yuan and the others at the other end. He rushed in the opposite direction, intending to see how the bandit matter was resolved.

But he didn't know that after he left Yuan's mansion, a masked man who followed him quietly at the end of the alley disappeared to the other side, walked into a hidden alley, stopped in front of a house, and knocked a few times intermittently. Go down the wooden door and go in.

There were dozens of people in black scattered in the room, their hands resting on the unsheathed swords, and the tense atmosphere around them was slightly relieved when they saw that the person who came was a masked man.

The masked man said to the leader who was sitting by the stone well with a black scorpion on his shoulder: "My lord, the coir raincoat and Jing Fuling have already left. Xu Liu and the emperor are heading out of the city."

Outside the city tower, swan geese flapped their wings across the somewhat gray sky.

Ye Liuzhou rode out of the city gate and saw Xu Yan among the villagers. A bandit stood opposite him, watching the crowd and said a few words nervously.

Then Xu Yan dragged the heavily tied Chen Sheng out of the crowd, and threw it to him like a sack.

The bandit was obviously taken aback, he didn't expect him to return the man so easily.

Ye Liuzhou got off his horse, walked towards him, and called out: "Xu Yan..."

Xu Yan, who was dressed in a black robe, heard the voice, turned to look at him, his face suddenly changed, and he shouted sharply: "Be careful!"

There was a sudden change, and behind Ye Liuzhou, a tall and strong villager in the crowd was holding up a sickle and slashing at him viciously!

After hearing Xu Yan's voice, Ye Liuzhou didn't have time to think about it, and followed his instinct to dodge to the side, avoiding the knife that almost split him in half.

Rolling around on the ground, he supported the ground with one hand, raised his head, ignoring the villager, the scene in front of him suddenly opened his eyes wide!

Not far from him, a sharp long knife pierced Xu Yan's body from behind, and pierced out from his chest!

That moment was almost frozen, Xu Yan's attention was still on Ye Liuzhou, and he was not at all prepared for the attack behind him.

Unbelievable magnified little by little on his face, his constricted pupils looked down jerkyly, and the tip of the knife on his chest gleamed with a cold edge.

The next moment, the knife rubbed against the flesh and drew it out. Xu Yan coughed out a mouthful of blood, and he lost all strength and fell forward!

Ye Liuzhou rushed over to hug him recklessly, feeling the other's breathing became very weak, and his chest was hot and wet.

He raised his hand tremblingly, and saw scarlet blood all over his hand, it was Xu Yan's blood.

Countless bandits armed with swords came out from all directions, and surrounded the villagers. There were even bandits in disguise among the villagers, and the world outside the city gate suddenly fell into chaos. The massacre, the screams pierced the sky.

But in a blink of an eye, the ground was covered with severed limbs and blood. Some villagers wanted to flee back to the city, but were killed by bandits blocking the city gate.

The four wolf repelling soldiers guarding the city panicked and wanted to stop them, but just as they took a step, they were shot through the throat by several dark arrows, and countless dust splashed up when they fell down.

In this bloody massacre, Chen Sheng's wild and violent laughter sounded. He walked up to the man with the scar in the front of more than a dozen bandits, and said with a smile: "Brother, you are finally here, you don't know how they are?" Treat Lao Tzu! Don’t take our Yanfeng Village seriously at all, killing them all will not relieve their hatred!”

The piercing laughter reverberated in his ears like a curse. Ye Liuzhou took a deep breath, desperately suppressed his senses that were about to collapse, calmed himself down, glanced around the situation, and dragged Xu Nobu passed through the chaotic crowd, dodged the sword, and rushed towards the horse!

Chen Hu, the leader of Yanfengzhai, has a deep scar on the left side of his face, which destroys the harmony of the whole face, and his eyes are somewhat asymmetrical, so he looks extremely fierce. He is very satisfied with the killing in front of him, said : "This is the end for those who dare to provoke our Yanfeng Village."

Chen Sheng suddenly looked into the crowd, "One of them caught me and punched me, brother, you must avenge me..."

He pointed his fingers in the direction of Ye Liuzhou and Xu Yan, and his voice became sharp: "It's him!"

Seeing this, Ye Liuzhou's heart sank. He had already come to the side of the horse, lifted the unconscious Xu Yan up, and then quickly got on the horse himself, pinched the horse's belly, and shouted: "—drive!"

The galloping horse rushed out of the crowd neighing, and the bandits separated in a panic. Ye Liuzhou looked at the fleeing villagers and said solemnly: "Follow me!"

Seeing that he broke through the siege, the villagers of Liushen Wuzhu hurriedly followed him.

"Brother! Don't let him run away!" Chen Sheng shouted hastily.

"Let me chase them all!" Chen Hu ordered while taking the crossbow arrows from his subordinates, aiming at the two people on the horse with a click and pulling the hanging knife.

Ye Liuzhou was holding Xu Yan on the horse, and while turning his head to check the situation, he happened to see an arrow flying away from the crossbow like a broken bamboo. This kind of crossbow arrow is extremely powerful, and once aimed, it can shoot through the two of them together.

The flashing arrow was within reach in the blink of an eye, and Ye Liuzhou even stopped breathing. At that moment, Xu Yan in front of him supported his shoulders, barely sat up straight, and pulled out the ring under the saddle with one hand. With a knife at his waist, the veins on the back of his hand bulged, and he swung the knife suddenly to cut off the arrow wrapped in gravity!

One arrow missed, and it was too late to shoot the second arrow. The action of cutting the arrow seemed to exhaust Xu Yan's remaining strength, and he lost consciousness again.

