Chapter Twenty-Seven: Ambush
The servant put down the plate, intentionally or unintentionally pulled a smile at the corner of his mouth, and turned to retreat. Several crop men didn't seem to see Mu Xiaohua who was vomiting on the pillar next to him, and they stretched out their bloody palms and tore them in the plate, and with a click, one of the men unscrewed off an arm and put it in his mouth to chew, and the scarlet blood dripped down the corners of his mouth.
The sound of chewing and biting came and went in the courtyard, and the smell of meat that had just filled the entire courtyard was mixed with the slightest breath of blood, some people raised their thighs, some people gnawed their arms, and the high platform was still singing lively, lined with the lights of the courtyard, like a group of demons dancing.
Mr. Mu stood beside Mu Xiaohua and patted her back gently, and after a while, Mu Xiaohua felt better. As soon as he straightened up, a farmer walked crookedly towards the two of them, still clutching a snow-white arm in his hand, this arm was so plump, it was obviously a woman's arm, and the broken part was still dripping with blood and steaming.
The farmer shook his head three times, his eyes glazed, and he handed over the arm in his hand with a stupid smile. Mu Xiaohua screamed, turned around and vomited again, but Mr. Mu took the arm with a smile, not only took the arm, but even took a bite, nodded, and smiled at the stunned crop man, "This sweet lotus root tastes good, but the heat is a little worse." ”
Before Mr. Mu's words fell, the lights around him suddenly went out, and the opera on the high stage stopped at some point, and the whole garden fell into darkness again.
Chu Jie was originally in a good mood, this house, he has been paying attention to it for a long time, the house is big enough, it is not a problem to hide a few hundred people, the location is good, the portal is facing the street, and there are mountains and forests behind it, which can be said to be offensive and defensible. After thinking about it for a long time, Chu Jie felt that his idea was simply wonderful, the people in this mountain cared most about the things of gods and ghosts, as long as they were realistic enough, it would not be a problem to hide it for three or two days, as for three or two days, Xue Tuo's people would have arrived, even if some people came to the Yin Pavilion, they could deal with it, and Chu Jie didn't have to worry about other places, it was so far away, and there was no affiliation, according to the laws of the imperial court, it was not the turn of several other counties to take care of the affairs here.
After hibernating in the mountains and forests for a long time, Chu Jie finally waited until the seventh day of the eighth month, entered the Qi family's mansion as he wished, and changed his people into the clothes of the local people, just waiting for Xue Tuo to bring people to arrive, and he could go back to his father to pay attention. Unexpectedly, Xue Tuo's people didn't wait, but waited for two teenagers.
Seeing that the two teenagers were not frightened, Chu Jie was ruthless, but dozens of subordinates were beaten down after a short time against a teenager, Chu Jie wanted to escape, but where could he escape? Before he could run out of the house, he was captured by Mr. Mu.
Sitting in the flower hall on the second floor, Mr. Mu looked at the young man in front of him, this kid was beautiful, dressed in coarse cloth clothes, and his figure was straight, but he lacked some manly spirit. Mr. Mu naturally knows about the river dragon, but there are few people who live on both sides of the Cangji River who don't know about this river dragon, and most of the boats coming and going on the Cangji River have been exploited by him. It's just that how could this water bandit leader, known as the River Dragon King, have the idea of Shanyang Town?
"This hero," Chu Jie looked at Mr. Mu, with tears still hanging from the corners of his eyes, "I know that there are several underground secret rooms in this house, do you want to take you to see them?"
Mr. Mu looked at the young man with a smile, the young man said that those bandits just liked his good words and literary talents, so they left him as a master, Mr. Mu was noncommittal about this, he didn't care about the identity of the young man, he was not a fast catcher, he just wanted to find those missing villagers.
Chu Jie behaved very honestly, he didn't play any tricks along the way, and went straight to the side of the rockery, stretched out his hand to hold down a rock, and with a slight twist, half of the rockery moved to the side, revealing the black hole.
Chu Jie was very attentive, ran to the side in small steps to pick up a branch, took out the fire from his arms and lit it, carefully led the way in front, and led the two of them down the stairs.
