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"General Qi, the refugees have been brought outside the tent." The voice of the soldier just now sounded from outside the tent.

Zi Yuan gave A Ling a wink, and A Ling immediately stood behind Zi Yuan solemnly, like a soldier guarding, lowered his helmet slightly, and lowered his head to wait for the soldier to bring the refugees in.

"Bring someone in."

Ziyuan walked to the small side of the tent, sat down, and watched the little soldier lead an old man with white beard and hair into the big tent.

"My lord general, Han Xiguan is now besieged by Gu insects, it's really terrible!" The old man knelt down on the ground excitedly when he saw Zi Yuan, "I beg you, General, to save Han Xiguan and save those who are still trapped by Gu insects!" Innocent people on the road!"

Ziyuan quickly stepped forward to help the old man, "Don't be like this, old man, get up quickly, and tell me, what do those bugs look like?" Ziyuan glanced at the pale soldier, "If Hanxiguan If something happens, something will happen to the entire Dayun, so naturally Hanxi Pass must be rescued, and those innocent people outside Hanxi Pass must also be rescued."

Xiao Bing naturally understood that he was speaking for him, so he lowered his head immediately and didn't say a word.

The old man calmed down, thinking back to those terrible scenes, the old man still had a lingering fear in his heart, "It's too scary, as long as you are bitten by those bugs, the bugs will burrow into your body, and when they come out of your heart..." The old man couldn't help but gasped. In one breath, "There are hundreds, thousands of crawling out..."

"It's wolf Gu!"

There was no need for Ah Ling to speak, Ziyuan had already spoken first, she glanced back at Ah Ling, and she knew in her heart that, as Ah Ling said, the [-] Jin soldiers outside Hanxi Pass were Qi Wang Xiao Huan people.

"My lord general, there are still people trapped in the village, please save them, save them!" The old man knelt down to Ziyuan again with tears in his eyes.

Ziyuan supported the old man, nodded and said, "Where is your village?"

"East of Hanxi Pass...go west for thirty miles from here..."

"Old man, you can go to Shuangzhou in peace, I will think of a way to rescue the people in the village." Ziyuan patted the old man's shoulder and looked at the soldier again, "You take a team to escort these people. Refugees evacuated to Frost State."

"promise……"

"Go." Ziyuan waved her hand to signal the soldier to lead the old man back.

When only A Ling and Zi Yuan were left in the big tent, Zi Yuan looked back at A Ling with a solemn expression, "That day, we used fire to deal with the wolf gu on the outskirts of Lin'an city, and we also used fire to deal with the chaos in Lin'an city. It seems that we need to prepare more spirits before we can enter the village to save people."

A Ling shook her head and said, "You'd better not go to the village to save people."

"Why?"

"Wolf Gu is very strong. As long as it smells the breath of a living person, it will definitely get close to the living person at any cost, penetrate into the living person's body, and bite the heart to pieces." As he spoke, A-Ling shook his head again, "Let's go to the village Thirty miles away, when you arrive with your troops and horses, I’m afraid it will be dawn, and after so many hours, there will definitely be no living people in the village.”

Ziyuan couldn't help but took a deep breath, and said seriously: "Even so, someone has to clean up those wolf Gu!"

"Wolf Gu feeds on the heart, and when the corpses have no heart, they will cut off their food source, and within a day, they will definitely die." A Ling finished speaking indifferently, pondered for a moment, and said, "If you go rashly, you will definitely die." One by one, if a wolf Gu who is not dead takes advantage of the loophole and enters someone's heart, there will be more than one wolf Gu crawling out of the heart."

"But in case there are still survivors in the village..."

"I'll go." Ah Ling said firmly, "No one is more suitable than me. Besides, there is one thing that I still don't understand——Xiao Huan is a ruthless character. He must have released all the wolf Gu, so how could he save a second move to deal with the guard of Hanxi Gate? After all, Gu has no heart, as long as it is a living thing, it will bite. Once it is released on the battlefield, no matter the enemy or us , no one was spared, how could he be willing to do such a stupid thing that hurts both sides when he managed to raise so many soldiers and horses?"

"You mean, these wolf Gu may not belong to Xiao Huan?" Ziyuan faintly felt that the matter was complicated, far beyond her imagination, and quickly shook her head, "No! It's too dangerous for you to go alone! "

A-Ling was startled, and said coldly: "Everyone is doing dangerous things. I am not alone, and I am not alone. You don't have to worry about me." As she spoke, A-Ling suddenly stepped forward and raised her hand He adjusted the helmet fringe for Zi Yuan, "At the moment of life and death, mutiny is the most taboo. After I leave, you have to be careful of those people mutiny outside."

"It's ridiculous, I've let them go and stay, so what's the point of their mutiny?" Ziyuan snorted coldly.

A Ling said coldly: "Being a deserter is death, but if you are a rebel, your end may not necessarily be death."

Zi Yuan felt a sudden chill in her heart, and suddenly understood what A Ling meant.

If the soldiers mutiny, take Ziyuan down, declare to the public that Ziyuan is afraid of death in front of the battle, and support troops to occupy Liushuangzhou, and the court blames them. At this time when troops are urgently needed, only Ziyuan will be killed and these soldiers will be exonerated.

"So, I must take this trip with you!" Ziyuan thought for a while, and supported Ah Ling's shoulders, "If they really rushed in and found that the place is empty, hehe, that's the way to advance or retreat. No, maybe I can stay here obediently for one night."