Ye Liuzhou took Xu Yan and a group of villagers and fled into the lush forest. The bandits chased after them, and there were countless screams behind them. The blood leaked out and was inserted into the ground. The villagers hung on the spears, and the blood slid down the wooden poles, staining the soil red!

Ever since Ye Liuzhou met Xu Yan, he had never been as embarrassed as this moment. This group of vicious bandits was not like Yuan Xuanfeng, who pretended to be a snake. At half a chance of easing, they treated the villagers like they treated domestic animals and exterminated them, leaving no room for them.

Two hours later, a frog was perched by the emerald green pond. Its bulging black eyes looked to one side. It was startled by a few noises, and it jumped into the bottom of the pond with its hind legs, causing circles of ripples on the water surface.

After a while, strands of blood drifted away again, like crimson gauze soaked in water.

Ye Liuzhou temporarily avoided the bandits who were chasing after him, took a rest in the woods, and squatted by the pond to wash a tattered cloth towel. Not far away was Xu Yan who was lying flat on the ground with his eyes closed. , the man's chest was wrapped in circles of cloth strips, and there was faint blood oozing out.

His face was as pale as paper, without a trace of warmth, like a solidified stone sculpture.

Ye Liuzhou looked at him, feeling a little chilly in his heart, couldn't help but slowly stretched out his hand to test his breath, and when he felt that the other party hadn't breathed weakly, his stiff body slowly relaxed, and wiped Xu Yan's mouth. Dried blood on face.

There are only more than 20 villagers in the vicinity, and they all scattered and rested in a sluggish way, silent.

Ye Liuzhou sat down beside Xu Yan. His body was covered in dust and blood, he was extremely embarrassed, and his eyes showed exhaustion.

He never expected to be forced into this situation. They were still able to act cautiously in the face of an enemy like Yuan Xuanfeng, but they completely ignored the bandits hiding in the dark that even Yuan Xuanfeng was afraid of.

And the Yanfengzhai group just happened to be well aware of their negligence, and when they got rid of Yuan Xuanfeng and thought everything was settled, they acted lightly, leading them out of the city and catching them by surprise.

The cry of the child brought Ye Liuzhou back from his contemplation, and when he looked up, it was the family that Xu Yan had saved before.

The woman comforted her daughter, but she shed tears silently. The husband next to her asked Ye Liuzhou sadly: "Where are we going next? I'm afraid the whole forest will be surrounded by bandits. People will not let us go..."

Ye Liuzhou took a look at the sky, it was completely pitch black, he said: "Let's rest for the whole night first, send people to watch the night in turn, and go forward at dawn."

A white-haired old man said: "I can't go any further. In front of me is the Crow Forest. The sun can't be seen. There are many fierce beasts. Once you enter, you can't come out again..."

Ye Liuzhou said: "Stay here until dawn and you will die if you are caught by bandits."

At this time, a young man bandaging the wound on his shoulder said: "I grew up in Lingbei, and I am familiar with this area. I once entered the Crow Forest, and I was lucky to find a hidden exit inside. It's just that it has been many years. Can't find it."

"Okay. I'll go find the exit with you tomorrow." Ye Liuzhou nodded.

The branches above the head are scattered, the sky is dark and there is no moon, the surroundings are covered with dark shadows, and the sound of birds chirping can be heard in the distance.

In the dead of night, Ye Liuzhou noticed something strange about Xu Yan, reached out and touched his forehead, and found that he had a high fever, his whole body was hot, and his brows were tightly knit.

Ye Liuzhou soaked a cloth towel in water and covered his forehead. He waited for an hour and changed the water several times, but there was no sign of the fever subsiding. If this continues, Xu Yan will undoubtedly die.

He got up and walked into the jungle, recalling the herbs that the other party used to heal his wounds, remembering a few flavors, but the shapes of the herbs were almost the same, he couldn't care so much, and piled them together in his cloth pocket.

Through the dim starlight, he saw a Burnet growing high on the mud slope. He had just climbed up and uprooted it, and was about to come down, when suddenly he stepped on a piece of loose soil, and before he could grab anything, Ye Liuzhou's whole body As the collapsed mud slope rolled to the bottom of the slope, he stumbled and bumped into countless sharp stones in the middle, dizzy for a while, and was buried under the thick soil.

The severe pain made Ye Liuzhou unable to recover for a long time. He paused for a moment, trying to prop up his body, but a sharp pain like electric shock came from his bleeding left arm, causing him to fall down again.

He blinked his eyes and looked up the slope. His eyes were pitch black, and the shadows were like ghosts and sprites wandering around, without a trace of light.

Gradually, his eyes were covered with bloodshot eyes, his forehead was dripping with cold sweat, he took a few deep breaths, Ye Liuzhou propped up his body with trembling shoulders, shaking off the mud and rocks that were pouring down on his back, an unknown amount of time passed, He climbed up the slope little by little, and staggered back to the original spot.

Crush the herbal medicine and apply it on Xu Yan's body. Ye Liuzhou tied a bandage on him. Looking at the unconscious man with a rare and weak posture, he couldn't help but feel a little bit of a world away, as if seeing Ji Liu was average when he was young.

He just stared at the other party in a daze for a long time, the suppressed tired pain surged up all at once, he closed his eyes slightly, his head was in a daze, but he still didn't really fall asleep, paying attention to the movement around him.

The night was long and the wind was howling. Ye Liuzhou suddenly felt something covering his hand, and there was a warm current.

He opened his eyes and found that Xu Yan had woken up at some point. The wound on his chest made him unable to move his body. He only raised his left hand to cover his hand. There was no trace of blood on his face, but his obsidian eyes were still flowing. Shimmer, look at him.