Nongmen Shenjue

The road in front of the gate of the cottage has been repaired, and a group of people appeared after a while.

It was a cavalry team, a dozen or so horses, and people on horseback were either holding big knives or pulling ropes, blocking a long team back and forth. People who move forward.Some of these people were wearing fine silk and satin clothes, and the rest were plain clothes and trousers. They looked like nurses or the like, and now they all looked terrified, even if they were dragged and staggered, they didn't dare to make a sound.

At the head of the cavalry are four leaders, dressed differently from the others.

Now that they had arrived at the cottage, they took off their bamboo hats and tore off the black scarves that covered their faces. It was Li Ziying and the others.

The two gatekeepers hurried up to greet them earlier, and complimented with smiles all over their faces: "Congratulations to you guys for your great victory!"

Li Ziying got off her horse and threw the whip to her followers: "Today's harvest is good, and everyone will be rewarded."

The two women who were in front of the main hall came up quickly and saluted Li Ziying.

"Third Lord, the hot water is ready, please take a shower."

"Yeah." Li Ziying squinted her eyes at the two of them, and said meaningfully, "I'm happy with the third master today, and I'll take good care of you."

"Yes." The two women lowered their heads, looking shy, only their slightly trembling fingers revealed their true emotions.In fact, they were indeed relieved. Today's harvest is rich, which not only means that Li Ziying is in a good mood, but also transfers Li Ziying's interests, so that they will not expel energy on them.

Even though they knew that the captives would be pitiful, they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

The others went to work in sequence. Yang Yongyan and Chang Hao were both tired, so they went back to wash and change first.Qian Hua was cautious, he didn't feel at ease if he didn't handle many things himself, he just greeted those captives and goods.The goods brought back were all red flowers, which were very important to the caravan, but to Heilongzhai, they were just casually piled up in an empty room with some other goods in it.As for the dozen or so captives, they were divided into three rooms, and the people below brought water without order, and did not give food.

Qian Hua checked it again, then looked at the "prisoner", and said to the guard outside the door: "Old rules."

The guard repeatedly agreed, sent the man away, and then entered the house.

Seventeen people were kidnapped this time, from two caravans, all men.Something happened to the official way earlier, so when they saw the robbers rushing out, these people didn't dare to resist, they only hoped to save their money to avoid disaster, but who knew that these robbers even took people into captivity.Even though he wanted to comfort himself, maybe he wanted to redeem the ticket, but when he arrived at Heilongzhai, he couldn't help feeling uneasy.

The guards ignored these people, took away the empty water bowl, closed the door from the outside, and left.

Click, very clear locking sound.

The house had a rough wooden window, half stuck and half uncovered, because the slot underneath was broken.A strong young man cautiously glanced out through the window, squatted down quickly, and said in a low voice: "The people outside have left, and there is no one there."

Although there are many houses in this courtyard, no one moves around.They saw it when they were locked in. Half of the rooms were pretending to be looted goods, and the other three rooms were locked up. The doors were locked from the outside, and no one was guarding them after that, even outside the courtyard.

Inside the room was a middle-aged man in a satin crew-neck gown. He was the owner of the caravan.

"It's noon, they should all go to eat." I can vaguely smell the food in the air, judging from the taste alone, the food is not bad.

As soon as the voice fell, someone's stomach growled.

They set off from Wanxia County early in the morning, and the sun was shining. They planned to find a place to rest and eat some dry food, but the robbers appeared.Going out, and often walking on this official road, the news is naturally well-informed, but everyone is a bit lucky, thinking that bad luck will not happen to him by such a coincidence.

who knew...

"Boss, these bandits...they are murderers."

"Yes, boss, do you think they want money for kidnapping us? What if, what if they get the money and tear up the ticket?"

"Boss, what should we do? They kill people without blinking an eye. I still have a wife and children, and parents. I can't die."

Fear spread and everyone panicked.

The boss is even more afraid, he not only has a wife and son, but also has a shop and business, he is middle-aged, and there are many good days, how could he want to die in the mountains.He understands even more that these people's worries are not unreasonable, not to mention that bandits kill people without blinking an eye, what's more important is that they can still live after seeing the bandits' appearance?

Bandits, bandits...

The owner often trafficked safflower in Wanxia County, and also searched for fragrances in Hualou, so he happened to meet Li Ziying and others.At that time, I saw a few rich and noble sons making a big show, and after inquiring about them, I knew that they were rich and powerful sons from the capital, but now, this noble son actually "falls into the grass and becomes a bandit"!Could those people be short of money?He didn't dare to think about it, he only knew that if he didn't escape, he would definitely die!

He definitely couldn't do it alone, so he revealed the identities of Li Ziying and others.

"What?! This, my God!" Everyone was dizzy from the explosion, followed by overwhelming despair.

They all knew what the identities of Li Ziying and others represented.

The owner gritted his teeth: "Wait! Let's escape when it gets dark! They didn't guard the rope tightly, and they used their teeth to bite the rope in their hands. It took a little more effort to open it. The window is not locked, and the courtyard wall outside is not too tight. Gao, we will disperse when we get out of the stockade, there are mountains and forests outside...whether we can live or not is left to fate."

