5. Chapter IV
The night is like ink, and the stone village of the horse thief is built along the mountain, like a stubborn stone embedded in the mountain.
The people Qin Lan picked for Li Shuang were Li Shuang's personal guards, Qin Lan wanted to come with Li Shuang, but Li Shuang was left in the Changfeng camp to sit in the town.
At this time, Li Shuang led ten sergeants in black night clothes to lurk on the hill a hundred zhang away from the stone village, and took advantage of the night to cover up the situation in the village.
I saw that in the distant stone village, the main hall was brightly lit, but the most tightly guarded place was a small courtyard in the southwest corner. There were five or six guards lined up at the door alone, plus about twenty people on the roof, on the walkway, and in a small courtyard. Everyone is strong and capable of carrying a tiger-headed broadsword, and the light reflected from the blade is still dazzling even after such a distance.
Li Shuang had a bottom in her heart, and said in her heart that the place must be where the horse thieves held Li Ting.
A few gestures were gestured, and her guards were all people who had followed her for many years, and they all understood what she meant, and their figures were as fast as the wind, and they disappeared on the top of the mountain in an instant.
Walking to the gate of the stone village, several people twisted the neck of the unprepared gatekeeper with neat hands and feet, silently, and even the flames at the door were not alarmed.
Ten people obeyed Li Shuang's orders, the three of them went to the lobby, and the three of them sneaked into the room and set fire to the grain. With the firelight, there was a commotion in the east in an instant. Li Shuang, the leader, led the remaining four people, and went straight into the southwest courtyard before the other party could figure out the situation.
Li Shuang was nicknamed the jade-faced Yama on the battlefield, although she was a woman, but when she should be ruthless, she was no more vague than the most vicious wolf outside the plug, at this time the east was already burning to the sky, Li Shuang entered the courtyard and killed the oncoming thief with a knife. The knife was stained with blood, and the light behind her was lined with fire, making her really look like a Yama from hell, and people were terrified to see.
She walked straight into the courtyard, the guards fought with the thieves who rushed over, Li Shuang did not squint, and walked straight to the courtyard house, the cold blade in her hand carried the killing aura, and those who stood in her way did not end well.
Walking to the door of the hut, Li Shuang kicked the door open.
And right now!
The door of the house opened and touched the mechanism, and several poisonous arrows with a faint blue cold light shot out in the room, Li Shuang's eyes narrowed, and before she could react, she felt a tightness around her waist, and she was actually grabbed by someone, and she crashed straight into a scorching embrace.
There was a chaotic sound of "Ding Ding Dong", and Li Shuang saw that all the poisonous arrows that came rapidly were knocked to the ground.
Who saved her?
Li Shuang was stunned, and supported the man's chest with both hands, wanting to push him away and take a closer look at his appearance, but as soon as she exerted force on her hand, she felt that the arm around her waist was like steel to tighten her waist and abdomen, and she threw herself on the man's chest, and took a full breath of masculine breath that belonged to him.
"You!" In the wolf's den of thieves, Li Shuang was about to reprimand him when she suddenly felt a gust of wind whistling from her ears, and the sharp arrow almost grazed the back of her head.
If it weren't for the man's hug just now, Li Shuang would probably have been pierced through the brain by that sharp arrow at this moment.
He was saving her.
Realizing this, the anger that had just been offended vanished in an instant. This time, Li Shuang pushed the man again, and he let go of his hand slightly, but the palm of his hand still gently supported her waist, keeping her within his protective range.
This is a person who makes Li Shuang feel inexplicable and possessive, although Li Shuang doesn't know it...... Why did he possess her......
We don't seem to know this knight.
Li Shuang looked up at him, but what he didn't expect to see was a face wearing half a black armor mask, the outline of his jaw was hard, the Adam's apple on his neck was distinct, and then down was the โกโก chest, the muscles were strong, and there was a gorgeous flame stripe on his left chest, bright red like blood stripes all the way up, over the neck, jaw, and all the way to his face armor, where the eyes were exposed, Li Shuang saw that the flame stripes finally disappeared in the corners of his eyes. But it seemed to burn directly into his veins, causing his pupils to turn a terrifying bright red.
And in that bright red, all are her shadows.
His palms and chest were hot, much higher than the body temperature of ordinary people. Even though he was outside the ice, he didn't feel the cold at all.
This man is so strange.
And...... Li Shuang glanced at the broken poisonous arrows on the ground, Fang Cai actually cut off these poisonous arrows with his bare hands? With the power of internal breath? If this is the case, this person's internal family exercises are really amazing......
"Who are you?" Li Shuang asked him solemnly.
As soon as her voice came out, the man in front of her did not respond, but there was a vague cry for help from inside the house, it was Li Ting's voice!
Li Shuang immediately turned her head and listened carefully, it was the movement coming from the west room inside.
Now is not the time to waste time on this mysterious man!
Li Shuang lifted the long sword in her hand and was about to step in, but the man stopped her, and his voice was low: "Don't move, wait for me." With that, his figure flashed, as fast as lightning, and before Li Shuang could react, he entered the hut.
Although this person saved her just now, Li Shuang didn't know the specific identity of this person, how could she be sure that he was harmless to Li Ting? When even ignoring his words followed.