"It's not impossible for you to go with me. Let's make an agreement first." A Ling raised his index finger, "First, if I let you go, you must go. If you can't..."

"Your Highness, I obey!" Zi Yuan bowed down before Ah Ling finished speaking, and immediately replied, "It's better to go on an adventure with you than to stay here and be a puppet. It's not too late, let's go now!" After finishing speaking, Hastily grabbed Ah Ling's hand and dragged her towards the curtain.

A Ling lost his mind for a moment, shook his head hastily, took his hand from Ziyuan, and said coldly: "I can walk by myself, I'm not a three-year-old child, and I need someone to walk."

"I..." Ziyuan stood behind the curtain in a daze, not knowing how to answer.

A-Ling glared at Ziyuan, gently lifted the curtain, looked carefully at the situation outside, and said in a low voice, "Come with me."

The two carefully walked around behind the big tent, lowered their bodies and sneaked to the side of the stables, quietly led out two horses, and tiptoed out of the camp for a certain distance, before getting on the horses, they galloped towards the direction of the village.

It was dawn, and in the mountain village, except for the crackling sound of the flames burning through the roof beams, there was a dead silence inside and outside the village.

I don't know if it's because of the overcast clouds in the sky, or because of the black smoke wafting from the village. Looking far away from the entrance of the village, the whole village looks like a dead city emerging from hell, with a faint breath of death.

All kinds of stench were lingering in the wind, and those villagers who did not escape had either been buried in the belly of insects, or they had been completely burned in the fire.

"Call-"

The two fast horses stopped ten steps away from the entrance of the village. Zi Yuan and A Ling took off their helmets at the same time, hung them by the saddle, and wiped the sweat from their foreheads with their hands.

"A-Ling, here you are." Ziyuan took out a sweat towel from her arms and handed it to A-Ling, "It smells so bad, it will be better if you cover it up."

A-Ling glanced at the scarf hesitantly, shook her head and said, "How can you use what Zhexue gave you?" Saying this, A-Ling tore off the corner of the sleeve and covered her face with the cloth, " There must still be Gu worms in this village, be careful."

Ziyuan looked down at the sweat towel, feeling a little sad, silently covered her face with the sweat towel, jumped off the horse, pressed her sword to look at the village wall, and said, "I'm going to find some dry firewood. , stick two torches for self-defense."

"Yeah." Ah Ling responded, closed her eyes suddenly, and moved her ears slightly.

"Om... Om..." The sound of Gu insects flapping their wings faintly resounded in the wind.

A Ling hurriedly opened her eyes, looked around vigilantly, and immediately shouted at Zi Yuan who had just cut off a branch not far away: "Stinky girl, get on the horse quickly, there are Gu worms nearby!"

Ziyuan was startled, and immediately dropped the branch in her hand, quickly jumped on the horse, and pulled the rein, "You run ahead, and I will stay behind!"

"..."

A Ling was slightly startled, and took a deep look at Zi Yuan, "Didn't I say that even if you die, you..."

"We can't die!" Ziyuan looked at Ah Ling seriously, and said firmly, "Sister is still waiting for us to go back. If you want to live, I want to live too!"

"Buzz!"

Sure enough, suddenly a group of Gu insects came out from under the corner of the wall, and flew towards A Ling and Zi Yuan like crazy.

"go!"

Ziyuan drew her sword, tightened the reins, and suddenly hit A Ling's horse's butt with the sword, the horse was startled, and galloped away like an arrow.

"drive!"

Ziyuan urged the horse to raise its hooves, and followed closely behind.

"Buzz! Buzz..."

As the distance between the horse and the Gu worms got farther and farther, most of the Gu worms had given up on these two prey, and there were still one or two chasing them unwillingly.

A Ling hurriedly turned her head, stopped her horse suddenly, and raised her hand to break off a branch.

Ziyuan hurriedly reined in her horse to protect A Ling, and asked anxiously, "Why did it stop suddenly?"

"I need to catch a Gu insect and take a good look at it. Who made these wolf Gu?" A Ling jumped off the horse, suddenly staggered, and stepped into a small pit, unsteady , instantly sat down on the ground.

"careful!"

The Gu worm seemed to have spotted this momentary opportunity, and bit A Ling swiftly.

"Keng!" Ziyuan slashed her sword, and hit the Gu worm between its wings, cutting the Gu worm in half.

"Get up!" Ziyuan put away her long sword in shock, jumped off the horse, bent down to help A Ling up, "Where is it hurt?"

"Let go! Get out of the way!"

Suddenly I heard Ah Ling screaming, and A Ling pulled out the long sword on Ziyuan's waist, and stabbed it out along the side of her waist in unison, and there was a piercing sound of rubbing gold and stone on Ziyuan's waist armor, and one sword struck the other. A Gu worm was nailed to the trunk of the tree behind Zi Yuan.

Ziyuan turned pale, pulled the corners of her mouth, forced a smile and coughed twice.

"Ahem..." Ah Ling coughed violently. He felt a sharp pain in his ankle, and couldn't help but sat down on the ground again. After the cough subsided a little, he said coldly, "Smelly girl, you didn't Should I get off my horse and save me? If you are bitten by the wolf gu, how do you ask me to save you? How do you ask me... how..." With red eyes, Ah Ling suddenly tore off the sleeve cloth on her face, and pulled up Ziyuan's When it comes to hand, it bites down fiercely.

"Hiss—!" Ziyuan took a sharp breath and said bitterly, "It hurts! It hurts! It hurts!"