It was getting dark, and there was no one in the cottage to deliver food, not even water.

After an afternoon, the people in the house had already loosened the hemp rope that bound their hands.Because the gate of the courtyard was closed and no one was guarding the courtyard, as long as they were light-footed, they would not be afraid. Several people came out of the window one by one.They didn't run away immediately, but went to the other two houses and released everyone inside.The lock was not easy to smash, so the window was directly pierced, and soon a dozen people regained their freedom and stood in the yard.

"Everyone ran out together with one heart, and then dispersed after going out. Whether they can survive or not depends on the full screen." This is one of the reasons why they help other people. There are more people to confuse the line of sight and increase the chance of escape.

This is Bo Luck, everyone knew it well and nodded.

Life or death is up to fate.

They brought stools from the house to cushion the courtyard wall, turned over one by one, and walked across the front yard, which was a wide field, and the gate of the cottage was in front.It was dark, and the forest was quiet after all. There was no one without lights around the site, except for two lanterns hung at the gate, and there was a light in a room next to it, where the night watchman slept.

The gate is closed tightly. Although it is a wooden gate, it is made of logs as thick as bowls. It is about ten feet high, and a thick log is placed across it. It is heavy and long, and it takes two people to lift it down.

A group of people tiptoed, two people stared at the night watch room, and the others worked together to open the door.

"Okay!" The door was pushed open, and the muffled sound of the door shaft turning was very clear in the quiet night.

The door was only opened to allow one person to pass through, and they couldn't bear it anymore, and they rushed out one by one.Although it was agreed that they would disperse as soon as they escaped, and everyone would flee in their own way, but no one was stupid, and they were not blindfolded when they were captured. They knew very well which direction was going out of the mountain, and they all wanted to run out of the mountain, so a dozen of them were all Same direction, just different speeds.

"Ah!" Suddenly the person running in the front screamed and fell down.

Everyone else was taken aback. The one who was closest took a closer look and his face changed drastically: "Arrow! Someone shot an arrow!"

Before the words fell, two more screamed.

Now he knew it was wrong, so he turned his head and ran back.

"Drive!" There was the sound of horseshoes in the woods, and several torches lit up, chasing the fleeing people like will-o'-the-wisps.

Obviously there was an ambush long ago.

The fleeing people dared not squeeze in one direction, let alone make a sound, and prayed not to chase themselves.

Those torches presented a semi-arc shape, driving away the fleeing people, forcing them to run in the predetermined direction, and then gradually narrowing the opening.

It's a hunt.

Some of the "prey" were shot to death by bows and arrows, some were dragged to death by lassoes around their necks, and some fell into traps and pierced their stomachs in a panic... Li Ziying and the others have good arrow skills, one can imagine how they practiced it .After playing to the fullest, at dawn, I went back to the cottage to rest, and someone stayed to clean the place.

There were seventeen people in total, ten of them died, and the remaining seven were more or less injured.

Those who were alive were brought back to the cottage and locked up in the previous house.After a while, someone brought food, and the table was full, including meat, vegetables and wine.These people were all in tattered clothes, their faces were panicked, and they could hardly stand still. Looking at the rich dishes on the table, they were ironic and like a nightmare.

However, in the end is to live.

After a suffocating silence, several people rushed to the table, crazily grabbing food, and even gulped down alcohol, trying to numb the pain and panic with alcohol.

Mu Qingyan withdrew his ability, told Wen Jixue what he saw, and said: "The corpse is in the valley behind, and there is a cave inside. The corpses are buried in the deepest part of the cave, and sulfur powder is sprinkled to cover up the smell."

Wen Jixue saw that he looked good, and asked, "Have these people capsized?"

Mu Qingyan was also about to see what had happened.

The fifth official road robbery occurred in June this year, but the last time Li Ziying and others showed up was in early September.When they came to the cottage on the night of the eighth day of September, they must have picked another target and planned to make another vote, but they turned the boat over...

Backtracking again, starting from the inspection on the eighth night of September——

There is no moon in the sky, only a few stars dotted it. Li Ziying and his party took advantage of the night to come to the cottage to rest.The ninth day of the lunar new year was the Double Ninth Festival, and these people drank and enjoyed themselves in the village. On the tenth day, it was just dawn, and the horses in the village were rectified, and everyone refitted and set off towards the official road.

Li Ziying felt bored, and temporarily uncovered the black scarf on her face: "Is there any good fun in today's order?"

Qian Hua said with a smile: "Didn't the third master want to see that little lady named Liu Yin in Wuyi County? The family went to my uncle's house in Wanxia County yesterday, and they must pass by here on their way back today. I have already ordered someone to spy on me and wait for someone to come. Yes, let's rob her, the third master can take her back to his room and take a good look at her."

Yang Yongyan interjected, "I heard that Liu Yin has a younger sister."

"That little girl is only twelve, what's the point?"

……

Mu Qingyan withdrew his ability abruptly, and a strange look flashed across his face.

"What's wrong?" Wen Jixue saw that his expression was not right.

"I saw a man in purple." At the edge of the backtracking range, there was a purple figure hidden in the woods. Although he couldn't see his face, he instinctively thought of Zhu Yi.

"Zhu Yi?!" Wen Jixue thought the same as him.