After walking for a while, there were faint sobs and moans in the darkness, and after turning a corner, Mr. Rao Shimu was also stunned by the scene in front of him.
This is a vast space, and judging by the scale, it should be used by the Qi family to store supplies. Now there are dozens of chairs set up here, and there are people sitting on each chair, and the expressions on the faces of these people are very excited, and they are staring intently at the front. There is a high platform in the depths of the space, and several servants are drawing eyebrows and eyes, dancing knives and sticks, and are fighting. Many people watched the bustle, but they were as motionless as stone clay sculptures.
A little girl was crying low under the knee of a silver-haired old woman, and when Mu Xiaohua saw the little girl, she didn't care about these strange corpses and ran towards the little girl.
Mr. Mu was afraid that Mu Xiaohua would make a mistake, so he held Chu Jie in one hand and followed closely by Mu Xiaohua's side, not leaving an inch.
"Little sister, don't be afraid, sister will take you out. Mu Xiaohua reached out to hug the girl, but hugged it twice and didn't report it, only to find that the girl's hands were still tightly holding the old woman's legs and refused to let go.
Looking at the girl's attached eyes, the old woman's eyebrows were lowered, and there was a kind smile on her face, Mu Xiaohua also shed tears, and persuaded her for a long time, and the girl reluctantly withdrew her hand, turned around and hugged Mu Xiaohua's neck tightly, and buried her little head deep in Mu Xiaohua's arms.
Chu Jie didn't seem to expect to see this scene, and he couldn't bear to look at it anymore, so he twisted his head to the side.
"What's that?" Chu Jie exclaimed.
Mr. Mu turned around and looked around, there was nothing abnormal, and at this time, he remembered the exclamation in his ears again, this time it was Mu Xiaohua's voice. Mr. Mu was shocked, and hurriedly turned around, the girl who was still being held in Mu Xiaohua's arms was holding a thin dagger against Mu Xiaohua's throat, and her delicate little face showed a trace of hideousness.
"Hey, let go. Chu Jie reached out and patted Mr. Mu's arm.
This scene was something that Mr. Mu didn't expect, such a small girl, no matter how you look at it, you can't see any flaws. Originally, with Mr. Mu's strength, even if the two hijacked Mu Xiaohua, they would not have any chance of winning, but Mu Xiaohua was too important to Mr. Mu, and Mr. Mu didn't dare to take the slightest risk.
The four of them followed each other back and forth, walked out of the rockery again, and sat in the flower hall on the second floor again, but this time Mr. Mu was standing.
Mr. Mu was a little strange, looking at the meaning of these two people, it seemed that they didn't plan to leave at all, what were they waiting for? Just after seeing the corpses of those villagers, the killing intent in Mr. Mu's chest was almost boiling, Mu Xiaohua must have been affected, otherwise, with what happened to the two of them in the past few months, they would not be so easily deceived. But now that Mr. Mu has completely calmed down, something is wrong, the two people in front of him obviously did not know in advance about the arrival of their brother and sister, until now he has not seen Wei Tou in the mouth of the young catcher, those villagers are locked in such a deep underground, how can the screams of luring him in be so clear? Mr. Mu suddenly felt that there was a gaze that never left him half a step from beginning to end, like the master of fate, always staring at him, Mr. Mu shuddered.
Mr. Mu has been standing for half an hour, not only is he not tired, but the momentum on his body is getting more and more fierce, and now the whole person has turned into a sharp spear, and a touch of blood is also revealed in the flower hall. The girl's gaze was still sharp, but the hand holding the knife was a little unstable, Chu Jie looked quite calm, but there was also a fine layer of sweat on his forehead. Reading nests
"Squeak-" A birdsong sounded in the silent night sky, and Chu Jie, who was dripping sweat, was very excited when he heard the birdsong, and hurriedly walked to the window to make the same call. The girl's eyes also lit up, and her eyes were full of expectation.
The blood in the flower hall suddenly flourished, and the bloody tip of the spear pierced the girl's throat almost instantly, hoping and despair, nostalgia and fear filled the girl's eyes at this moment.
