Outside the grove in the north of the city, the exchange of hostages reached a critical moment, and Lord Fu and Qin Xingyi discussed with each other to bring the hostages to the empty field between the two sides.

Qin Xingyi asked Bai Yinfan to handle this matter and instructed him to lead the big man's men back to the senior brother.

Bai Yinfan experienced the first exchange, and they didn't trust the county magistrate, and refused to leave the senior sister's side, in case the other party changed his mind halfway, and he carried a treasure bag on his body, which could open the iron lock on the door of the prisoner's car if necessary.

Master Fu indifferently looked at Qin Xingyi's senior sister and brother doing things and caring for each other, and disagreed with the chivalrous spirit of the rivers and lakes, thinking that those who do big things should be informal! He knew that today's matter could not be ended in a dull way, and he would have to sacrifice some people's lives before His Royal Highness the Prince could be angry, and he could explain to His Majesty the King.

Bai Yinfan told the big man's men to hurry back to the grove and bring Prince Sumeng to the senior brother.

The big man's men complied, ran to the grove, and took out a hemp bag from the grove and put it at Zeng Hao's feet.

Vice Admiral She was immediately annoyed when he saw the sack, and shouted: "Look, my lord, they put His Royal Highness the prince in the sack, damn it! ”

"Vice Admiral She, calm down! You must know that the person who laughs last is the most successful. Master Fu said calmly.

Bai Yinfan was angry when he heard Vice Admiral She speak, and refuted: "It's trivial to put a sack!" Look at your side, the three princes are locked in a wooden cage in a prison car, are you willing to become like that?

Vice Admiral She was speechless for questioning, turned to the Lord and asked, "My lord, let the last general drive over to exchange His Royal Highness the Prince back?" ”

"You just came back, it's not appropriate to go again, isn't that vindictive? It's better to watch it in place, maybe there's a good show to come. ”

Master Fu said, with an unbelievable smile on his face, and ordered a servant to hand over the cage key to Yin Yinfan, and said, "The matter of driving the car will be driven by Lao Zun." ”

Bai Yinfan did not hesitate, reached out to take the key, jumped into the carriage to catch the seat, raised the whip to urge the horse to march, and came to the senior brother in a blink of an eye.

Senior Brother Zeng Hao stretched out his hand to open the sack, pulled Prince Sumeng out of it, and said, "Your Highness is frightened, you go over there by yourself." I hope we will have no time in the future! ”

Prince Su Meng was angry in his heart, and glared at Zeng Hao angrily, there was nothing to say about it now, he stood there straight and watched Bai Yinfan open the wooden cage door of the prisoner car with the key, and helped the third prince to get out of the car with Qin Xingyi.

"Your Royal Highness, please come quickly." Master Fu shouted, and when he saw Prince Sumeng standing there and didn't move, he thought that he couldn't walk because he was pointed, so he hurriedly said to Vice General She: "Go quickly and carry His Royal Highness the Prince back." ”

Vice General She finally looked forward to the opportunity to make his own move, and promised to run over in stride, carrying Prince Sumeng on his back and returning to Master Fu.

Lord Fu waited for Prince Sumeng to escape safely with great calmness, watched the three princes and their party walk into the woods, sneered, and instructed a few officials holding gongs: "Sound the gong and order the water to be released." ”

"Bang bang bang", a loud gong sounded earth-shatteringly, which was particularly harsh and terrifying in the middle of the night.

Zeng Hao led the team to walk in front, leading everyone into the grove, heard a gong behind him, and was suspicious, and ordered more than 50 of his subordinates to lead the horse to speed up, stop himself, and wait for Qin Xingyi and Bai Yinfan to help the third prince to come to his side, and asked, "Senior sister, what the hell are the people in the government going to do?" ”

Qin Xingyi just threw herself on Xuanyuan Mingyu, and finally rescued him, and she only cared about being happy, forgetting that there was still a huge danger in her side, and exclaimed: "There is an ambush outside the forest, and they have discussed that they want to bring the river over and flood the grove." ”

"These guys are so vicious! Senior brother, the terrain here is low, so let's quickly order the big guys to rush forward, right? Bai Yinfan cursed, and heard the sound of gurgling water under his feet, and the dark grove became more and more eerie.

"Don't panic, let me think about it." Zeng Hao hesitated and refused to make a decision in a hurry! The first time I went abroad to fight, in a hurry, I was not familiar with the terrain and opponents, there was a river in front of me, who knew how many enemies were ambushed by the river?

If his group of people retreated, would Lord Fu wait for them to be arrested? That's a turtle in an urn! Zeng Hao asked: "Little junior sister, that Master Fu's martial arts do not seem to be weak, are we sure that we can beat him?" ”

"Senior brother, Master Fu's martial arts are outstanding, and there is a high poison on the hidden weapon cow hair needle, I have been hit by his cow hair needle, and the toxicity is very domineering! If he launches through the darkness of the night, I'm afraid our people will be difficult to resist, and most of them will be killed or wounded! It's better not to go back, it's not easy to break through under his nose. ”

When Zeng Hao heard Qin Xingyi say this, he decided to give up his plan to return the same way, and asked Bai Yinfan: "Senior brother, the road in front and back doesn't work, can you break through from both sides?" ”

Bai Yinfan had inspected the terrain around the grove when he was fine, and knew that there were steep hills on both sides, and the horses would definitely not be able to climb up, so he thought that it would be no problem for the three of his brothers to climb up, and replied: "The mountains on both sides are steep, and most of our personnel and horses may not be able to go up." ”

The three brothers discussed, and felt that it was difficult to break through. It was only in this small effort that the grove had been flooded by the river to the instep, and the shape was a little critical.