After entering the side room and bypassing the screen, Li Shuang saw that Li Ting was tied to a simple bed with five flowers, and the boy and brother, who had always been exquisitely dressed, looked dirty at this time, full of wolves, and his eyes were panicked and uneasy.
The man was untying Li Ting, and when Li Ting saw Li Shuang, he seemed to be completely relieved, his eyes were red, and his blocked mouth could only make a sound of "woo ahh
Li Shuang saw that he was not missing arms or legs, and he was also a little relieved.
The man untied Li Ting, and Li Ting immediately pulled out the cloth in his mouth and threw it away, excitedly wanting to get out of bed, regardless of what the man next to him said at this time: "Be careful." He only pushed the man away anxiously, stepped on the bed board, and just shouted: "Sister......"
Before the words fell, only the sound of "click" was heard, and the pedal where Li Ting stepped fell along with the place where the man was standing!
There are even traps here!
Li Shuang watched Li Ting and the black-armored man fall into the trap unsuspectingly, her pupils shrank, and she immediately chased forward, and as soon as she reached the edge of the trap, Li Ting was thrown up like a gadget.
Li Shuang was able to catch him.
"Take him first."
The voice of Lai in the dark trap was calm and steady.
At night, Li Shuang couldn't see the situation below clearly, but listening to the calm voice of this person under the trap, he thought that with his few skills, it shouldn't be a problem to get out of trouble from here at all. And now Li Ting's safety is the most important thing for her.
After weighing the pros and cons, Li Shuang dragged Li Ting and dragged him out of the house.
Walking outside the house, the soldiers in the courtyard had almost eliminated the horse thieves on guard, but the horse thieves who went to extinguish the fire in the east had already realized that something was wrong at this time and were gathering momentum to come this way.
Li Shuang made a gesture and ordered to withdraw, and one of the sergeants immediately took out a bamboo pipe and pulled it into the air, only to see a shining red signal sent out and exploded in the cold night.
Li Ting seemed to be shaken back to his senses by this dazzling light, he grabbed Li Shuang's hand and looked at Li Shuang with wide eyes: "Sister! There were sharp blades under the trap just now, and that big brother was injured to save me, and I ...... I don't know how he is......"
When Li Shuang heard this, his eyes sank, he glanced at the four sergeants who were gradually gathering in front of him, looked back again, and then pushed Li Ting into the hands of one of the sergeants: "Take him back." โ
The sergeant was absolutely obedient to Li Shuang's order, and immediately responded: "Get the order!" โ
Li Ting was so frightened that his eyes were full of tears, and he shouted: "Sister, then you ......"
"Out of breath!" Li Shuang turned her eyes and glared at Li Ting: "I'll go back and teach you a lesson." With that, she turned around and went into the hut again, letting Li Ting be escorted away by the sergeants.
She believed in the abilities of her sergeants, and they would be able to bring Li Ting back to the Changfeng camp safely. However, the mysterious person who fell into the trap, although the origin is unknown, first saved her, and then saved Li Ting, the children of their general's mansion, they can't be ungrateful.
Li Shuang picked up a torch by the wall, carried it back to the hut, and walked to the trap, Li Shuang shouted, "Are you still alive?" โ
There was silence for a moment, and then a voice came: "Hmm." โ
"Be careful to avoid the torches." After Li Shuang finished speaking, he threw the torch into the trap, the firelight fell, illuminating the dark trap like a deep well, the torch fell to the ground, Li Shuang finally saw the situation below, the whole trap was dug into the ground four or five zhang deep, like a funnel, there was no place at the bottom, full of sharp cones, the tip of the blade was upward, like a tiger's mouth and huge teeth, both sides of the trap were full of sharp blades, if ordinary people fell in, there would be no chance of survival.
And the man with the mask is grabbing a sharp blade on the cliff wall with his left hand at this time, his palm is cut by the sharp blade, and there is blood left, but this is nothing, what is really strict is his right hand that is weakly hanging down, on his back, the right shoulder blade, as if he was deeply slashed, the skin is open, in addition to the blood, the wound is a little black, I think it is poisonous on the blade.
According to his skills, it stands to reason that he shouldn't be injured, he should have been scratched when he threw Li Ting up. Li Shuang pursed her lower lip and apologized for Li Ting: "I'm sorry, my brother was too panicked, tired and injured you." โ
The man with the sharp blade in one hand just looked up at him above, the firelight jumping underground, and there was an evil beauty in the red pupils behind his black armor. The situation was obviously dangerous and embarrassing, but he was not in a hurry at all, he only looked at Li Shuang fixedly, his eyes were simple, as if he was very satisfied when he looked at her: "It's okay." โ
Li Shuang didn't say anything more, time was pressing, she turned around, tore the quilt on the bed next to her, twisted it into a rope, tied it to the bedpost, and put it in the trap: "Hold on, I'll save you." โ
The man didn't speak, just watched as Li Shuang jumped down with the rope, dodged the blades on both sides, and came to his side, and in the trap that gradually became narrow, the two were pointed at by the sharp blades on both sides, and stood close to each other in the midst of danger.