Chu Jie raised his hands high, and obediently let Mr. Mu tie him up like a dumpling and throw it into the closet. Mr. Mu stood in front of the window with Mu Xiaohua in his arms, not because they didn't want to leave, but because it was too late. The mountains and forests not far away were shaking, and dozens of black shadows had already reached the outside of the house, and almost in the blink of an eye, these black shadows had already climbed over the courtyard wall and broke in.
As soon as these dark shadows entered the courtyard, they immediately scattered in all directions in the darkness. Mr. Mu could see clearly that this was a well-trained team, and the vanguard was a group of black-armored warriors, with sharp barbs at each joint on the dark iron armor, and the armor would become thicker, obviously this team was specially used for hand-to-hand combat. There were many dark shadows lying a stone's throw outside the courtyard wall, and it wasn't until a few birdsongs came out of the courtyard that the black shadows straightened up and ran towards the courtyard. These black figures were dressed in light armor, and the crossbow in their hands looked like they were at least three stone strongbows, which surprised Mr. Mu. Behind this group of archers were dozens of warriors armed with long knives, escorting a black-armored general towards the courtyard at a rapid pace.
The first warriors had scattered throughout the courtyard and vanished. The archers were looking for a high position to hide, and Mr. Mu heard the footsteps, holding the wooden flower in one hand and hooking the window lattice with the other, and turned it over lightly, and he was already on the eaves.
The general stepped over the courtyard wall and walked straight to the courtyard behind the rockery. After a while, the general walked back again, put his finger to his lips, and with a gentle blow, the birdsong resounded in the night sky. The sergeants who had been lurking everywhere suddenly retreated like a tide towards the outside of the courtyard, much faster than when they came.
"Dysprosium—" A sharp roar pierced the night sky, and sharp arrow feathers rushed towards the black-armored general with a cold wind.
An archer who followed behind the black-armored general barely hesitated, and turned around with an arrow, and a cluster of sparks burst out in mid-air ——, Qiang was actually two long arrows shot together, and the arrows forged by fine iron could not withstand such a powerful force, and they had already broken into several pieces in mid-air.
The black-armored general seemed to be ignorant of what was happening behind him, and continued to move forward on his own, and the other soldiers guarding the general's side did not look back, and ran close to the general.
"Dysprosium—, Dysprosium—" Several arrows rang out in succession, and several archers guarding the general's side turned around at the same time, this time someone was injured, and several clusters of flames erupted in the night sky, and the two archers fell to the ground.
The general was less than ten feet away from the courtyard wall, and the few melee armorers who were at the forefront suddenly accelerated and rushed towards the courtyard wall, and the archers and swordsmen who were guarding behind turned around and waited for the battle.
"Dysprosium-, dysprosium-, dysprosium-" This time the sound of arrows was more urgent, although the archers behind the general all fired arrows, but there was still an arrow that penetrated the intercepted rain of arrows and shot towards the general.
"Drink-" A knife soldier shouted, the long knife in his hand slashed Huashan, and in the flames of the ——,, half of the long knife was broken by the arrow, and the arrow shot at the general along with the long knife.
"Drink-" The two swordsmen on the left and right shouted, and before they had time to swing their swords, they pounced on one left and one right, and were immediately pierced by arrows and long knives, and they stopped at a distance of a few feet against the ground.
"Boom-" The courtyard wall was knocked out of a big hole by several melee armor soldiers, although the soldiers behind him were injured and died, but the general still didn't look at it, and strode towards the collapsed wall, it seemed that escape was a more important thing than the safety of the robe.
"Whoosh-" A figure rushed in from outside the wall, and stopped at the gap in the courtyard wall impartially, the arrow rain behind was more urgent, and the sound was getting closer and closer. It seems that the pursuers hidden in the shadows see that the general is about to flee, and they are no longer impatient to wait, so they will appear and strike a blow for their lives.