At this moment, I vaguely heard someone outside the woods admonishing me: "Three princes, you all come out!" We promise not to hurt your men! You will be half drowned if you hide in the woods. ”

Everyone in the West Wind Building silently listened to the sound of persuasion and the sound of running water under their feet, waiting for Zeng Hao to make a decision. According to the rules of the West Wind Building, when a cadre goes out to do business, the person with the highest status in the building must make the decision.

"Senior brother, tell everyone to lead the horses out and surrender! Since they said that they would not harm their subordinates, it was important to keep the strength of Xifeng Tower, and they would find an opportunity to rescue them in the future. At this time, Qin Xingyi proposed to save the lives of his subordinates.

"Senior sister, what about you?" Zeng Hao hesitated, how could the people of the West Wind Tower surrender? If it spreads, it will make the landlord angry!

"Senior brother, I won't go out and surrender, and I won't let Mingyu fall into their hands again!" Qin Xingyi secretly made up her mind that she wanted to live and die with Xuanyuan Mingyu!

Qin Xingyi understands Prince Sumeng's temper, and feels that he is small and good at retaliation, after experiencing this exchange of hostages, Prince Sumeng will definitely abuse Xuanyuan Mingyu even more, Xuanyuan Mingyu will really fall into a situation where life is worse than death!

The shouts of the officials outside the forest once again came into the grove: "Listen to the people inside, the county government has said, as long as you hand over the three princes, we will stop releasing water immediately." ”

Bai Yinfan didn't want Qin Xingyi to give up his life for the sake of the three princes, so he persuaded: "Senior sister, you want to open a little, in fact, as long as the third prince is handed over, we still have hope to save him." ”

Qin Xingyi shook her head and said sadly: "No! Brother, take a closer look. Mingyu's life hung by a thread, and one foot had already entered the Yellow Spring, just because he knew that I had come to save him and gave me one last chance, and refused to swallow his last breath. I can't let him down! ”

Bai Yinfan couldn't bear to see his senior sister sad, and understood that he really had no chance in the future, if he handed over the third prince, he would soon starve, freeze, be chained, and tortured in the county government prison!

"Senior sister, why don't I accompany you to the side cliff to give it a try?" Bai Yinfan felt that with his and his senior sister's martial arts, he should be able to climb that cliff.

At this time, the water in the grove had already flooded to his knees, Qin Xingyi was very anxious, and immediately agreed to Bai Yinfan's construction, and said to Zeng Hao: "Senior brother, the third prince's life is in danger, I want to go with my junior brother first, let's meet in the Rota tribe, right?" ”

Zeng Hao was not worried that the little junior sister and Bai Yinfan climbed the cliff with a wounded person, but he was the one who was currently giving orders from Xifeng Tower, and he couldn't leave most of his subordinates alone, so he had to say, "Okay, you guys go quickly." ”

The tall man's subordinate was an upright and open-minded person, and when he saw that Zeng Hao wanted to accompany his subordinates to share weal and worn, his heart was moved, and he watched Qin Xingyi and Bai Yinfan help the third prince to wade away, and said bravely: "Eldest prince, it stands to reason that subordinates are not qualified to interject. However, there are priorities. We can't afford to give up our efforts in this hostage exchange! We people don't matter, there is no danger to life. The eldest prince should go and help the third prince get out of danger! ”

Zeng Hao knew that all of Xifenglou's subordinates were not afraid of death, it was rare that they understood the righteousness, and thought about the overall situation everywhere, and said gratefully: "Okay, I'll go to help my junior sister first." You drive the horses out of the woods, and then you climb up the trees, and the water doesn't flood so high. Even if the water receded, the officers and soldiers did not dare to go into the woods late at night to search. When it is daybreak, I will bring someone back to save you. ”

"Subordinates obey." The big man's subordinates said goodbye to Zeng Hao.

Zeng Hao gave the order, did not stop, and hurriedly chased after Qin Xingyi and the others.

The water is difficult to walk, the water temperature is very cold, and the water surface is almost waist-high. Zeng Hao had to stretch out his arms and paddle the water waves, and saw Qin Xingyi and Bai Yinfan standing under the cliff with the help of the third prince from a distance, and shouted loudly: "Senior brother, junior sister." ”

Qin Xingyi saw Zeng Hao coming in time, and happily responded: "Senior brother! I didn't expect the cliff to be so steep. ”

If you talk about Qin Xingyi's light skills, this cliff can't stop her! It's a pity that now that she is in the water, she is half a head shorter than Zeng Hao, and the water surface is already waist-high, so it is difficult to jump up lightly.

"Senior sister, I'll come!" Zeng Hao said, untied his clothes, took out a large handful of willow leaf flying knives from the hidden weapon belt hanging in his clothes, looked up at the cliff, raised his hand and sent the willow leaf flying knives up in turn, forming a knife ladder on the cliff.

Zeng Hao walked to the bottom of the cliff, slapped a palm towards the mountain, raised his body, stepped on a willow leaf flying knife inserted in the cliff with his toes, and jumped up with his strength, changed his toes to step on another flying knife, and so on, gradually approaching the top of the cliff.

Qin Xingyi looked up, it was pitch black, and suddenly a rope slipped down, and he hurriedly reached out to catch it, and was overjoyed: "Mingyu, we are saved." ”