As soon as several melee armorers knocked down the courtyard wall, they saw a figure appear there, and these armorers were slightly startled, and then rushed up. Elbow raises, punches, whips, and back falls. The figure only had a dagger in his hand, and he couldn't carry a long blade when he was hiding in the middle of the night. At this time, the two sides met, hand-to-hand combat, and the competition was not only skill, but also courage, as long as one side had a weak courage and fear, it would be defeated immediately. Both sides are battle-hardened warriors, so how could they not understand such a truth? Although blood was seen in three or two clicks, neither of them was willing to take a step back.
Behind the general, several figures finally rushed out of the darkness, each with a crossbow in one hand and a knife in the other, an archer fell, and one of those figures stumbled, obviously wounded, but those figures did not stop there, and did not want to plunge into the enemy formation.
Many people were scuffling together, watching a puff of blood rushing in all directions, but the strange thing was that in such a tragic battle situation, there was not a single sound to be heard, not to mention wailing, even to moan softly, as if the people who were fighting here did not know the pain.
The figure guarding the broken wall was already crumbling, the dagger in his hand had slowed down, and one arm was hanging down at his side, obviously broken as his body kept swinging. One leg was also a little unable to stand up straight, and blood was pouring down from his waist. But he still didn't retreat, stepping on two black-armored warriors, and the dagger in his hand was still waving. The general's footsteps did not stop, and the courtyard wall was less than five feet at this time.
Most of the figures that were chasing behind the general had fallen by this time, and only two of them were still staggering forward, with a silent roar coming from their gaping mouths.
"Poof—,poof—" The two long knives slashed into the chests and abdomen of the two of them, one left and one right, and even so, the two still did not make a sound, but with the last of their strength, they threw the knife in their hands behind the general.
This scene was extremely tragic, but the balance of fate did not tilt in favor of these soldiers because of their bravery, two swords that flashed with cold light were stopped, and there was still someone behind the general, a person in the shadows, this person's appearance was extremely abrupt, as if it had split out of the general's body. But no matter where he came from, he always came out, and this lore at the cost of everyone's lives was stopped anyway.
The eyes of the two who fell last were full of unwillingness, and the figure guarding the broken wall exhaled softly and slowly fell down against the broken stone bricks. Seeing that all the enemies had been slaughtered, the soldiers present seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and the general's pace slowed down a little, not as eager as Fang Cai.
The mountain breeze was blowing in the autumn night, Mr. Mu's blood was boiling, and the martial arts and blades of those people who came to attack the general, Mr. Mu felt that he seemed to have seen them somewhere, as if they were very similar to those soldiers with Pei Baifa, but Mr. Mu still didn't move, he didn't know who the general was, and what this ambush was for. Mr. Mu sighed softly in his heart, feeling a little sorry for these men, a good year, a good life disappeared quietly in this autumn night, no one knew, not a single one, Mr. Mu suddenly felt a little sad. The black-armored general was about to cross the courtyard wall, and the archers and swordsmen behind him lifted the bodies of their comrades, along with the bodies of the men who had come to assassinate them, obviously they didn't want to leave a trace. The whole team must have been a little more solemn and a little less sharp than when they came before, and the general's feet finally stepped on the broken wall, and the momentum of the whole army showed a hint of slackness at that moment.
"Whoosh-" At this moment, just when everyone felt that the danger had passed, a pitch-black long sword broke through the air, yes, it was a sword and not an arrow, to shoot such a long sword made of three feet six inches and nine refined iron so far, so fast, so strong, it was impossible to do it without a strong bow of more than seven stones. Seven stones, this number doesn't sound big, but it takes at least a thousand catties of strength to pull it apart, and if you want to use it to fight, you can't do it without thousands of catties of strength. No one thought that there were such masters hidden in this courtyard, because as long as one such master was a huge threat, compared to him, those brave warriors were nothing at all.
The long sword was like a bamboo, those archers and swordsmen did not expect such an attack at all, the archers opened their bows, the swordsmen raised their swords, and everything was frozen there, and the long sword passed through the heart, and the speed did not decrease at all. The man in the shadow reappeared, but it was useless, the long sword was thunderous and unstoppable, and the figure was broken by the long sword and broken into two. The long sword finally arrived behind the general...